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BSR Insight Article: HERfinance: Empowering Workers in the Supply Chain Through Financial Inclusion
Chhavi Ghuliani, Manager, Advisory Services
A few months ago, my colleagues and I visited a number of factories in India to launch BSR’s new HERfinance initiative, which aims to bring low-income workers into the formal financial system and help them better manage their incomes. Read more
Blog: Focus on Cairo: Sustainable Urban Growth Amid Transition and Uncertainty
Raj Sapru, Former Director, Advisory Services Julia Beier, Associate, Advisory Services
The latest in our series on sustainable urban growth explores what this looks like in Egypt, where a dramatic political landscape makes partnering with government a challenge. Read more →
BSR Insight Article: BSR Launches HERfinance to Improve Financial Literacy for Women in Global Supply Chains
Racheal Meiers (née Yeager), Director, HERproject
Today, BSR is launching HERfinance, an initiative that will create a financial literacy curriculum to educate female factory workers in global supply chains and help them access financial products. Read more
Blog: The Critical Role of Women in Sustainable Development
Jill Sheffield, President, Women Deliver
Robert Engleman, President, Worldwatch Institute
All too often, the link between investing in women and achieving sustainability goals is overlooked. Women support families through wage labor, preserve traditional knowledge, maintain biodiversity, and ensure household food security and nutrition. Despite these critical roles, women and young girls continue to suffer the effects of poor healthcare, education, and discriminatory policies. Read more →
BSR Insight Article: Anne-Marie Slaughter on Work-Life Balance
Julia Robinson, Communications Associate
"Unless you make it possible for the women who work for you to balance their work and family in the way they want to ... you're going to lose a huge amount of talent, and that's not going to be smart for you, for business, for the society." Read more
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