
GEAR in Vietnam: Empowering women for greater leadership
The story of Ngoc Khong
The story of Ngoc Khong
Better Work Bangladesh has renewed its strategic focus on gender equality and women’s economic empowerment by integrating principles of gender equality and inclusion in all aspects of its work.
The male leadership programme has created a space for women to participate and voice out their concerns inside the factory. It upholds the core value of respecting the voice of all genders to create fairer, more productive, and inclusive workplaces.
Project in collaboration between Better Work, the International Finance Corporation and national stakeholders in Jordan to address gender-based violence.
The ILO’s Better Work Indonesia programme has launched an innovative campaign on gender equality in garment industry. Making the best use of technology, BWI’s campaign ran a video blog (vlog) competition.
We have seen dramatic changes in the garment sector in recent years. Trade wars and new trade agreements, technological shifts and changing consumption patterns, to name but a few. How far have we come in addressing these challenges and what’s in store as we enter 2020, and the second decade of Better Work?
High performing factory progressively improve services for pregnant and breastfeeding employees.
Better Work and partners are tackling sexual harassment in factories in Haiti.
After a successful pilot, the Gender Equality and Returns (GEAR) initiative will be scaled up to train 700 female operators and their managers in 70 factories. GEAR trained 144 female workers in the pilot phase; 58 of whom are now in supervisory roles with a 39 percent increase in salary.
On International Women’s Day, Better Work outlines the benefits of making garment factories places of equal opportunity.
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