With women making up most factory floor and agricultural workers, ETI has released new business guidance for companies on empowering women in supply chains.
Shamima is a floor supervisor in a Bangladeshi garment factory where most supervisors are men. So what does it take for a woman like Shamima to rise up through the ranks in such a culture?
Following BBC Panorama's ‘Sex for Work: The True Cost of Our Tea’ ETI outlines what more needs to be done to protect workers, particularly women and vulnerable groups, in high-risk supply chains like tea.
In our latest blog, originally published by Anti-Slavery International, Eunice Waweru from Workers’ Rights Watch (WRW) exposes the exploitation of women in the flower industry in Kenya.
Banana Link's Holly Woodward Davey continues our Gender Equality in Supply Chains series with examples of how women's representation within the banana industry has and can drive progress towards gender equity.
Banana Link's Holly Woodward Davey continues our Gender Equality in Supply Chains series with examples of how facilitating an enabling environment within the banana industry has and can drive progress towards gender equity.
Women Working Worldwide's Caroline Downey continues our Gender Equality in Supply Chains series with more top tips from Kenya, following a visit to Naivasha's flower farms.
Women Working Worldwide's Caroline Downey kicks off our Gender Equality in Supply Chains series with an introduction to WWW's partnership with HWW & Banana Link and top tips from their first trip to Kericho's tea estates.
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