Development Blog
Women’s Economic Empowerment: Linda Scott from DoubleXEconomy answers the big questions
By Linda Scott 04th Sep 2017
What does women’s economic empowerment mean to you? To me, women’s economic empowerment is a fresh and insightful new approach to uplifting the status of women in all walks of life.
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Felicitas Bansiloy, an entrepreneur in the Philippines
ICAI report on DFID’s approach to inclusive growth in Africa: Where’s the impact?
By Gerry Boyle 01st Sep 2017
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) has recently published a report on DFID’s approach to supporting inclusive growth in Africa – A learning review. Given the major increase in DFID’s economic development budget over the last few years (to…
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Marie Grace Nyirarukundo, a Lendwithcare.org entrepreneur in Rwanda
Why tackling violence at work will empower more women and help deliver the SDGs
By Gerry Boyle 31st Aug 2017
There is currently a great opportunity for everyone who is interested in women’s economic empowerment to push forward a key initiative to tackle the gender-based violence which plays a key role in the workplace in continuing oppressive working conditions, in…
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Sharmin Akhter, a garment worker in Gazipur, Bangladesh
CARE’s policy asks on the ILO Convention on violence and harassment at work
By Gerry Boyle 31st Aug 2017
The suggested ILO Convention on ending violence and harassment at work, while positive, still has some way to go on some key issues, including the role of women in developing and implementing the Convention, who are identified as workers, what…
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Sharmin Akhter on her way to the garment factory where she works in Bangladesh
It’s good to talk – the business case for good communications on tea estates
By Ella Moffat 31st Aug 2017
Organisations thrive when management and employees have open communications and are able to discuss issues and develop solutions together. Investing in workers can lead to an increase in their productivity, reliability and quality of work. Most importantly, workers who have…
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Rita, member of a Community Development Forum at a tea plantation in Sri Lanka
It’s not just the economy: Decent work for women means focusing on rights and equality too
By Alice Allan 29th Aug 2017
The only good thing about the recent revelations over the yawningly wide gender pay gap at the BBC was the outrage. People felt it was morally corrupt and utterly unequal that women were paid less than men for doing the…
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A CARE project in Cambodia advocated for equal labour rights for women construction workers
