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Gender equality in global supply chains: new resource for members

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  • Alan Sadler
  • 16 July 2019
Flower workers, Tanzania

Inequality, discrimination and injustice based on gender can be seen in the different types of work performed by men and women, how workers are treated in the workplace, and pay and labour conditions.

Women workers in particular – across all tiers of the supply chain – often face discrimination due to entrenched socio-cultural norms and attitudes that prevent them from contributing fully in the workplace or society. Making progress towards gender equality is therefore critical to the achievement of decent work, particularly for women.

This new resource, available to ETI members below, brings together literature, tools, guidance and case studies on gender initiatives in company ethical trade programmes. It complements both ETI's Base Code guidance on gender equality and our gender strategy (also below, and available to all).

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Base code guidance: Gender equality

Guidance to help businesses understand the likely gender issues in their supply chains and how to respond to them.
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ETI Gender strategy

Gender equality as an enabler of workers’ rights.
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Safe spaces

Creating the enabling environment to progress women workers’ representation and to support women workers to organise collectively and access their rights.
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ETI's blog covers issues at the intersection of business, news and ethical trade. We welcome a range of insights and opinions from our guest bloggers, though don't necessarily agree with everything they say.

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