Jiselle Steele, Oxfam's Private Sector Gender Advisor, details steps on how agricultural companies can collect more and better gender data in their supply chains.
ETI’s Gender Data Initiative aims to support corporate members to embark on a journey of collecting more and better gender-disaggregated supply chain data, as an integral part of supply chain risk assessments and monitoring.
Level Two Indicators help businesses and suppliers gather relevant data to investigate specific risk areas related to gender in the workplace. A total of six thematic areas have been identified with corresponding indicators that can provide evidence on how these issues might be affecting women workers compared to men. These indicators can also be used in monitoring and evaluation of supply chain initiatives.
Level Three Indicators are aimed at collecting data when looking to create systemic change that goes beyond the workplace to also factor in broader societal norms that influence behaviours in the workplace. These indicators are more relevant for evaluating specific programmes or when working on a collaborative initiative with other businesses, NGOs and trade unions. They are supplementary to Level Two indicators and can be collected alongside them.
This is the starting point for collecting the necessary gender-disaggregated data to better understand your supply chain. This includes workforce composition disaggregated by gender, business performance indicators related to turnover and absenteeism, as well as membership in trade unions/worker committees and overtime hours.
Caroline Downey, Lucy Brill and Holly Woodward Davey reflect on the gender gains made so far, the reality of gender equity efforts today and the steps needed to progress going forward.
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.
This blog series shares key highlights and learnings from the programme ‘Gender Equity Across Supply Chains: a comparative analysis’ by Women Working Worldwide, Banana Link and Homeworkers Worldwide.
Recommendations for businesses on to how to ensure gender equality considerations are part and parcel of policies and programmes necessary to support the recovery of supply chains and ensure decent conditions for all workers.
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