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Making Care Count: An Overview of the Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care Initiative

18/11/2020

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16 pages long

Languages: English

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Across the globe, unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) sustains communities and economies, provides essential care for children, sick and elderly people and those living with disabilities, and keeps households clean and families fed. Without unpaid care, the global economy as we know it would grind to a halt. Yet this work falls disproportionately on […]

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Towards a Coherent Policy Framework on Business and Human Rights: Challenges, gains, and lessons learned

26/06/2018

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2 pages long

Languages: English

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In 2015, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launched a plan for economic integration across the region. However, in the absence of a coherent policy framework to regulate and govern private sector investment, this economic integration model risks exacerbating resource grabbing, excessively benefiting corporate interests, and adding to Asia’s rising inequalities. This case study […]

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Empowering Women Through the Mentorship Programme: The case of the Fisherfolk Enterprise

26/06/2018

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4 pages long

Languages: English

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In many communities in Southeast Asia, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are crucial drivers of local development and growth. They can play a key role in improving the livelihoods of smallholders, especially women. However, SMEs often do not survive because of the challenges they face in accessing finance and developing logistics and management systems. To […]

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Addressing environmental threats and health risks through responsible rice value chain and multi-stakeholder collaboration in Pakistan

18/04/2018

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4 pages long

Languages: English

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Rice production is vital to the agriculture sector in Pakistan, especially in Punjab, and the country is a globally important rice exporter. However, common production practices are associated with environmental issues linked to health problems such as skin diseases, and environmental issues such as smog, as well as water and soil pollution. Women comprise most […]

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Case study

Increasing farmers’ income through organic and certified rice production in Preah Vihear Province in Cambodia

09/04/2018

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2 pages long

Languages: English

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Located in the north of the Cambodia, Preah Vihear (PVH) is one of the poorest provinces in the country. Rice farmers in the area have the potential to produce organic rice for a good price, but smallholders—particularly women—are often unable to take advantage of these opportunities, as agricultural cooperatives in the district do not function […]

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Promoting a sustainable and inclusive rice value chain in Vietnam through multi-stakeholder initiatives that benefit women and men small-scale producers

09/04/2018

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2 pages long

Languages: English

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Soc Trang and Angiang provinces in Vietnam have the highest rice productivity in the country. However, this is not leading to improvements in living standards for local rice farmers. A lack of collaboration among producers means they are unable to link with big rice export companies. A fragmented value chain and difficulty in acquiring investment, […]

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Case study

Responsible Business Practices: Cambodia’s changing business landscape

24/10/2017

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2 pages long

Languages: English

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Cambodia has experienced rapid economic growth in recent years. Half the workforce is employed in the agricultural sector, and most of these workers are women. However, responsible business practices, including those focusing on gender, are not widespread and the country’s regulatory framework is weak. To address this, the Gender Transformative and Responsible Agribusiness Investments in […]

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Empowering Grassroots Women Through Transformational Partnerships in Agricultural Value Chains

24/10/2017

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2 pages long

Languages: English

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The Gender Transformative and Responsible Agribusiness Investments in South East Asia (GRAISEA) programme works to promote women’s economic empowerment in agricultural value chains. The agricultural sector is heavily reliant on women workers, but these women do not have equal access to resources – only 12 percent of the three million landowners in Asia are women, […]

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