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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

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

March 12, 2024
4 mins
Laura Macías Image Laura Macías
Sreya Nath Image Sreya Nath
Sharmishtha Nanda Image Sharmishtha Nanda
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
4 mins
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! 

Responsible Digital Wages: An Industry Stakeholder Approach to Supporting Female Workers to Access, Use and Benefit from Payroll Accounts

October 13, 2022
Responsible Digital Wages: An Industry Stakeholder Approach to Supporting Female Workers to Access, Use and Benefit from Payroll Accounts

There are 4,000 garment factories and over four million garment workers in Bangladesh. Supporting workers to be able to use their accounts safely and confidently requires a concerted effort from all of the different organizations they come into contact with during the transition from cash to digital wages. HERproject has therefore explored a new way of engaging stakeholders who are important touchpoints for workers during wage digitization

Bridging the Supply Chain Gender Gap through Digital Training

May 5, 2022
Laura Macías Image Laura Macías
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.

Advancing Digital Financial Inclusion for Garment Workers in India Impact for Women and Business

October 26, 2021
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Advancing Digital Financial Inclusion for Garment Workers in India Impact for Women and Business

This report shares the benefits for garment sector workers and business following participation in HERfinance in India.

Gender-Responsive Wage Digitization in the Garment Sector a Practical Guide

October 26, 2021
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Isadora Loreto Image Isadora Loreto
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Gender-Responsive Wage Digitization in the Garment Sector a Practical Guide

This guide offers practical advice on developing and delivering wage digitization programs that can lead to women's economic empowerment.

Garment Workers’ Financial Behaviors during the COVID-19 Crisis: Lessons Learned from Factories in Bangladesh, Egypt, and India

January 11, 2021
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Garment Workers’ Financial Behaviors during the COVID-19 Crisis: Lessons Learned from Factories in Bangladesh, Egypt, and India

Interviews led by HERproject suggest that female and male garment workers were more financially resilient following wage digitization and financial capability training. However, the systemic gender inequalities that have long affected women and girls were exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic.