FCDO's Work and Opportunities for Women programme

Resources

Toolkits

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Toolkits

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Timediscuss Usethe Data sources and applications of data on paid and unpaid labourlabour. (PDF,It 2.1provides MB,an 37 pages): An overview of the current state of global databases on women’s labour force participation, and on paid and unpaid work. It exploresaddresses issues of data availability and comparability, andas well as ways in which timethese use data hashave been used in relation to addressaddressing gender equality and women’s economic empowerment.empowerment (WEE).

WOW Helpdesk Query 2: Mapping of goodGood practicesPractices (PDF, (PDF, 492 KB,KB, 28 pages):pages): Athe Work Opportunities for Women (WOW) Helpdesk supported DFID Occupied Palestinian Territories with a mapping of good practice examples of economic development (EcDev) programmes that aimedhave sought to include and empower marginalisedmarginalized groups, particularlyin peopleparticular women and persons with disabilities.disability (PwD). The sectoral focus is thestrengthening/rehabilitation strengthening of energy and water infrastructure.infrastructure, Itas alsowell includes as interventions to boost trade, particularly through direct business support and Industrial Zones.

WOW Helpdesk Query 5: Sexual and reproductiveReproductive healthHealth and rightsRights interventionsInterventions in the workplaceWorkplace and women’sWomen's economicEconomic empowermentEmpowerment (PDF, (PDF, 397 KB,KB, 17 pages):pages): Athe Work Opportunities for Women (WOW) Helpdesk supported the DFID Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Team with a rapid, desk-based review of the evidence on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) interventions in the workplace and women’s economic empowerment.empowerment (WEE).

WOW Helpdesk Query 6: Review of women’swomen's economicEconomic empowermentEmpowerment and genderGender work of the business for shared prosperity programme (PDF, (PDF, 523 KB,KB, 30 pages):pages): Athe WOW HD supported DFID Burma with a review of genderGender and women’sWomen economicEconomic empowermentEmpowerment (WEE) inclusion in DFIDtheir Burma’s Business for Shared Prosperity Programme.(BSP) Programme

WOW Helpdesk Query 9: Trade Mark East Africa:Africa gender review(TMEA) (PDF, (PDF, 932 KB,KB, 49 pages):pages): AGender Review. The WOW Helpdesk carried out a desk-based document review of Trade Mark East Africa’sAfrica (TMEA)’s progress on gender mainstreaming to date.

WOW Helpdesk Query 13: Evidence overviewOverview on sexualSexual and reproductiveReproductive healthHealth (SHRH) and rightsRights and women’sWomen economicEconomic empowermentEmpowerment programming(WEE) Programming (PDF, (PDF, 286 KB,KB, 10 pages): pages): Athe WOW Helpdesk conducted a rapid evidence review on how best to use sexualSRHR and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) to influence demographic transition and examples of integration of women’sWEE economic empowerment interventions within SRRH Programming.Programing.

WOW Helpdesk Query 14: Women’s economicEconomic empowermentEmpowerment linkedLinked to landLand programming:Programming, aA preview of evidence for DFID Ethiopia (PDF, (PDF, 614 KB,KB, 33 pages):pages): An assessment, informed by ana comprehensive evidence review and conceptual framework developed by IFPRI (2017), ofthis Helpdesk query assessed publicly available evidence on the contribution of ‘additional interventions’ along 3 main potential impact pathways:

• links between women’s land rights and women’s agency and decision-making
• links between women’s land rights and interventions and increases in women’s productivity/incomesproductivity/ incomes in farming and other agricultural related livelihoods
• links between women’s land rights and improved productivity and/or income in non-agricultural livelihoods

WOW Helpdesk Query 18: Resources on girls’girls clubs and self-help impact on women’swomen's economic empowerment, employment and earnings (PDF, (PDF, 286 KB,KB, 12 pages):pages): Anthis explorationquery ofexplores evidence on the impact of self-helpSelf-Help-Groups groups and girls’girls clubs on livelihoods on employment, earnings, consumption and poverty.

WOW Helpdesk Query 19: Gender and inclusionInclusion evidenceEvidence reviewReview (PDF, (PDF, 461 KB,KB, 19 pages):pages): Evidencein support of the revisions to the Gender and Inclusion Policy of the Prosperity Fund, this query gathers evidence on the relationship between gender equality, women’sWEE economic empowerment and growth,growth and key drivers to ensure WEE opportunities are maximised.maximized.

WOW Helpdesk Query 20: Gender, inclusionInclusion and tradeTrade thematicThematic brief:Brief: integratingIntegrating genderGender and inclusionInclusion into Prosperity Fund (PDF, (PDF, 449 KB,KB, 31 pages):pages): Athis synthesisbrief ofsynthesises evidence on the linkslinkages between gender, social inclusion and trade.trade, Ithighlighting highlights women’s different roles in trade in selected middle-income countries.countries (MICs). It identifies key evidence gaps relevant to the Prosperity Fund’s (PF) focus on Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) to trade in middle-incomeMICs countries.and It also identifies good practice tools, approaches and interventions thatintegrating integrate gender, social analysis and appraisal into trade programming.programming This aims to support gender equality, women’s economic empowerment and inclusive growth.

WOW Helpdesk Query 21: China countryCountry briefBrief (PDF, (PDF, 446 KB,KB, 17 pages):pages): Thisthe country brief identifies key gender gaps and barriers in China related to ProsperityPF Fund areas of intervention, what is the enabling environment,environment andin opportunitiesChina tofor address gender inequality and promotepromoting women’sWEE economicand empowerment.what are the opportunities for PF programmes to address Gender and Inclusion and WEE.

WOW Helpdesk Query 22: Violence and harassment, including sexual harassment, in garment factories and supply chains (PDF, (PDF, 475 KB,KB, 33 pages):pages): Athis mappingquery ofmaps existing evidence on the nature and prevalence of sexual harassment in the garment sector. It is informed by a comprehensive review covering a wide range of garment-producing countries and methodologies.

Women’s WOW economicHelpdesk empowerment:Query key24: Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE) Key facts (PDF, (PDF, 533 KB,KB, 20 pages):pages): Keythis query lists key facts about investments, entrepreneurship and women’s economic empowerment. The facts were selected on an assessment of the strength and breath of the evidence and the credibility of the sources.

WOW Helpdesk Query 25: Tax and women’sWomen's economicEconomic empowermentEmpowerment (PDF, (PDF, 460 KB,KB, 21 pages):pages): Evidence-basedthis argumentsslide-pack forprovides thecompelling inclusionarguments, ofbacked up with robust and clearly stated evidence on why DFID should incorporate a gender and women’sWomen economicEconomic empowermentEmpowerment lens in DFID’stheir work on tax policy, withwhat are entry points to implement this and a selection of case studies.studies showing the benefits of a greater focus on women’s economic empowerment within the tax field.

WOW Helpdesk Query 26: Women’s economicEconomic empowermentEmpowerment measurementsMeasurements (PDF, (PDF, 843 KB,KB, 37 pages):pages): Athis stocktakeWOW Helpdesk query is a stock take of existing practices in measuring women’sWomen’s economicEconomic empowermentEmpowerment in DFID and HMHMG Government economic development programmes.

WOW Helpdesk Query 27: Incorporating gender equality into the re-design of the Good Governance Fund (GGF) in Moldova (PDF, (PDF, 673 KB,KB, 24 pages):pages): Evidencethis query aims to ensure gender equality, social inclusion and women’s economic empowerment are integrated within the programme design of the next phase of GGF Moldova.Moldova, through inclusion within a revised theory of change and identification of suitable entry points based on pre-existing programme history and a rapid gender/women’s economic empowerment analysis.

WOW Helpdesk Query 28: Women’s economicEconomic empowermentEmpowerment and GESI within Horn of Africa (PDF, (PDF, 324 KB,KB, 18 pages):pages): Evidencethe aim of this query it to inform the design of the Prosperity Fund Horn of Africa Programme to ensure ensure greatest potential for transformative outcomes to women entrepreneurs, traders and market actors in Ethiopia and Somaliland.Somaliland, Itwith hassustainability ain focus on sustainability.mind.

WOW Helpdesk Query 29: Decent work for womenWomen workersWorkers in the ready-madeReady-Made garmentGarment industryIndustry in Sub-Saharan Africa (PDF, (PDF, 613 KB,KB, 43 pages):pages): Athis summaryquery ofexplores priority issues and interventions that will contribute to ensuring work for women workers in the emerging ready-made apparel sector in Sub-Saharansub-Saharan Africa.Africa, Itwith focusespredominant focus on rights at work and social dialogue pillars.pillars It is in line with ILO core labour standards and the principle of ‘decent‘Decent work’.Work’.

WOW Helpdesk Query 30: Transforming economiesEconomies through investmentInvestment and growthGrowth (TEIGR) and women’sWomen’s economicEconomic empowermentEmpowerment (PDF, (PDF, 558 KB,KB, 34 pages):pages): Informationthe toWOW helpHelpdesk supported the Investment Climate, Cities and Infrastructure, and the Jobs and Inclusive Growth teams shape the business case for a new investment climate and economic transformation programme – TEIGR.TEIGR It– aims to ensure that gender is mainstreamed and specific interventions are designed to advance women’s economic opportunities.

WOW Helpdesk Query 31: Violence against womenWomen borderBorder tradersTraders (PDF, (PDF, 700 KB,KB, 36 pages):pages): Aa rapid evidence review to understand the context of violence and coercion by officials, especially customs officials, at border crossings.crossings It aims to inform the customs element of a new DFID-funded tax and customs programmes.

WOW Helpdesk Query 32: Transitions to the labourLabour marketMarket within Girls Education Challenge (PDF, (PDF, 989 KB,KB, 35 pages):pages): Thisthe report and the WOW Helpdesk Query 32: presentation (MS (MS PowerPoint Presentation,Presentation, 417 KB)KB) explores ways of transition from basic education to obtaining better jobs in the labour market for adolescent girls and young women.women Itin focuses on conservative and conflict-affectedconflict–affected regionsFATA, in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Sindh and Balochistan provinces in Pakistan. ItPakistan, aimsaiming toat maximisemaximising programmatic potential for economic empowerment for women and girls, and define ways to measure progress.progress towards this aim.

WOW Helpdesk Query 33: Strengthening genderGender and socialSocial Inclusion (with focus on women’sWomen’s economicEconomic empowerment)Empowerment) within the Global Infrastructure Programme (PDF, (PDF, 1.14 MB,MB, 55 pages):pages): Athis reviewquery aims to understand what types of infrastructure development and delivery-relateddelivery related interventions within the Global Infrastructure Development Programme (GIP).(GIP) It explores which have the greatest potential to strengthen women’s economic empowerment outcomes.outcomes, achieving an ambition aimed at “empowerment” in the PF G&I framework.

WOW Helpdesk Query 34: Women’s economicEconomic empowermentEmpowerment presentationPresentation to newly elected mayorsMayors and governorsGovernors in Colombia (in Spanish) (PDF, (PDF, 2.08 MB,MB, 45 pages):pages): Informationthe toslide pack raise awareness and build capacity of newly elected Colombian mayorsMayors and governorsGovernors on genderGender and inclusionInclusion and women’sWomen’s economicEconomic empowerment.Empowerment Itand identifies how these can be integrated into sub-national government policies, plans and projects.

WOW Helpdesk Query 36: Trade preferencesPreferences and Women’s economicEconomic empowermentEmpowerment (PDF, (PDF, 558 KB,KB, 28 pages):pages): Thisthis brief explores the existing linkages between unilateral trade preferences and women’s economic empowerment.empowerment, Itwith aimsthe toobjective provideof providing a series of recommendations for the future UK Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)

Todas WOW Helpdesk Query 41: Tod@s cuentan en el gobierno local:local. Equidad de género e inclusión social en planes de desarrollo territorial (PDF, (PDF, 874 KB,KB, 27 pages):pages): Athis Genderquery andcreated Inclusiona G&I and Women’sWEE Economic Empowerment Toolkit for newly elected Colombian Mayors and Governors.Governors Itthat aimsraises to raise awareness and buildbuilds their capacity on integratinghow genderWEE/G&I andcan inclusionbe andintegrated women’s economic empowerment into sub-national government policies, plans and projects.

WOW Helpdesk Query 42: Women’s economicEconomic empowermentEmpowerment and standardsStandards and regulatoryRegulatory reformReform (PDF, (PDF, 536 KB,KB, 35 pages):pages): Athis report toprovides provide assistance to HMG’sHMG’s offices for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) in the design of interventions for current and future Prosperity Fund programmes.

WOW Helpdesk query 45: The Armenia Good Governance Fund and genderGender and equality:Equality, supportSupport for a theoryTheory of changeChange review (PDF, (PDF, 582 KB,KB, 28 pages):pages): Athis report was produced to support DFID and FCO-funded Good Governance Fund Armenia to integrate women’s economic empowerment into the design of the next phase of their economic programming.

WOW Helpdesk Query 49: The opportunities and risks of new technologies for women’sWomen’s economicEconomic empowermentEmpowerment (PDF, (PDF, 652 KB,KB, 29 pages):pages): Guidancethis query provides guidance and entry points for Prosperity Fund programmes to take advantage of the opportunities and manage the risks of new technologies for gender and inclusion and women’s economic empowerment.

WOW Helpdesk Query 50: Taxes and duties for sanitary products in Africa (PDF, (PDF, 320 KB,KB, 14 pages):pages): Informationthis onhelps the understand which countries in Africa that have removed taxes/duties from sanitary products and thewhat results ofhave emanated from these policy decisions,decision including on the economic empowerment of girls and women.

WOW Helpdesk Query 51: Input to termsTerms of referenceReferences for a socioeconomicSocioeconomic studyStudy for TAWDIF II, Algeria (PDF, (PDF, 318 KB,KB, 15 pages):pages): Assessmentassesses ofthe robustness of the Terms of Reference developed foron “socio-economic study on gender in job search and recruitment: identification of barriers to women’s economic participation and proposals for corrective actions to stakeholders”.stakeholders”, Itto providesincrease the probability of the study to provide solid evidence on the barriers that Algerian young women face in transitions from education to decent work.work Itand identifiesis able to identify strategies to overcome these barriers.

WOW Helpdesk Query 52: Women’s economicEconomic empowermentEmpowerment during the COVID-19 pandemic:Pandemic: a rapidRapid reviewReview of impactsImpacts and responsesResponses for economicEconomic reliefRelief and recoveryRecovery (PDF, (PDF, 721 KB,KB, 18 pages):pages): Aa rapid review of evidence from web searches and key sources, with the aim to provide early examples of evidence, practicespractices, and key issues for consideration. Evidence has primarily focused on lowlow- and middle-income countries, but also on higher income countries where relevant information could be applicable.

WOW Helpdesk Query 53: Implications of COVID-19 on women informal workers (PDF, (PDF, 564 KB,KB, 16 pages):pages): Aa rapid review of existing written evidenceevidence, with the purpose to share “real-time” information about what is happening to women in relation to informal workers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

WOW Helpdesk Query 54: Macroeconomic policy and women’s economic empowerment during the COVID-19 pandemic (PDF, (PDF, 874 KB,KB, 24 pages):pages): Athis paper is a snapshot of how COVID-19 economic stimulus measures undertaken by sovereign governments can impact women’sWomen’s economicEconomic empowerment.Empowerment. It provides a brief overview of emergency fiscal and monetary stimulus policy options and their potential impact on women, drawn from examples of responses to previous economic crises.

WOW Helpdesk Query 55: Women’s economicEconomic empowermentEmpowerment in Côte D’Ivoire (PDF, (PDF, 515 KB,KB, 26 pages):pages): Informationthis onquery helps understand both the reasons behind the economic disparity between men and women in Côte D’Ivoire and the country’s existing economic policies.policies, This is to inform HMG work with the government of Côte D’Ivoire on the design and roll-out of women’sWEE-sensitive economic empowerment interventions. The findings and recommendations were presented to FCDO in December 2020 – WOW Helpdesk Query 57 (MS (MS PowerPoint Presentation,Presentation, 1.38 MB).MB).

WOW Helpdesk Query 58: Green growth and opportunities for women and youth in urban areas of Mozambique (PDF, (PDF, 762 KB,KB, 24 pages):pages): Identificationthis ofquery identifies potential economic opportunities for urban women and youth in the green-growth and low-carbon sectors economy in Mozambique.Mozambique, Itwith aimsthe toaim informof informing the design of new interventions to be implemented by the MUVA programme. A complementary note (PDF, (PDF, 181 KB,KB, 4 pages)pages) was created to help the MUVA programme identify all the questionsquestion it needs to consider in further research.

WOW Helpdesk Query 59: Economic empowerment of excluded groups in the COP26 energyEnergy campaign (PDF, (PDF, 467 KB,KB, 28 pages)pages) (accessible WOW version)Helpdesk (ODT,Query 59: Economic empowerment of excluded groups in the COP26 Energy campaign (ODT, 107 KB):KB) Ahead(accessible version): ahead of the Climate Change Conference (COP26) HMG set up a grant-based, demand-led Technical Assistance Rapid Response Facility (RRF) to the ETC’s response of the Energy Transition Council (ETC) to requests for support arising from the ETC-countryETC-country dialogues. This WOW Helpdesk rapid desk-based research looks at the key issues around the economic empowerment of women, people with disabilities and other excluded groups.groups Itwith aimsthe toaim supportof supporting interventions of the Rapid Response Facility.Facility (RRF).

WOW Helpdesk Query 60: GESI capacityCapacity buildingBuilding in manufacturingManufacturing Africa (MS (MS PowerPoint Presentation,Presentation, 3.9 MB):MB) AnThe WOW Helpdesk delivered an interactive workshop thatwith aimsthe toaim provideof providing tools and approaches to equip Manufacturing Africa to address the following key elements.elements: These1) include:

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WOW Helpdesk Query 61 Key sheet: Women’s Economic Empowerment and Disability Inclusion in Future Cities programmes (PDF, (PDF, 212 KB,KB, 5 pages)pages) (accessible WOW version)Helpdesk (ODT,Query 61 Key sheet: Women’s Economic Empowerment and Disability Inclusion in Future Cities programmes (ODT, 606 KB)KB) :(accessible Aversion): women’s Economic Empowerment and Disability Inclusion in Future Cities programmes. This query is a concise summary of current evidence, good practice and resources for integrating the priorities and needs of women and people with disabilitiesdisability in the Prosperity Fund Global Future Cities programme.

WOW Helpdesk Query 62: Southern agricultureAgriculture growthGrowth corridorCorridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) – strategy review (PDF, (PDF, 406 KB,KB, 17 pages)pages) WOW Helpdesk Query 62: Southern Agriculture Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) – strategy review (ODT, 98.6 KB) (accessible version) (ODT,This 98.6query KB):provides Guidanceguidance and recommendations on how to better integrate Women’sWEE Economic Empowerment into the 5-year strategy of the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) Investment Project.

WOW Helpdesk Query 63: Discriminatory lawLaw reformReform (PDF, (PDF, 621 KB,KB, 39 pages)pages) WOW (accessibleHelpdesk version)Query (ODT,63: Discriminatory Law Reform (ODT, 173 KB):KB) InformationHow onlegal barriers affecting women’s economic empowerment can be overcome. This Helpdesk query aims to find out how discriminatory laws affect women’s economic empowerment.empowerment Thisand includeswhat the lessons have been learned about eliminatinghow to eliminate legal barriers to women’s full and equal participation as employees, managers and business owners.owners, drawing on examples that have proved effective.

WOW Helpdesk Query 64: Key-sheet – Women’s economicEconomic empowermentEmpowerment and disabilityDisability inclusionInclusion in financialFinancial servicesServices (PDF, (PDF, 418 KB,KB, 6 pages)pages) (accessible WOW version)Helpdesk (ODT,Query 64: Key-sheet – Women’s Economic Empowerment and Disability Inclusion in Financial Services (ODT, 271 KB)KB) :(accessible version) A rapid review of existing written evidence, good practice and resources for integrating the priorities and needs of women and people with disabilities in the financeFinance sector and wider economic development programmes.

WOW Helpdesk Query 66: COVID-19 response of multinational companies (PDF, (PDF, 530 KB,KB, 25 pages)pages) (accessible WOW version)Helpdesk (ODT,Query 66: COVID-19 response of multinational companies (ODT, 196 KB)KB) :(accessible Aversion) This desk-based review aims to help FCDO understand how the private sector has included women’s economic empowerment in their value chain response and recovery efforts from COVID-19.Covid-19 Itand includes information on what FCDO can do to support the private sector to ‘buildbuild back better’better and assist women returning to work.

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• WOW Helpdesk Query 70: Women in formal and informal labour markets in Mexico (accessible version) (ODT, (ODT, 187 KB)
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Events

London Climate Action Week: The WOW programme participatedhelpdesk inquery a79: LondonGender Climate Action Week event which was run in partnership between PwC and theacute Naturalfood Climateinsecurity. Solutions Alliance (NCSA). This eventreport focusedexamines on the wider co-benefits of natural climate solutions which extend beyond carbon accounting, with a particular focus on the importance of genderengaging equitywomen within NCS activities. WOW led a deep-dive into gender and natural climate solutions, discussing in particularpreventing the importance of gender inclusion in NCS crediting projects, and theresponding waysto inacute whichfood genderinsecurity.

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The Africa Debate, Business Roundtablemarket: Invest Africa together with WOW (PDF, hosted651 aKB, business38 roundtable,pages). whichThis servedreport asreviews an opportunity to discuss the initialstatus plans for, and findings of, the research thus far. Held on the margins of Investgender-inclusive Africa’sdesign annual ‘Africa Dialogue’ event in London,relation the roundtable brought together senior representatives from businesses in the mining, agriculture and manufacturing sectors across Africa. The discussion focused on the critical need to integrateelectric women’svehicles, economic empowerment across all business areas. The conversation also explored the unique challenges and opportunities associated with empoweringa womenfocus workerson in2-wheelers these sectors and underscored the vital role of finance and investment as catalysts for meaningful change. Event date: 04 June 2024.3-wheelers.

Exploring Carbon Finance Event: The WOW programme co-hostedhelpdesk thisquery event81: withWomen’s theeconomic Governmentempowerment of Malawi, UK High Commission, and theclimate USAID/UKAidchange: co-fundedan Modernupdate Cookingto for Healthy Forests (MCHF) programme. The one-day conference explored the currentWOW statetargeted ofguidance the3 carbonprimer. marketThis inupdates Malawi,2021 withguidance the aim to develophelp a roadmap towards an equitable future for smallholder farmers, particularly women farmers. Speakers included representatives from the MalawianUK Carbongovernment Marketsbetter Initiative,understand the Teadifferential Associationeffects of Malawi,climate thechange Ethical Tea Partnership, and thesupport Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets. Event date: 17 April 2024.

Wilton Park Conference: FCDO hosted a 3-day conference (with attendees from the privateinclusion sector,of publicwomen sector, and third sector) which looked to explore the ways in which women’s economic empowerment could be built into climate transitions.action. TheIt WOWsummarises programmenew co-hostedevidence aand sessionpresents on a gender-inclusiverevised greenframework economy, which aimed to foster a common understanding of gender-inclusive climate transitions, discuss the enabling environment for a green economy, and identify roadblocks to achieving a gender-inclusive green economy. Event date: 18 to 20 March 2024.action.

Climate Justice Summit, COP28: The WOW programme co-hostedhelpdesk thisquery event86: withIntegrating Businessgender Fightsin Poverty and FCDO. The hybrid workshop explored the waysdesign inof whichscaled-up applyingor anew genderBritish lensHigh canCommission helpTanzania driveprogrammes. progressThis towardsreport Netidentifies Zero.entry Speakerspoints includedfor representativesintegrating fromgender Businessequality Fightsinto Poverty,the EBRD,design Marsof Inc, PwC, Sasini PLC Kenya and Twinings. Event date: 5 DecemberBritish 2023.

ClimateHigh JusticeCommission Summit,Dar InternationalEs Women’sSalaam’s Day:programmes. The WOWreport programmeaddresses co-hostedhow thiseach eventprogramme withcontributes Business Fights Poverty. The hybrid workshop explored how to enhance the lives4 andpillars livelihoods of women around the world,British andHigh empowerCommission’s them to thrive. Speakers included representatives from AB Sugar, Flamingo Horticulture Investments, John Lewis Partnership, Mars Inc and PwC. Roundtable participants included representatives from Care International UK, the Ethical Tea Partnership, IFC and Twinings. Event date: 8 March 2023.

Women and climate resilience in global supply chains, COP27: The WOW programme, in collaboration with PwC, hosted a panel discussion featuring representatives from FCDO, BII, EBRD, Waitrose, and Farmenvironmental Africa.strategy. TheIt eventoutlines marked the launchpotential ofopportunities the new WOW report titled ‘From Risks to Rewards: Overcoming the Impacts of Climate Change on Women in Agricultural Supply Chains’ and facilitatedentry apoints discussionfor oneach womenprogramme and climate resilience in globalintegrating supplygender chains. Event date: 14 November 2022equality.

Climate Justice Summit, COP26: The WOW programme co-hostedhelpdesk thisquery event88: withBuilding FCDO. The interactive panel discussion focused on the twin challenges of realising women’s economic empowerment andinto tackling climate change.transitions. ItThis exploredpaper theprovides wayspre-reading infor whichan theseFCDO criticalconference social‘Building andwomen’s environmental issues relate, and how a transition to Net Zero can achieve economic empowerment forinto womenclimate intransitions’ globalat valueWilton chains.Park Representativeson from18 Aviva,to Business20 FightsMarch Poverty, IFC, L’Oreal, PwC and Visa formed the panel. Event date: 4 November 2021.2024.

Understanding Invisible Labor in Supply Chains: Impact, Opportunities, and Examples: The WOW programme co-hostedhelpdesk thisquery webinar91: withwomen’s Businesseconomic forempowerment Socialin Responsibility.fragile Theand webinarconflict-affected focusedstates. onThis thereport rolesummarises evidence of invisiblewhat labourworks (includingin unpaidfragile work and care,conflict-affected andstates hiddento labour)increase withinwomen’s businesseconomic operationsempowerment, andthe supplylinks chains,with gender-based violence, and the impactrole of suchwomen’s laboureconomic onempowerment genderin equality.ending Event date: 22 July 2020.fragility.

Contact us if you would like more information on the whistle-blowing mechanism, or to report misconduct:

• FCDO Counter Fraud and Whistleblowing Unit (CFWU): email reportingconcerns@fcdo.gov.uk or phone +44(0)1355843747
• email: laura.deering@pwc.com, WOW Programme Manager
• whistle-blowing helpline: phone +44 (0) 20 721 25233

We will follow up matters on an anonymous basis and are committed to investigate claims thoroughly and fairly.

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Email: laura.deering@pwc.com