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OVERVIEW OF WOMEN INFACTORY TRAINING PROGRAM

WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVEWOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE

OUR INITIATIVE CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN ACROSS OUR SUPPLY CHAIN.


TRAININGSOURCING DIVERSITY

WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

TRAININGSOURCING DIVERSITY

WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE

We will empower nearly one million women through training programs on farms,in factories, in retail and other career opportunities.

WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT


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TRAIN NEARLY ONE MILLION WOMEN

Women Farmers Women in Factories

U.S. Career OpportunityWomen’s Retail Training


OBJECTIVES OF WiF TRAININGProvide training in 150 factories in 5 countries with high percentages of women

Provide 60,000 women with Foundational Training

Provide 8,000 high-potential women with Advanced Training

Create open-source curriculum and other tools for public use

Sustain program

India | Bangladesh | Honduras | El Salvador | China

- Job readiness, health, and gender awareness - All factory workers: male and female

- Leadership and life skills training


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PROGRESS:(as of 2014)

48,729 women received foundational lifeand work skills training in 82 factories

2,546 completed leadership and career advanced training

Program is being implemented in Bangladesh, India, El Salvador, Hondurasand China


WOMEN IN FACTORY PARTNERS

India Bangladesh

FundingFoundation

Honduras | El Salvador

ChinaThe evaluation of the Women in Factories program in Bangladesh, India and Central America is being conducted by Tufts University


DELIVERY OF WiF TRAINING

LEARNINGPREPARATION- Factory engaged- Training of key stakeholders- Baseline data collected

- Foundational training initiated- Family and community outreach- Evaluation mid-line data collection- Graduation

- Evaluation results- Program refinement

- Advanced training- Evaluation mid-line data collection

FOUNDATIONAL TRAINING

ADVANCED TRAINING


WiF TRAINING OPEN-SOURCE CURRICULUMDEVELOPED BY CARE

corporate.walmart.com/global-responsibility/womens-economic-empowerment/women-in-factories-training-program.

Advanced / 100 hoursBasic literacy (as needed)Technical training (facilitated by the factory)Functional literacy / numeracyPersonal �nanceHealth and nutritionCommunication and negotiationProblem solving, decision making and goal settingGender, social status and relationshipsLegal empowermentSelf-management and leadership

Foundational / 15 hoursManaging work and careerCommunication skillsGender awarenessHealth, including hygiene, water/sanitation, familyplanning, work health and safety

Application of learning at work and home

To access curriculum:


COMMON GLOBAL APPROACH WITHLOCAL ADAPTATIONS

SOME NOTABLE PROGRAM COMPONENTS

INDIABuilding Enabling Environment

HONDURAS | EL SALVADORFamily Harmony

BANGLADESHCommunity Engagement

CHINAInternal Trainer Capacity Building


Enabler’s Orientation: Orientation given to senior and mid-level management in the factories regarding the Women in Factories program. This helps build rapport with factory management and gets support and cooperation in the implementation of the program.

Family Orientation: Family members of the advanced training participants are called to the factory and provided 2-3 hours of orientation on the WiF program.

Networking and Linking Organizations: Linking like-minded organizations and institutions who work on health, �nance, legal etc, so that workers get bene�t from the services provided by these organizations. Swasti has created a list of local organization in and around the factories that can be accessed by the workers.

SWASTI INDIABUILDING ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

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WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVEWOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVEwww.bsr.org/en/collaboration/groups/women-in-factories-china-program

Foundational Training: Train the TrainerPurpose: To build factory internal trainers’ capacity, roll out foundational training within their factory and integrate the curriculum to their training system

Training Skill Baseline Assessment: Invite selected factory trainers to complete an online self assessment of their training skills.Group Training: BSR delivers training to selected factory trainers in the same waves through three days of training.On-site Guidance: BSR pays observational visits on agreed training days to do on-site training skill evaluation and to provide improvement suggestions. Training Skill Scoring Card: Quantify trainers’ training skill through the scoring card system, which helps to monitor trainers’ growth in training capability.

BSR CHINA INTERNAL TRAINER CAPACITY BUILDING


WORLD VISION FAMILY HARMONYPURPOSE: Share project bene�ts with factory management and families of employees and inform them about the changes happening in participants’ lives.

EVENT: Methodology

ChildrenParticipation

Appreciation Meal

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TRAINING COMPONENTS: - De�nition and types of masculinity- Positive masculinity in every day life (health, family, etc.),- Bene�ts of masculinity with gender equality and equity

Masculinity is a cultural gender construct that is played socially within the social, economic and historical context. Generally cultural beliefs related to gender roles have made men front and center of the business and family spheres.

An interactive, game oriented, dynamic and experimental process through which relatives can experience what women learned in the Foundational and Advanced Training program.

An interactive space has been created for boys and girls under the age of 12 to allow parents to leave their children while they participate in the event.

Small picnic between workers, family members and factory management.


CARE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Community Engagement

Drama

Folk song

Quiz

Capacity building

Ensure support to create enabling environment

Sensitization workshop

Needs assessment

Service providers pool

Establish referral linkage

Engagement of Men

Community Awareness

Linkages with service providers

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Necessary to create an enabling environmentfor outcomes to be sustained

Large-scale programs to engage communities surrounding factories around critical issues (e.g. health, gender)

Small-batch programs focused on male influentials in female garment workers’ lives

Connecting workers to legal, health, education, social protection services

TRAINING

Avani Bhadra, India

“In my village, an unmarried woman is typically not allowed to go outside the home to work, but because of my success at Welspun, young women are now able to work in the factory,” she said. “I initially saw the training as a way to further my own studies, but I now see it as a chance to empower others.”

Avani is the eldest of �ve siblings growing up in Anhar. She didn’t have the opportunity to pursue higher education because of a �nancial shortage in her family. She got a job as a machine operator at the Welspun Factory where her mother worked. Once shy, Avani developed the ambition and con�dence necessary to earn a promotion by participating in the WiF program and being equipped with communication, budgeting and leadership skills.


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Minju Akter, BangledeshMinju, 22, is an unmarried young line leader, living with her family in Chittagong, and the only source of �nancial support for her family. Minju’s father died when she was in class 4; she went to work in the factory as an unskilled worker when she was 16. The WiF training helped her learn to manage work pressure, be polite with colleagues and supervisors, increase self-con�dence at her workplace and have ambition to become a factory leader. Now she shares with co-workers about drinking safe water, eating washed vegetables and valuing reproductive health and participates in teaching the foundational training course.


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Marta Dubon, El Salvador

“I am so grateful to the Walmart Foundation, World Vision, and Impression Apparel for their time and dedication to this training program,” Marta said. “This program has been one of the best trainings that I’ve ever experienced in life.”

Marta is a young mother working at the Impression Apparel factory in San Salvador. Through the program, she learned valuable skills and happily reports that the training had a dramatic impact on her life. Her supervisor was impressed with her strong commitment to hard work and excellence, and at home she credited the program with decreasing stress levels by increasing task completion e�ciencies and strengthening communication with her husband.


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He Hui, China

“The WIF training has taught me that I am not just an individual. I am in a team; I am part of a chain. If the chain breaks, it impacts others in the team. We need everyone to participate to keep the work going”, He Hui said.

He Hui is a line worker at Cichang Footwear in Shenzhen. She used to only care about her tasks with no team awareness. The training module on communication skills was particularly helpful to her. Now she knows how to interact with colleagues in other departments and has more harmonious relationships with them. She manages her emotions better, always smiles, is less impulsive and more patient. He Hui noticed that since the training she became nice, she gets more help from colleagues.


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“As Caihong’s manager, I saw her self-con�dence and communication skills improve dramatically after participating in advanced training. Before, she complained, now she has a sunnier disposition. Additionally, Caihong has improved communication with her coworkers … Now, with better communication skills, she has fewer con�icts with the other departments.”

— Xu Feng Manager of Order Processing Heyuan Yidong Garment Ltd., Heyuan, China

“Post the training, ... Informed leave is increasing and absenteeism is coming down. Women feel proud to know that their contribution is signi�cant in the supply chain.”

— Keerthi Sallappa Former Manager, Human Resource Shahi Exports Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, India

“After seeing positive changes in women at IDEPL Unit 6, we were happy to extend this program to other units too. ... Signi�cant changes are seen in women that underwent training: they are more punctual; improved their health seeking behavior, ready to accept changes in the team.”

— Prasad Deshpande Manager-Training & Development Indian Designs Exports Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, India

“Literally we could see a positive change in workers with regard to punctuality, cooperation, loyalty towards factory and ultimately productivity. Swasti’s Foundational Training Program has direct impact on overall improvement.”

— Manikandan Packing Manager Atlas Export Enterprises, Karur, Tamil Nadu, India


CONTACT INFORMATION

Melanie Minzes, [email protected]: +1-202-595-2800

Joseph Julian, [email protected]: www.swasti.orgPhone: +91-93884-02234

Ernesto Rodriguez, [email protected]: 501-2261-9800, Ext. 1010

Shirley Xue, [email protected]: +86-21-61036746

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