Human Rights and Governance

Advancing Human Rights and Governance

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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COVID-19 Requires Gender-Equal Responses to Save Economies

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is not gender neutral, as it affects men and women differently. Therefore, we must not be gender blind in our responses to the pandemic, or else women will carry a disproportionately higher economic cost than men. Globally, women are more vulnerable to economic shocks wrought by crises such as the coronavirus pandemic.
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Andrew Means

Andrew Means is at the leading edge of social impact data. A self confessed: “cynical optimist. “ This podcast interview with Andrew explores why data is everything – only with good impact measurement can real scalable and lasting social change be made.
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Natalie Deacon

How does a business like Avon – the multinational ‘more than beauty’ compony, deal with coronavirus? Hear first-hand from Natalie Deacon, Avon’s Executive Director Corporate Affairs and Sustainability and the President Avon Foundation for Women.
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How Can Business Respond to an Increase in Gender Based Violence During the COVID-19 Outbreak?

Join us for an online written discussion with a panel of experts to explore how business can respond to an increase in gender based violence during the COVID-19 outbreak. Taking place on Monday 6 April, 10am-11am EDT (3pm-4pm BST/ 5pm-6pm EAT)
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Three Priorities for Business on the Coronavirus

Business Fights Poverty and Business Partnerships for Sustainable Development are convening a process to rapidly co-create and share insights and best-practice, replicable solutions across markets. In thinking through what the priorities should be for business, there are three that stand out.
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The Morning Show: How Business and Television Can Help Us See Possible Contributions to Peace

To date, this column has been devoted to films that provide a lens through which we might see the ways that various cultural artifacts, including business, music, sports and film, can help us see possible contributions to peace.  This month, I’m expanding beyond film to its screen cousin, television, with attention given to AppleTV’s The Morning Show. 
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How to Profitably Serve the Last Mile

Part III of this series describes how N-Frnds has created a hybrid network of Pre-sellers serving multiple FMCG and corporate partners, enabling them to profitably serve last-mile outlets while also empowering these micro-retailers with access to finance to expand their sales and become more viable businesses, creating a win-win situation for all.
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Reflections from the UK-Africa Investment Summit

Last week’s UK-Africa Investment Summit brought together a wealth of businesses, governments and international institutions to showcase and promote the breadth and quality of investment opportunities across Africa.​ Read reflections from CDC Group CEO, Nick O’Donohoe
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Gender Equality is Everyone’s Business: How Can Companies Engage Men as Allies Across the value chain?

Due to launch in early February, a new report will reveal how companies have a unique opportunity to positively influence gender norms at scale by engaging #MenAsAllies to advance gender equality.​
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