Gender

Empowering Through Gender Equality Initiatives

Empowering Foundations of Learning Pave the Way for Gender Equity

This International Women’s Day, the world will celebrate the significant achievements and contributions of girls and women around the globe, and engage in discussion about gender equity. NewGlobe emphasizes the importance of having a strong focus on the foundation of equity and empowerment – education and the ability to learn.
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Why the Fashion Industry’s Four Largest Women’s Empowerment Programmes Came Together to Form RISE 

BSR’s HERproject, Gap Inc. P.A.C.E, CARE, and Better Work, have come together to launch RISE (Reimagining Industry to Support Equality) on International Women’s Day. The organization aims to empower women workers in the garment, footwear, and home furnishings supply chains by building on the founding partners’ proven approaches and expertise.
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Gender 2023 – Day 1 Workshop 2

Our workshop explored “How can business apply a gender equity lens to net-zero planning?” We discussed the importance of incorporating a gender perspective in
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Gender Parity in Farming with Taryn and Emily

This podcast hears from Social Impact Pioneers: Emily Janoch from the NGO CARE and Taryn Barclay from multi-national company Cargill. Together they talk deeply about why women are critical to prosperous food supply chains, what difference it would make if we take women seriously in the agricultural sector and how supporting women and their communities is essential for long term sustainability.
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How can business most effectively address gender-based violence in the workplace, their value chains and the communities in which they operate?

Join us for this live written discussion with a panel of experts to explore how business can most effectively address gender-based violence in the
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Delivering Healthier Futures for Women, Children and Adolescents: What is the role of business?

Join us for this live written discussion with a panel of experts to explore the role of business in improving maternal, child and adolescent health.
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How Can Business Most Effectively Address Gender-Based Violence?

This live written discussion with a panel of experts will explore how business can most effectively address gender-based violence in the workplace, their value chains and communities.
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What Does It Really Take for Companies to Lead on Gender Equity?

Women control over £14tn in annual consumer spending, expected to rise to nearly £21tn within five years. Designing for and with women is crucial to capture the value of the female economy. Leading companies create business models that serve women across all operations, uncovering biases and discovering new opportunities.
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Women Smallholders Will Drive Africa’s Transition to Regenerative Agriculture

Regenerative agriculture improves the soil, traps carbon emissions and lifts farmers out of poverty. 80% of Kenya’s smallholder farmers are women, which is why Hand in Hand’s regenerative agriculture curriculum places women at its core. The organisation aims to reach one in 20 Kenyan farmers in the next five years.
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How Gender-Responsive Media Can Help Women’s Economic Empowerment–and Business

Entrepreneurs face a number of challenges to starting and running profitable businesses, and societal attitudes often present an additional obstacle for women. What role can media play in changing these attitudes, and how can we make such programming financially sustainable?
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What more can we do to place gender equity at the heart of climate action?

Women are disproportionately impacted by climate change, and face greater barriers in accessing the opportunities that come with the green transition. What more can
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Gender-based violence is a work issue, with Jane and Craig

Social Impact Pioneers: Jane Pillinger and Craig Wilkinson are two of the most important thinkers and activators the world has in addressing harassment and gender-based abuse in and out of the workplace. Together they share their practical wisdom, for women and men, for individuals and organisations to help make it safe for everyone, everywhere.
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What difference does tackling restrictive gender norms make to micro-enterprise and other social impact programmes?

Hosted with Hand in Hand International Gender norms restrict the lives of women and girls across the world. Drawing on new research and key
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Business Fights Poverty Gender Summit 2023

Hybrid Summit (Kenya, London, Online). To coincide with International Women’s Day (IWD) 2023,  focused on the IWD theme #EmbraceEquity and on how we as
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New Research Reveals the Benefits and Costs of Gender-Smart Technical Assistance to SMEs and Investors

From 2019-2022, impact investors, AlphaMundi Foundation, Acumen, AHL Venture Partners, Root Capital, SEAF and Shell Foundation launched the Gender-Smart Enterprise Assistance Research Coalition (G-SEARCh) consortium to conduct new research in the gender lens investing community. Read more on their findings of the missed opportunities for impact investors and companies.
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Why Investing in Informal Women Workers is Critical to Maintaining Resilient Supply Chains

Over 60% of the world’s employed population make their living through informal work, with no access to formal contracts or protection. During shock events, these workers face immense hardship, receiving little or no support. Businesses, in partnership with NGOs like ActionAid, can address human rights risks and improve business continuity by investing in informal workers.
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Women Cotton Farmers and Climate Solutions

CottonConnect believe that climate adaptation and mitigation are more effective when women are involved. Given the right training, skills and tools, women tend to make more sustainable decisions. They bring holistic change to communities and drive progress. When elevated to a decision-making position, women encourage better climate governance and more climate innovation.
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Why the Burden on Business Women to ‘do it all’ Must Stop

Gender norms are stunting women-led enterprises, as revealed in a new report from CARE’s Ignite program. The research confirms that women entrepreneurs worldwide are so bound by gender norms, they often cannot grow their businesses – meaning less income for the household, less employment in the community and less money into the local economy.
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Gender Equity with Rani and Deepika, IFC

What does gender equity mean? How far have we progressed towards gender equality? And how can we sensitively transfer learning from one region to another when tackling gender equity? These are just some of the questions this podcast tackles.
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Access to Menstrual Health & Hygiene Products in Rural Ethiopia

Menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) is a term used to encapsulate the broader systemic factors that link menstruation with health, well-being, equity, empowerment, and individual rights. Leveraging their expertise in market sanitation in Ethiopian communities, a team of iDE-ers sought to expand the organization’s approach through an exploratory study of MHH.
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What do we mean by "Gender"?

Explore initiatives focused on gender equality, which are essential for promoting human rights and reducing global poverty. Click through to learn more...

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