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FREE Grow Fund – Apply Now!

communications@womenwin.org — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:05:59 +0000

The FREE (Financial Resilience for Economic Empowerment) GROW Fund opens its first call for applications on 10 July 2024!

The FREE GROW Fund specifically focuses on women that are empowered to thrive in agricultural value chains by advancing gender equality and promoting economic and climate resilience. FREE GROW invests in local organisations that use intersectional approaches to advance gender equality in agricultural communities connected to global value chains. The first iteration of FREE Grow will focus specifically on women and girls in the floriculture, tea, and coffee sectors in East Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania).

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The FREE GROW Fund aims to support women and girls who live in floriculture, tea, and coffee communities in East Africa, with a specific focus on women who are economically engaged in these sectors as workers, farmers and/or entrepreneurs*. Particularly, women and girls from underrepresented and vulnerable groups. For example: migrant workers, young mothers, and people with disabilities. All registered non-governmental organisations, groups, collectives, and networks with a focus on the rights of girls and women, and who have demonstrable experience working in flower, tea, and/or coffee communities in East Africa are welcome to apply.

FREE GROW applications open 10 July - 26 July 2024

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The vision is that through this fund, women are empowered to thrive in agricultural value chains through advancing gender equality practices and promoting economic and climate resilience.

For more information about eligibility criteria and how to apply, visit the FREE Fund website or email at freefund@womenwin.org for more information.

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Women Garment Workers’ Mental Health & Wellbeing

communications@womenwin.org — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 16:45:32 +0000

Women Win is excited to share new research on “Understanding Drivers and Prohibitors of Women Garment Workers Mental Health and Wellbeing” in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, in collaboration with local partners: CCIHP in Vietnam, Family Planning Association in Sri Lanka, and Karmojibi Nari in Bangladesh.

This study was funded by lululemon and conducted in collaboration with the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW). The research intentionally employed a participatory approach by engaging local women garment workers, women’s rights organisations, mental health experts, and researchers in each of the three countries to elicit contextual knowledge and grounded realities about:

Unique aspects of mental health, beyond general well-being, with a focus on women garment workers
What constitutes positive mental health and wellbeing for women garment workers, and
Key determinants of mental health and wellbeing in the garment factory setting, according to women workers.

This research brief is intended for brands, suppliers and industry partners that want to understand more about the state of women’s mental health and wellbeing in Asia’s garment industry. The work contributes to the existing knowledge base that looks at worker mental wellbeing beyond basic wellbeing. It also provides a unique insight into this space centering women’s voices while using a newly developed ‘Mental Health and Wellbeing Key Indicators Framework’.

Our hope with this brief is to elevate the conversation on the critical nature of worker mental health and wellbeing among brands, suppliers, and other industry partners. If you are interested in joining this conversation, please reach out to us directly to get involved.

Read the full brief here

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Women Owned Flower Farms in Kenya

Naledi — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 15:08:10 +0000

Wilmar Flower Farm

Meet Mary Waithera is a young female entrepreneur, she founded the Wilmar Flower Farm with savings from employment and she is now able to create employment.

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Legacy Flower Farm

Mrs. Aoko is the owner of Legacy Flower Farm, a Woman Owned Business in Kenya. We interviewed her employees, Anita and Benta who shared that they love working at the farm and producing quality flowers for the customers. They also encourage other women to work hard in the various industries that they are in.

Read their story here

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Kikwetu Flower Farm

Meet Ruth and Sheila from Kikwetu Flower Farm in Kenya. They are mid-level managers who are working towards growing further in the floriculture industry and the shattering glass ceiling.

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Everest Flower Farm

Meet the two sisters; Sharon and Nicola Karuga who run Everest Flower Farm with their father in Kenya.

Sharon Karuga shared that the floriculture industry in Kenya is male-dominated and this makes it challenging for women to access the necessary capital to scale their businesses. She encourages women to work together to create systems that support them.

Nicola Karuga shared that Everest Flower Farm loves empowering their community by providing employment opportunities and also training for women in the floriculture industry.

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Engaging men to advance women’s economic outcomes

Naledi — Tue, 23 May 2023 15:32:42 +0000

What are the successes of engaging men to positively advance women’s economic outcomes?

In this case study, you will learn from experts in the floriculture field and how they successfully engaged men in their activities.

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Advancing gender equality in the tea supply chain Webinar, March 9th 2023

communications@womenwin.org — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 09:45:22 +0000

Inviting ETP members to an online webinar “Advancing gender equality in the tea supply chain: 5 ways in which your company can improve its gender-responsive practices” hosted by Women Win.

9^th of March, 12:00 GMT, [Online via Zoom]

Is gender equality on your 2023 to do list but you don’t know where to start? Are you looking to implement gender-responsive policies and practices but need practical examples from other companies to get inspired? Do you require more information about gender-responsive human rights due diligence to meet consumer and investor demands? Look no further!

In celebration of international women’s day, Women Win cordially invites you to the online webinar: “Advancing gender equality in the tea supply chain: 5 ways in which your company can improve its gender-responsive practices” on the 9^th of March.

During the webinar, Women Win will take you through why it’s important to advance gender equality in the supply chain and the ways in which your company can do that. Based on a practical study with other ETP members, Women Win will highlight the 5 most common challenges companies in the tea sector struggle with when implementing gender-responsive human rights due diligence and the practical ways in which you can address these issues. You will also hear about the best gender-responsive practices that have worked for other companies and how your company can get started! Will we see you there?

Practical information

When: 9^th of March, 12:00 am GMT
Where: Online [Zoom]
Who can attend: ETP members

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Stawisha: Training women leaders in value chains

Naledi — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 09:30:12 +0000

As a part of our Building Bridges for Women’s Economic Empowerment programme, our partners took part and ran the Stawisha training sessions focused women leaders in the Kenyan supply chain. Watch the video below to learn more.

https://vimeo.com/womenwin/stawisha

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Defining Women’s Economic Empowerment and Resilience

communications@womenwin.org — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 08:43:53 +0000

Read our article about Women's Economic Empowerment and Resilience's definition

Women’s economic empowerment (WEE) basically means enabling women to earn a decent living. It has taken on a variety of definitions and sometimes, even at the highest levels, is used without definition (e.g. the Beijing Platform for Action, or the 2017 UN High Level Panel reports on WEE). Proponents differ in defining the how and why to achieve WEE. How to tackle the wicked problems of poverty, exclusion, exploitation and gender inequality? And ‘why’?

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How Dutch companies can address gender equality in supply chains

Naledi — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 09:20:25 +0000

Women Win’s brand Win-Win Strategies commissioned Equileap to assess 100 public companies listed in the Netherlands on their gender equality performance. The findings indicate:

Two-thirds of the companies offer transparency on social supply chain topics, but very little data is available on how these companies approach gender equality in the supply chain.
While Dutch companies are becoming more transparent and performing better on gender equality in their workforce, there is not much evidence that this is being extended to their supply chains.

In this article, Supraja Suresh analyses the Equileap findings and highlights ways in which Dutch companies can use this research to better their supply chain practices.

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Putting women at the centre of the conversation

Naledi — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 09:17:38 +0000

“Every day, we realise that we have emerging issues, and as a progressive industry, we cannot bury our heads in the sand. One of those areas is gender; specifically women empowerment. It is always a pleasure for us to work very closely with women-led organisations…and look at areas such as women empowerment, gender mainstreaming, violence, women rights at the farm and within the environment in which they work.” -Clement Tulezi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Flower Council (KFC)

Research done by our partners Ufadhili Trust has highlighted the need for the flower sector to prioritise women empowerment programmes in collaboration with all stakeholders in the industry.

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Investing in Women Workers is a Win for Kenya’s Floriculture Sector.

communications@womenwin.org — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 14:19:22 +0000

“Collaboration between flower farms and different stakeholders is critical for not only the wellbeing of the workers, but also for the sustainability of the sector.” -Ambassador Elkanah Odembo (Acting Executive Director of Ufadhili Trust)

Research done by our partners Ufadhili Trust has highlighted the need for all stakeholders within the Kenyan flower sector to work closely together. These collaborations strengthen the rights of marginalised workers and the sustainability of flower farms.

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