Human Rights and Governance

Advancing Human Rights and Governance

16 Days of Activism: Essential resources from the Business Fights Poverty resident gender expert

This year 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence kicked off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day. We invited our resident Gender Expert, Alice Allan to share her top resources on how businesses can take the lead in tackling gender-based violence in the workplace.
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16 Days of Activism: Essential resources from the Business Fights Poverty resident gender expert

16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence kicked off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and ran until 10 December, Human Rights Day. We invited our resident Gender Expert, Alice Allan to share her top resources on how businesses can take the lead in tackling gender-based violence in the workplace.
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How COVID-19 has accelerated financial inclusion and reinforced the need for digitalisation

Two billion people across the globe lack access to formal financial services and approximately 90% of these live in developing countries. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated growth but also increased the danger that those at the very margins of society, could get left behind. A new study examines crucial lessons learned over the past 12 months from organisations striving to continue to support vulnerable people access finical services throughout the pandemic, to prevent vital progress from being undone. 
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Refocus, retool, reset: insights from a COVID-19 rapid response & recovery programme

YBI today launches a new report ‘Refocus, Retool, Reset: Insights from Youth Business International’s COVID-19 Rapid Response & Recovery Programme’, sharing our learnings and insights from YBI’s Rapid Response and Recovery Programme, supported by Google.org and delivered by a total of 34 YBI network members and delivery partners across the EMEA, APAC and MENA regions.
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Investing in poverty reduction and global growth with Alicia Phillips Mandaville

How do you effectively spend billions of dollars of taxpayer’s money to help fight global poverty? And how do you invest for climate resilience and account for the unknown such as the risks of pandemics? We hear from Alicia Phillips Mandaville who is the Vice President of the Department of Policy and Evaluation at The Millennium Challenge Corporation (the MCC)
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Putting People at the Heart of Climate Action: 3 Reasons Business Must Care

We’re just over two weeks away from a critical milestone in the fight against climate change. The UK will host the COP26 climate conference, bringing together countries to enhance their commitments for the first time since they made them under the Paris Agreement in 2015. Zahid Torres-Rahman shares 3 reasons why business must put people at the heart of climate justice.
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Why does so little funding go to women entrepreneurs, and what can we do about it?

According to the World Economic Forum, it will take over 250 years to achieve gender economic parity. Currently, only two per cent of venture capital goes to women-led startups. While investing in women entrepreneurs alone cannot fix the problem, it could help bridge this gap and reap benefits for men and women alike. What can bankers, entrepreneurs, and support organisations do to shift more capital to women entrepreneurs?
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Failing to Win: Lessons from an entrepreneur who went ‘all in’

After backpacking across Africa in search of changemakers building scalable, high-impact businesses, Canadian entrepreneur Mike Quinn convinced his retired parents to mortgage their house and lend him $100,000 to co-found Zoona, one of the continent’s earliest fintechs. That risk paid off big time, as Zoona went on to process $2.5 billion of transactions and generate $26 million in income for thousands of micro-entrepreneurs across Zambia and Malawi.
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The pandemic, supply chains and gendered impacts

Rita Mendez, impacts senior coordinator at ISEAL, shares the findings of a recent paper on gender and gender risks across the supply chain.
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Women, Family and Contraceptives

Watch this Fireside with Bayer on Women, Family and Contraceptives. SPEAKERS: Mildred Nadah Pita, Head Global Health Programs/Sustainability,  Middle Africa, Bayer Dr. Claus Runge,
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Business and the Care Economy

  Hosted with International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Rebecca Calder, Director and Co-Founder, Kore Global Sana Kapadia, Project Director, Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
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COVID-19 recovery: Why childcare must be part of the plan

As countries struggle to address the economic and health costs of COVID-19, finding solutions for mothers in informal employent will be important. Governments, donors, and businesses will need to invest in care — and will need to know what works and what doesn’t in reaching the most vulnerable families.
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How to implement effective grievance mechanisms

Monica Romis is Private Sector Human Rights Advisor at Oxfam Business Advisory Service. In this session, Monica speaks about grievance mechanisms, and references good practices that can help companies move in the right direction.
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Interview with Sitsofe Sah, Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)

As part of a series of interviews with participants of the Ghana Women in Energy conference, Dr. Cherub Antwi-Nsiah and Mrs. Ellen D. Eyison Dzah of Ghana’s Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) recently sat down with her to talk about her work and her experience as a woman working in a male-dominated sector.
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GG2021 – Day 3 Webinar 2

Our webinar explored “Unleashing the Potential of Youth Enterprise” and discussed how supporting young entrepreneurs contributes to rebuilding better, mechanisms for companies to help
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New Learning and Insights Paper: Enhancing the Livelihoods of ‘Hidden Women’ in Global Smallholder Value Chains

Despite their significant contribution, women’s roles in smallholder value chains often go unrecognised, undervalued, and underpaid by society, by the economy, and in political decision-making. Our new learning and insights paper draws from an online discussion co-hosted by Unilever and Oxfam, to provide practical insights and case studies that support transformational change.
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Six Actions Businesses Can Take To Reduce Negative Impacts of Purchasing Practices on Human Rights

As Human Rights Due Diligence becomes increasingly important for businesses, Oxfam’s Private Sector Human Rights Advisor, Monica Romis looks at how purchasing practices have direct implications on the human rights of workers, sharing some of Oxfam’s research and highlighting concrete steps business can take for a more equitable sharing of rights and responsibilities through the supply chain.
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Why Gender Inequality In Your Supply Chains Matters – And What You Can Do About It

Jiselle Steele, Oxfam’s Private Sector Gender Advisor, shares insights from recent Oxfam research revealing the gender discrimination and inequality affecting workers and looks at what lessons can be learned so that you can take action. 
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GG2021 – Day 2 Webinar 2

Our webinar explored “Harnessing Digital to Drive Inclusive Economic Opportunity” and discussed the various meanings of digital transformation, how digitalisation can enhance social inclusion,
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GG2021 – Day 2 Webinar 1

Our webinar explored “Business and the Care Economy” and discussed the challenges of tackling unpaid domestic and care work, investment opportunities in the care
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