BSR Insight | New BSR Tool Educates Women in Developing Countries on Health Issues
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Elissa Goldenberg, Associate, Advisory Services
Publication Date
June 14, 2011
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BSR’s new HERproject Toolbuilder allows public health educators to create accurate and culturally relevant tools to educate women working in factories and farms in developing countries about health issues. BSR’s HERproject has demonstrated that investments in women’s health deliver business benefits such as reduced absenteeism and turnover and increased productivity.
The Toolbuilder is available for members of the public to try; however, only HERproject partners can export and use the tools they create. Eventually, BSR hopes to make the Toolbuilder available to companies globally to provide health trainings for their female workers.
The HERproject Toolbuilder:
- Contains a collection of approximately 200 hand-drawn illustrations on topics such as general, reproductive, maternal, and mental health; nutrition; family planning; and harassment.
- Provides two tool formats: posters or flip charts.
- Allows users to save and share files within the HERproject partner network.
For more information, contact HERproject Manager Racheal Yeager.
About the Author(s)
Elissa Goldenberg, Associate, Advisory Services
With four years of sustainability communications expertise, Elissa works with BSR member companies in a range of sectors—including those in information and communications technology; food, beverage, and agriculture; energy; and consumer products—on various sustainability issues including reporting, stakeholder engagement, and human rights... Read more →
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