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Welcome to our blog page. Here you will find blogs by staff, voluteers, and trustees on our work and the issues that are important to women in global supply chains.


Gender Focus on the Just Energy Transition
With the energy transition underway to varying extents in nations around the world, efforts to move from fossil fuels to renewable energy...
Women Working Worldwide
Aug 27, 20254 min read


Beauty Without the Beast: How Financial Literacy is Changing Lives in Kenya’s Hair and Beauty Industry
On this International Financial Literacy Day, we are celebrating the publication of the report on our pilot program ‘Beauty Without the Beast’. In Kenya’s hair and beauty industry, financial literacy is more than numbers — it’s protection from harassment and exploitation, and a pathway to independence.
In 2024 in partnership with Kenya Union of Hair and Beauty Workers (KUHABWO) and the Kenya Financial Education Centre (KFEC) we trained almost 100 workers.
Women Working Worldwide
Aug 12, 20254 min read


Climate and Gender Impacts of the Traditional Energy Sectors
Nemonte Nenquimo of the Waorani people (centre) protesting with Indigenous peoples from nations whose lives and lands are threatened by...
Halima Ahmed
Jul 16, 20254 min read


International Tea Day - Time to Talk About the Hidden Cost of Your Brew
The UK now drinks over 100 million cups of tea every day—but how often do we think about the people behind the leaves? Across global tea...
Women Working Worldwide
May 20, 20251 min read


Mind the Gap: Why Financial Services Has the UK’s Worst Gender Pay Divide
The financial services sector is lucrative, but has some of the worst track records for pay equity.
Women Working Worldwide
Feb 25, 20253 min read


Women Empowerment Internship in Pokhara, Nepal Harriet Cole
Volunteering in Nepal with GVI, I supported women's empowerment, taught English, explored culture, and learned about impactful projects.

Harriet Cole
Dec 24, 20246 min read


Tackling gender-based violence & harassment (GBVH) in agricultural supply chains and why women’s rights groups need funding.
As a new Women Working Worldwide (WWW) Trustee and in dedication to international women’s day, I wanted to share my experiences on a...

Harriet Cole
Jul 7, 20243 min read
Climate crisis and the rights of women workers in global supply chains: we need to do more!
For the past decade, almost every single report begins with the sentence – the greatest challenge of our time is climate change. The most...
Francesca Rhodes
Jun 10, 20243 min read


Gender Equity in Supply Chains: Future proofing
Since ‘Gender Equity across Supply Chains – a comparative analysis’ was completed in 2019, Covid-19 and the climate crisis have taken...
Caroline Downey
Jun 9, 20245 min read
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