NEW YORK, May 6 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — The Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator (WEA) today announced the publication of an Advocacy Brief titled “Procurement’s strategic value: Why gender-responsive procurement makes business sense” which presents compelling evidence of the benefits for strengthening the participation of women in private sector supply chains in realizing inclusive economic growth and sustainable development.
Developed by UN Women and funded by Mary Kay Inc. in support of WEA, the Advocacy Brief highlights the rollback on progress in achieving gender equality as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as how increasing levels of economic insecurity, supply chain interruptions and unprecedented climate and environmental shocks have a disproportionate impact on women given their unequal position in society.