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Tackling gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in the garment and footwear sector is a core priority for RISE. RISE Respect is the initiative’s comprehensive approach to preventing and addressing GBVH, with a strong focus on transforming social norms and driving positive behavior change. Through its in-factory workplace program, RISE strengthens equitable relationships and attitudes among women and men, providing a tested model for GBVH prevention, mitigation, and remediation.
Since 2015, the Respect workplace program has been implemented in seven countries—India, Bangladesh, Kenya, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Guatemala, and Vietnam—supporting more than 70 suppliers and benefitting over 80,000 workers.
RISE aims to co-design solutions with its membership that address critical gaps and key drivers of gender inequity across the sector. In the context of emerging human rights due diligence (HRDD) legislation, industry stakeholders have expressed strong interest in a scalable program that can support more comprehensive GBVH prevention and mitigation across supply chains. To meet this need, RISE will lead the design, testing, and learning of a scalable GBVH response model, drawing from shared learning and existing approaches in the garment, textile, and footwear industries. Pilot testing will focus on identifying the program components that are most essential, adaptable, and scalable. The pilot will take place in two countries—India and Bangladesh—with the intention of future scale-up across all RISE countries.
Simultaneously, also as art of Respect scalability strategy, the RISE Respect program will be expanded in Central America, with a particular emphasis on women’s economic empowerment and financial health, given the strong link between GBVH and financial insecurity in the region. This will include developing a blended GBVH + Financial Health program model. This integrated approach will address the interconnected drivers of GBVH, and financial vulnerability faced by women workers in Central America’s garment sector.
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RISE is seeking a local expert in Cambodia to support adaptation of the RISE Respect (addressing and preventing GBVH) program to Cambodia. The Local Expert will report directly to the Program Director work closely with the RISE Respect team in Europe and local implementing partner/s in Cambodia. As part of the program delivery team, the local expert will be responsible for supporting timely, high-quality project delivery and managing local stakeholder relationships to ensure smooth implementation.
The contractor needs to have experience working with global supply chain (such as garment, agriculture or other sectors) to develop and deliver worker capacity programs that consider the needs of women. The contractor needs to be based in Cambodia and speak Khmer and English.