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Gender responsive crisis management guideline

The COVID-19 pandemic affected all sectors of economy and provoked long-term changes in how the entire world population lives and does business. To address the challenges caused by the pandemic and to adapt to the new reality, private sector companies had to

Building gender-responsive procurement: Lessons from research and practice

This guidance note synthesizes UN Women’s gender-responsive procurement research in Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, and South Africa to derive recommendations for programming, policy, and advocacy.

Procurement’s strategic value: Why gender-responsive procurement makes business sense

The report presents the business case for gender-responsive procurement, defined as the sustainable selection of services, goods or public works from women-owned or women-led enterprises and/or those having gender-responsive policies and practices for employees and supply chains.

Rethinking gender-responsive procurement: Enabling an ecosystem for women’s economic empowerment

This publication, prepared by UN Women and the International Labour Organization, proposes an evolved vision of gender-responsive procurement (GRP) that leaves no one behind and creates outcomes for gender

ILO Monitor: COVID-19 and the World of Work. Fourth edition

According to the new ILO Monitor, youth are being disproportionately affected by the pandemic, and the substantial and rapid increase in youth unemployment seen since February is affecting young women more than young men.

The COVID-19 Shadow Pandemic: Domestic Violence in the World of Work - A Call to Action for the Private Sector

The unprecedented increase in domestic violence since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic marks an urgent call for action for the private sector to leverage their existing resources and influence to keep women safeat home and safe at work.

How Can Business Tackle Gender Based Violence in the World of Work: A Toolkit for Action

Gender Based Violence (GBV) affects 1 in 3 women globally and has been referred to by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres as a political ‘global pandemic’ and ‘a mark of shame on all our societies’1.

The power of procurement: How to source from women-owned businesses

In today’s economy, less than one per cent of spending by large businesses on suppliers is earned by women-owned businesses. Investing in women-owned businesses and integrating them into corporate supply chains is “smart economics” and good for business.