Women in the workplace: how better data can lead to systemic change
- Partner: Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED), BEAM Exchange
- Publication Type: Webinar
- Date: January 28, 2020
- Team: Erin Markel, Julia Hakspiel, Adriano Scarampi
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Limited data on the number of women workers, the roles they play, and the barriers and opportunities they face can mean that companies, and even entire sectors, exclude or underutilise women’s talents. This not only undermines the competitive advantage of firms and industries but leaves women vulnerable and at risk.
This webinar drew on MarketShare Associates’ work supporting the Arab Women’s Enterprise Fund (AWEF) to stimulate increased women’s economic empowerment through a market systems approach. Speakers presented diverse approaches to collecting and using data to enhance understanding of the risks and opportunities for women within a company’s business operations and supply chains. MSA also shared examples from the Practitioner Learning Brief, Working with the Private Sector to Empower Women (2019), to highlight how collecting the right data on women in the workplace can be used to change companies’ business practices in agribusiness, garment, and personal care industries.
