Human Rights and Governance

Advancing Human Rights and Governance

Black Lives Matter Series: Views from the Business Fights Poverty Community – Tomisin Fasosin

Members of the Business Fights Poverty network share their reflections on Black Lives Matter in this series. Today we hear from Tomisin Fasosin
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Black Lives Matter Series: Views from the Business Fights Poverty Community – Naomi Cameron-Wyatt

Members of the Business Fights Poverty network share their reflections on Black Lives Matter in this series. Today we hear from Naomi Cameron-Wyatt.
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Black Lives Matter Series: Views from the Business Fights Poverty Community – Dr Tauni Lanier

Members of the Business Fights Poverty network share their reflections on Black Lives Matter in this series. In this article we hear from Dr Tauni Lanier
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Black Lives Matter Series: Views from the Business Fights Poverty Community – Sizakele Marutlulle

Members of the Business Fights Poverty network share their reflections on Black Lives Matter in this series. In this article we hear from South African born Sizakele Marutlulle.
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Fighting Our Other Pandemic: Racism

At Business Fights Poverty, we believe that there is no place for racism in society and that businesses must be actively anti-racist and need to work collaboratively to fight it. It has been encouraging to see companies and our fellow organisations working in the social impact space coming out unequivocally to say that they believe, like we do, that Black Lives Matter. Yet making statements, or blacking out social media for a day, or even giving large philanthropic donations, is not enough. And it is not enough for two reasons.
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Technology and the Workplace: Putting People First

Work is the engine at the center of our economies. Shaping a future of work where people can thrive is essential for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. (WBCSD) have collaborated to develop shared business principles aimed at putting people first when it comes to the impact of technology on how work is carried out by direct employees, contract and temporary workers, and workers throughout the supply chain
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Calling Tech-Focused Ideas to Help Address COVID-19 Learning Emergency

According to the latest figures released by UNESCO, over 1.5 billion learners around the world are not able to attend school or university due to COVID19 closures, with 192 governments ordering countrywide closures of their schools and universities.
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Developing Skills and Quality Jobs for Young People

Business Fights Poverty Online 2020 Day 3: Skills This session is part of a series of webinars with Futuremakers by Standard Chartered. Speakers: Suzanne
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Beyond Barriers: Gender Inclusivity in the Digital Age

Business Fights Poverty Online 2020 Day 4: Equity Hosted with the IFC Digital2Equal initiative. Speakers: Natalia Cano, Head of Brand & Reputation APAC, Google
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Exploring the Complexity of Gender Inequality in 2020

Business Fights Poverty Online 2020 Day 4: Equity Hosted with CARE International UK Speakers: Sandra Fontano, Senior Global Sustainability Manager – Gender Equality, Unilever Ashika
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How can companies accelerate the opportunities and inclusion of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic People

Sue Adkins, Founder, The Collaborative Action Network (moderator) Dazon Dixon Diallo, Founder & CEO, SisterLove Romeo Effs, Board Advisor, Non-Executive Director, and Founder and
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COVID-19 Could Drive Millions of Women into Poverty, When They are Agents of Recovery

COVID-19 has become an unprecedented global crisis, affecting everyone – but not equally so. CARE International UK’s new study on COVID-19 and women’s economic justice and rights shows that women and girls are disproportionately affected by the economic effects of global pandemics, especially those in the poorest and most marginalised communities.
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Three Promises Lidl Has Made to Protect its Food Workers

Supermarkets have become one of the few vital services still functioning during the global Coronavirus pandemic. Supermarket staff deserve great respect for keeping customers safe and supplied with food to sustain us through this unprecedented crisis.
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COVID-19 and the Garment Industry: Protect Workers, Transform the Industry

The garment industry employs 60 million workers around the world, nearly 75% of whom are women. The International Labour Organization has estimated that nearly 25 million jobs could be lost as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and women working in garment supply chains are particularly vulnerable. During this period of crisis, CARE is calling on brands, governments, supplier factories, trade unions and civil society to take action to protect the rights of women working in the garment industry.
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How Can Business Respond to the Increase in Domestic Violence During COVID-19?

Prior to COVID-19, already 1 in 3 women were estimated to experience violence in their lifetimes. Now, as the UN has noted, the economic and social stresses, as well as restrictions on movement and confinement, have dramatically increased the numbers of women and girls facing violence and abuse from intimate partners, in almost all countries.
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Rachel Cooper

The COVID-19 global pandemic leaves people and systems vulnerable to bribery and corruption. Rachel Cooper, Director of Transparency International’s Health Initiative is a leading expert in understanding the causes and cures of ethically dubious bad practice.
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COVID-19: Delivering Critical Information and Behaviour Change at Scale

Every1Mobile is proud to announce the launch of two digital information and behaviour change tools in the fight against coronavirus in Africa. ENDCORONAVIRUS.AFRICA and ENDCORONAVIRUS.CO.KE are interactive one-stop-shops for COVID-19 prevention and management information in English for users across Africa, and Kiswahili for users in Kenya, using WHO guidelines.​
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Covid-19: ‘We Won’t Get Back to Normal Because Normal was the Problem’

Discussions about the world that will emerge from the coronavirus pandemic have already started apace. Many commentators are wondering whether the crisis offers the opportunity to set the world on a more sustainable and equal path. The Covid-19 recovery offers an opportunity to create a different type of ‘normal’ – one that can help restore trust in the state and reaffirm crucial economic and social rights.​
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An Old Movie For Our Times

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Coronavirus measures will hit women harder than men, charities warn

Data is urgently required to highlight the different impact of coronavirus on women and men, with early signs that women face higher levels of violence and more care work.
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