Women s Economic Empowerment Navigating Enablers and Constraints

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1 Women s Economic Empowerment Navigating Enablers and Constraints Tuesday 6th February 2018 The 2 nd Webinar of our Series on Women s Economic Empowerment and Inclusive Business

2 Business Call to Action Webinar Series 1. Women s Economic Empowerment: the (Inclusive) Business Case Tuesday 30 th Jan Women's Economic Empowerment: Navigating Enablers and Constraints Tuesday 6th Feb 2018, 4:00-5:00 pm (GMT+3) 3. Women s Economic Empowerment: Measuring Inclusive Businesses Impact Tuesday 13th Feb 2018, 4:00-5:00 pm (GMT+3) Dr Catherine Dolan, Reader in Anthropology at SOAS, University of London, Visiting Scholar at Saïd Business School Diana Gutierrez, Global Programme Manager, Gender Equality Seal for Private Sector Global at UNDP Anuj Mehra, Managing Director at Mahindra Rural Housing Finance Limited, India Vava Angwenyi, Founder, Vava Coffee LTD, Kenya Moderated by Nazila Vali, Knowledge and Partnerships Lead, Business Call to Action at UNDP

3 Agenda Introduction by Carmen Lopez-Clavero (6 min) Georgia Taylor framing our discussion on Women s Economic Empowerment, the enablers and constraints (6 min) Arianna Rossi on the Better Work efforts in achieving gender equality in the garment industry (6 min) Mashook Mujib Chowdhury on Women Empowerment in DBL Group (6 min) Nicole Voillat on Bata s initiatives around WEE both globally and locally (6 min) Q&A Session (30 min) Share your reactions and questions for our speakers

4 About the Presenters Georgia Taylor, Technical Director at WISE Development Arianna Rossi, Research and Policy Officer, Better Work, International Labour Organization Mashook Mujib Chowdhury, Deputy Manager, Sustainability, at DBL Group Nicole Voillat, Group Sustainability Director at Bata Brands Moderated by Carmen Lopez-Clavero, Programme Manager Specialist, Private Sector and Economic Development at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Share your reactions and questions for our speakers

5 Women s Economic Empowerment Carmen Lopez-Clavero Programme Manager Specialist, private sector and economic development

6 Not only sewing machines, chicken and cows

7 The process which increases women s real power over economic decisions that influence their lives and priorities in society. WEE can be achieved through equal access to and control over critical economic resources and opportunities, and the elimination of structural gender inequalities in the labour market, including a better sharing of unpaid care work

8 Key Areas Entrepreneurship and private sector development Access to land and property rights Labour markets and decent work Unpaid care work Education and skills development Social Protection Agriculture and rural development

9 Women's Economic Empowerment: Navigating Enablers and Constraints Georgia Taylor, Technical Director at WISE Development

10 Women s Economic Empowerment A woman is economically empowered when she has both the ability to succeed and advance economically and the power to make and act on economic decisions (ICRW) To succeed and advance economically, women need the skills and resources to compete in markets, as well as fair and equal access to economic institutions. To have the power and agency to benefit from economic activities, women need to have the ability to make and act on decisions and control resources and profits

11 Agency - Personal and social power to make choices and act to impact on the world in a way that may be contrary to social norms and structure Agency Structure and social norms

12 Companies supporting WEE WHAT Supply chain enterprises, home workers, farmers Employees formalising, voice, rights Social norms in the workplace leadership, culture, rules and system Structure and social norms in communities (e.g. GALS) HOW With NGOs, informal worker associations, unions, small companies Influencing government policy and other companies Innovation

13 Thank you

14 Gender Equality in the Global Garment Industry Webinar Women's Economic Empowerment: Navigating Enablers and Constraints Arianna Rossi 6 February 2018

15 Who We Are We mobilize global brands, governments, factory owners and workers to improve working conditions, drive competitiveness and create a more equitable, more prosperous world for everyone. 2

16 We currently engage 60+ brands across 7 countries Reaching 1,500+ factories 2,000,000 workers (80% ) and their families

17 Better Work works An independent impact assessment of 15,000 workers and 2,000 managers showed: Better Work decreased the gender pay gap by up to 17%, reducing sexual harassment concerns by up to 18%, and increasing women s access to prenatal care by as much as 26%. Improvements in working conditions are more significant when women are freely elected and fairly represented on workermanagement committees.

18 Better Work works An independent impact assessment of 15,000 workers and 2,000 managers showed: Female supervisors trained by Better Work achieved a 22% increase in productivity on their line. A workplace free of harassment also leads to higher profitability. Quality jobs for women have development spillovers including better health for workers and their family members and improved education for workers children.

19 Women Empowerment in DBL Group Mashook Mujib Chowdhury Sustainability Department

20 Programs for women Female Supervisor Leadership Program: DBL Women in Factories Initiative: CARE Women Health Program Initiative (WHPI): DBL Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights: Phulki, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Financial literacy: CARE UNICEF

21 Female Supervisors in DBL 10,000 female workers (49%) in garments manufacturing 40 Female Supervisors (250 sewing lines) 107% increase in salaries after promotion 2.98% more efficient than Male Supervisors Better in house-keeping 2020 Goal:

22 Tangible business impact 2% Female employee turnover (from about 6% in 2011) ABSENTEEISM 3.6% $624,000 Extra production annually (from about 8% in 2011)

23 Countering the structural barriers In workplace: Programs to create awareness In society: Community Knowledge Exchange Programs Community Ambassadors Within the female workers: Explaining increased social status Supervisors motivation

24 Vision for female workers To be the most attractive employer for the female workers in the garments industry of Bangladesh

25 Q&A Session Send us your question for our speakers via the chat box at the bottom right corner

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30 Register for our next webinar Women's Economic Empowerment: Measuring Inclusive Businesses Impact Tuesday 13th Feb :00-5:00 pm (GMT+3) Dr Catherine Dolan, Reader in Anthropology at SOAS, University of London, Visiting Scholar at Saïd Business School Diana Gutierrez, Global Programme Manager, Gender Equality Seal for Private Sector Global at UNDP Anuj Mehra, Managing Director at Mahindra Rural Housing Finance Limited, India Vava Angwenyi, Founder, Vava Coffee LTD, Kenya Moderated by Nazila Vali, Knowledge and Partnerships Lead, Business Call to Action at UNDP Visit the event section on our website to register.

31 Thank You and see you next week for our last webinar!