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2024 Annual report: Collaborative Action toward Gender Equality in Supply Chains

2024 Annual report: Collaborative Action toward Gender Equality in Supply Chains

December 12, 2024
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2024 Annual report: Collaborative Action toward Gender Equality in Supply Chains

Advancing Financial Inclusion and Resilience in Global Supply Chains: A Practical Guide for Financial Service Providers

October 14, 2024
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Charlotte Pallangyo Image Charlotte Pallangyo
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Advancing Financial Inclusion and Resilience in Global Supply Chains: A Practical Guide for Financial Service Providers

In this guide for financial service providers developed by RISE and Mastercard, we share insights and recommendations to acquire new customers at scale through responsible wage digitalization; drive account usage of a range of financial products and services; and expand product offering to build financial security.

Financial Empowerment in Cambodia: Unveiling the Benefits of Responsible Wage Digitalization in the Garment Industry

August 7, 2024
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     Financial Empowerment in Cambodia: Unveiling the Benefits of Responsible Wage Digitalization in the Garment Industry

Wage digitalization: a path to accelerating financial health for garment workers

July 16, 2024
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Wage digitalization: a path to accelerating financial health for garment workers

Discover how responsible wage digitalization and financial capability training are empowering women garment workers by improving their financial health and economic agency. This approach not only enhances business efficiency but also contributes to broader economic stability and growth in global supply chains.

RISE: A Reflection on Women’s Advancement Beyond Supervisory Roles in the Garment Industry

March 12, 2024
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RISE: A Reflection on Women’s Advancement Beyond Supervisory Roles in the Garment Industry

Key Points:

  1. Women workers are underrepresented in leadership roles within factories in the Ready-made-Garment (RGM) supply chains 
  2. Existing activities focused on workers’ and supervisors' capacity building to promote women to supervisory roles don’t fully match the expectations of workers or address their concerns  
  3. There is an opportunity to explore a broader approach to supporting women’s advancement, beyond supervisory roles, that can get the buy-in of women and support longer term business needs.  

RISE welcomes suppliers in its drive for gender equality in global garment supply chains

March 8, 2024
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RISE welcomes suppliers in its drive for gender equality in global garment supply chains

Celebrating its first anniversary on International Women’s Day, RISE is expanding its membership to accelerate its gender equality mission.

Rising Together for Gender Equality, 2023 Annual Report

January 8, 2024
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Rising Together for Gender Equality, 2023 Annual Report

2023 has been an inspirational year from launch to integration to innovation. Read our Annual Report to learn about our work, impact and activities! 

The Potential Gains of Digitizing Garment Sector Wages in Cambodia

August 25, 2022
The Potential Gains of Digitizing Garment Sector Wages in Cambodia

In Cambodia, where only 33% of adults have a bank account (World Bank Global Findex 2021) and 85% of garment workers are women, many garment sector wages continue to be paid in cash. To better understand the opportunity for wage digitization in Cambodia, IFC partnered with BSR’s HERproject, under the IFC/ILO Better Work partnership, and in collaboration with Microfinance Opportunities. We studied the opportunities and challenges to digitize Cambodia’s garment factory wages through interviews and surveys with over 400 workers and managers from more than 100 factories. Half of the factories we selected to interview pay workers digitally and the other half pay workers in cash. 

Bridging the Supply Chain Gender Gap through Digital Training

May 5, 2022
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Bridging the Supply Chain Gender Gap through Digital Training

HERessentials, a tablet-based learning app for workers and managers, started as a response to the COVID-19 crisis, but it has the potential to build digital capabilities for all workers. We share three key recommendations for businesses considering how to set up digital training in supply chains.

Big potential for digitizing wage payments in Cambodia’s garment factories

December 13, 2021
Big potential for digitizing wage payments in Cambodia’s garment factories

Digitizing wages in Cambodia’s garment sector has the potential to drive efficiency in the supply chain, while bringing large numbers of unbanked workers, especially women, into the formal financial system. This blog details research by HERproject and IFC, under the ILO/IFC Better Work partnership, in close collaboration with Better Factories Cambodia and Microfinance Opportunities.