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Tuesday November 26, 2024 10:55am - 11:20am CET
Snapshot co-organized by the Working Group on Business and Human Rights and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Are workplace policies addressing gender-based violence and harassment, accommodating health and safety contingencies for pregnant women, or mandating counseling and services for HIV? Approximately 190 million women work in global supply chains – in the factories, farms, and packing houses that supply the world’s clothing, goods, and food, and yet the average workplace today does not assume accountability for women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights. Businesses can be a key ally for delivering sexual and reproductive health information and services via the workplace to millions of their employees across the world. It is with this in mind that the UNFPA-led Coalition for Reproductive Justice in Business is pleased to host a snapshot session on the sidelines of the OHCHR Business and Human Rights Forum.

The session targeted to c-suite corporate leaders, policy makers, International non-governmental organizations and civil society leaders and UN agency senior leadership representatives will aim to:
* Engage business on their role in advancing the sexual and reproductive health and rights of the women they engage as employees, suppliers, customers and communities;
* Present the recently launched policy paper by UNFPA and Accenture titled, “Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Private Sector”;
* Build a community of practice with private sector partners who are willing to champion SRHR in the workplace through policies, awareness building programmes, and other actions that enhance access to services for women’s health
Speakers
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Bame Modungwa

Strategic Partnerships Specialist, UNFPA
Bame Modungwa is a Strategic Partnerships Specialist at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). A development economist with a deep passion for advancing solutions to Africa’s socio-economic challenges, Bame is committed to fostering public-private partnerships and driving social... Read More →
Tuesday November 26, 2024 10:55am - 11:20am CET
Room XXIV

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