Gender

Empowering Through Gender Equality Initiatives

Niona Nakuya and Terry Owino

Women’s Health & Climate Justice at COP29 in Baku with Niona Nakuya and Terry Owino

As the climate COP29 in Baku concludes without much fanfare, understanding what was really going on is more important than ever. Business Fights Poverty Youth Ambassador, Malkia Johns sits down within the COP and speaks with two women’s health activists, Niona Nakuya and Terry Owino.
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Climate Change, Human Rights, and Modern Slavery with Chiara and Sizakelle

Social Impact Pioneers Chiara Soletti & Sizakele Marutlulle delve into the intersection of climate change, human rights, and modern slavery.
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She Knows What Her Business Needs—So Why are Systems Holding her Back?

Who comes to mind when you imagine a confident entrepreneur? A Silicon Valley tech bro or navy-suited executive in a Western business hub, most likely. But zoom out to the Global Majority and you’ll see something incredibly powerful and systemically ignored: women entrepreneurs leading sustainable businesses with exceeding vision and drive.
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Women-led Climate Solutions for Resilient Communities

Climate change disproportionately impacts women, who face increased burdens in food security, resource management, and household resilience. Inclusive leadership is essential for effective climate solutions, with women leading preparedness efforts in disaster-prone regions. Community-driven adaptation plans can yield high returns, empowering women to drive sustainable solutions against climate challenges worldwide.
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Female Farmer in Tea field - Gender Voluntary Carbon Market

Strengthening Gender Equity in the Voluntary Carbon Market

Integrating gender equity into the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) is crucial for ensuring both environmental and social sustainability. Carbon credit projects that empower women, particularly in developing regions, achieve better and more lasting climate outcomes with the potential to meet multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). By prioritising gender, businesses can strengthen project integrity and contribute to lasting community resilience.
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Exploring Male Management Attitudes Towards Gender Equity with Primark

Primark and the International Research Centre on Women (ICRW) partnered together to better understand male attitudes to gender equity in factories in India. Male
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Exploring Male Management Attitudes Towards Gender Equity

Watch this Webinar with Primark and ICRW to explore new research on attitudes held by male factory managers towards gender equity themes and resources to engage men as
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Atul Tandon Financial Inclusion

How Financial Inclusion Transforms Lives with Atul Tandon

Social Impact Pioneer, Atul Tandon explains how financial inclusion transforms lives and the role of listening in inclusive finance
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Sana Kapadia Gender Smart Climate Investing

Gender-Smart Climate Finance with Sana Kapadia

Social Impact Pioneer Kapadia lays out why taking a gender lens to investing is essential if we are to ensure a just transition to a green economy.
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Flora-Mostico. iDE and women entrepreneurs

Harnessing the Power of Women Entrepreneurs can be a Game- Changer for Prosperity and Economic Growth 

It is well established that women and girls experience poverty in greater numbers than men and boys. This “feminization” of poverty presents itself in many forms, with women worse off when it comes to access to credit, land ownership and the impacts of climate change. But rather than seeing women as victims, a growing movement within the international development sector recognises them as the key to change.
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How Digital Wages Can Contribute to the Living Wage Agenda

Implementing a living wage is challenging, particularly across diverse economic contexts. One promising solution to contribute to the living wage agenda is transitioning to digital wage payments, which offer greater transparency, security, and data accuracy for both workers and businesses.
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Social Impact Pioneers Sue Tym and Jo Martin

Women’s Mental Health and Work with Sue and Jo

Social Impact Pioneers Sue Tym and Jo Martin examine how to best support women in the garment sector and women’s mental health and work.
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Off-Grid Success: Solar Chilling Fuels Produce Supply For Women Farmers In Malawi

Malawian farmers face significant post-harvest losses due to lack of refrigeration and market access. Practical Action’s Renewable Energy for Agriculture project empowers women farmers with renewable energy technologies, enabling them to grow quality crops, store produce effectively, and secure regular contracts, resulting in increased income and reduced losses.
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Village Savings and Loan Associations, with Kal Lakew and Emily Janoch

Social Impact Pioneers Kalkidan Lakew and Emily Janoch from CARE talk about Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs), women & feedback.
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Women-Inclusive Business

Profit with Purpose: How Women-Inclusive Business Practices Drive SME Success

Gender equality is financially and morally good for big business. But what about SMEs, which are the engines of economic growth in countries of the global majority? To address this, USAID’s Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships (MSP) Activity tested the Women-Inclusive Return on Investment (WI-ROI) framework, generating valuable ROI insights.
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Elizabeth Wells

Women Entrepreneurs and Digital Inclusion with Elizabeth Wells

Social Impact Pioneer Elizabeth Wells from the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women talks about women entrepreneurs and digital inclusion.
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Women Entrepreneurs

Small Business, Big Impact: The Transformative Power of Women Entrepreneurs

To commemorate this MSME Day, Sarah Hewitt of Strive Women, delves into how small businesses, particularly those led by women, drive community growth, innovation, and economic resilience, despite facing significant barriers. Discover inspiring stories and strategies to support women-led enterprises and promote inclusive growth.
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Investors and Women's empowerment

Enhancing Women’s Empowerment Strategies: The Investor’s View

Enhancing women’s empowerment strategies faces resistance from power dynamics and short-term profit concerns. However, long-term and well-diversified investors recognize the sustainable benefits of diversity, equity, and inclusion, influencing firms to prioritize gender equality and reaping positive financial outcomes. This article explores the critical role investors play in promoting women’s empowerment in business.
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Clare Fitton Ethical Supply Chain Management

Ethical Supply Chain Management with Clare Fitton

Social Impact Pioneer, Clare Fitton of Sedex talks gender data, ethical supply chain management & business performance that improves lives.
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Beautiful dressed women working on the cotton fields of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. Women Empowerment in cotton production

Fields of Change: Making Cotton Work Better for Women

The textile and apparel industries are showing signs of progress on gender awareness and women’s empowerment. Yet, at the start of their supply chains, the cotton sector lags behind. So, Alia Malik asks: How can cotton sow fields of change?
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