Apparel, footwear, and home textiles. This may change over time, but for now these are the industries that RISE focuses on.

RISE programs are delivered through a growing network of local partners in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Vietnam. We are constantly evaluating where RISE programs add the most value, both from the perspective of workers as well as how production and supply chains are evolving.

RISE was founded by four organizations with more than 15 years’ experience implementing women’s empowerment programs in global supply chains.

CARE is an international humanitarian organization fighting global poverty and world hunger by working alongside women and girls. CARE is supporting RISE with technical expertise, fundraising, and partnerships, as well as collaboration activities such as the Gender Equity Network. , in-country and on a global level. In some geographies CARE is directly implementing RISE program activities.

Better Work, an International Labour Organization (ILO) and International Finance Corporation (IFC World Bank) collaboration that promotes decent work and better business in the garment industry, is supporting RISE with technical expertise, fundraising, and partnerships. Better Work’s ‘Worker Rights and Responsibilities’ training module has been integrated into the RISE Foundation Program.

HERproject was a BSR collaborative initiative active between 2007-2022, that supported low-income women working in global supply chains HERproject programs, activities and team have been fully integrated into RISE.

Gap Inc.’s P.A.C.E., a Gap Inc. program that provides women and girls in the global apparel industry foundational life skills, technical training, and support, has been fully integrated into RISE Foundations Program and Integrated Model.

Gap Inc. is also a Leaders’ Circle funder.

RISE programs are implemented by a network of local partners. Please see the section on RISE Local Partners.

The RISE Integrated Model is an implementation model where RISE helps members (brands or suppliers) build their capacity to deliver workplace trainings in their own supply chain. RISE supports through training, resources, and materials, practical implementation guidance and advise, access to a monitoring and evaluation framework and platform. Contact the RISE partnerships team for more information.

RISE and our partners support employers, buyers and workers to build workplaces where people enjoy equal opportunities at work, access to good quality jobs, shared economic value and can influence their working environment and business is thriving. This includes building the capacity of women and men workers, engaging management, connecting to local product and service providers, and strengthening operating policies and practices. We engage and partner with a range of stakeholders to influence the broader enabling environment governing markets.

RISE’s capacity building programs increase workforce resilience by changing both behavior and operating structures. Recognizing that women workers are often in the move vulnerable and low-paid forms of work, even when representing the majority of the workforce, our programs pay attention to ensuring they have the ability to participate and benefit on an equal basis. The programs expand workers’ choices and their ability and confidence to pursue their rights and opportunities. Program topics range from life skills such as communication and problem solving, general and reproductive health, financial health and security, freedom from harassment and violence, and the future of work.

See the section on How to engage.

Workplace program costs depend on program focus, geography, and size of workplace. Please contact the RISE partnerships team for more information.

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RISE seeks to include workers’ voice and representation at every level, from governance to project implementation, ensuring that our work responds to their needs and priorities. The multi-stakeholder RISE Steering Board includes representatives from brands, suppliers, labor organizations and civil society organizations.