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20people affected by

humanitarian crises

receive quality, life-

saving humanitarian

assistance.million

100million

women and girls

exercise their rights to

sexual, reproductive

and maternal health

and a life free from

violence.

50million

poor and vulnerable

people increase their food

and nutrition security and

their resilience to climate

change.

30million

women have greater

access to and control

over economic resources.

CARE International and 2020

RAKS THAI

Women Economic Empowerment &

Private Sector Engagement

A CARE (value) proposition

The world’s poor come into contact with markets and

companies as producers, workers, entrepreneurs or

consumers daily.

However, they are often unfairly treated or unable to

participate fully in the opportunities that could enable

them to work their way out of poverty.

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What is Private Sector Engagement

• Developing countries– and countries like Thailandnew and growing markets

• The private sector is integral to development- job creation- technological innovation- provision of goods and services- Overall economic growth

• Companies can build business models which drivenew and profitable opportunities for poor people,as well as valuable and dignified employment.

• CARE works with companies to improve the impactof their activities on poverty, ensure financialinclusion, develop innovative partnerships, andchallenge market systems to be more inclusive.

Enabling Women Economic Empowerment

Skills

development

and training

Collective

action and

leadership

Access to

quality,

decent paid

work

Address

unpaid

care and

work

burdens

Social protection

Control over

assets

Thailand and the region

Thailand is an attractive work location especially to neighboring Mekong countries and

the various Mekong country workforce seeking work opportunities

CARE works at both ends of migration -cross border and domestic eg within Cambodia

rural to urban

CARE approach is a multi sector approach working with sending and receiving

communities, Governments and private sector to improve safe migration and access to

the jobs and market opportunities which can benefit everyone

Across the region we work with Industries formal, semi and informal across the supply

chains eg garment, tea, entertainment and construction

Both worker-place based eg a factory of 1000 workers and micro enterprise employing

no more than 10 workers eg small scale farm

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Unlocking the supply chain potential

Unlocking the economic potential of women in a supply chain enhances the

sustainability, quality and reliability of a product line.

Invest in women (example garment)

• Women make up 75% of the global garment workforce. They face significant barriers

to dignified and productive employment, and the vast majority hold lower-skilled jobs

within factories..

• Women can rarely exercise their basic rights as workers, and very few are in positions

of leadership, limited representation by committees and unions

• Given this context it’s no surprise that women are often prevented from reaching their

fullest potential within supply chains.

• These limitations affect the bottom line of businesses, marked by lost productivity, low

retention rates, and precarious labour/management relations

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For over 15 years, CARE has improved women’s livelihoods and workplace productivity

around the world. Having led 25 factory and community-based programmes, CARE

understands and addresses sensitive, complex and deep-rooted issues that cannot be

resolved effectively through auditing and compliance alone. Our private sector partners

In these initiatives know that investment in workers elicits a positive return to factories.

Our reach is not just with workers and management in factories. CARE’s holistic

and multi-stakeholder approach leverages our long-standing relationships with

governments, communities, trade associations and civil society to create long-term,

sustainable improvements in the efficiency and productivity of supply chains.

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Dignified work in practice (garment)

• What does this look like in practice?

It means CARE works with women to build their confidence and self-esteem so

they can exercise their rights and create change for themselves, both within the

factory and at home. It means we work with frontline supervisors and midlevel

managers – almost always men – to call attention to gender sensitivity and enhance

management skills in communication, positive leadership, and worker access to

benefits and entitlements. It means that we engage with community leaders and

families to build support for female workers once they clock out from the factory. And it

means that we incorporate gender throughout the conversation – it’s the only way to

create sustainable change within the industry.

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Advancing women, improving productivity

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CARE areas of focus :

Life skills, voice and leadership

Sexual and Maternal Health and Nutrition

Labour rights and Discrimination

Example

Gap’s P.A.C.E. (Personal Advancement and Career Enhancement) programme delivers

essential life-skills education to female garment workers, helping them improve their

communication, financial management, health knowledge and ability to plan for the

future. Through P.A.C.E., women are aware of and able to exercise their rights, creating

change for themselves, their families and their communities.

Piloted, monitored and evaluated over several years , Training of Trainers in the factory

and now built into factory CSR and worker opportunities (women leaders)

Advancing women, improving productivity

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Before, I thought: ‘Women are weak. Women cannot do anything…’ I was shy.

And just had such low self-esteem. I saw that those who joined the P.A.C.E.

program improved so much. I was determined to become like them. And I

experienced that change! Now I am able to solve

my own problems… I want to be a successful woman, inside and outside the

family. Everyone wants to have a happy future. I want to be a role model for all

women (in Indonesia)

Scale

Discrimination /Sexual harassment in the workplace

(entertainment, garment and construction)

• Multi sector approach

• Targeted audiences

• Shift the blame campaign and curriculum (female workers)

• Engage male workers and customers in campaign and curriculum

• Working with Industry body /PS members and Ministry of Labour –clarify the labour

law and provide good practice tools to employers (nationally)

• Training employers eg HR /line managers to activate and improve the Sexual

Harassment Policy

What Change can look like at scale

• Success BSIC -code of conduct

• Success sub decree entertainment workers (MOLVT)

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THANK YOU

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Sexual Reproductive Health and PSE

What do we look for in our partnerships

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