Lauren Shields

works for BSR HERproject. women's empowerment, dignified work, inclusive growth, pasta. views my own

[Aditi Mohapatra @AditiMohapatra]

Decades of erosion of access to reproductive healthcare is a net loss for businesses, but corporate policies can help. Here’s how companies can take action and stand by their women workers: https://t.co/KtNEpVqU5g @BSRnews @RhiaVentures

[Lauren Shields @lshieldsher]

“Globally, a two-hour increase in women’s unpaid care work is correlated with a ten-percentage-point decrease in women’s labor-force participation.” New policy paper from Melinda Gates calls for applying a gender lens to Covid 19 response 👇🏻 https://t.co/yxefBwK3T2

[Alyssa Kang @1alyssakang]

This is what international solidarity looks like ❤️✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

#BlackLivesMatter #SundayThoughts

[Nisha Singh @nishasingz]

@bsrherproject is leading the digitizing of learning modules on health, financial security and stability , stress management , better communication to support #womenenterprenuers in global supply chains

#EmpoweringThru #FinEquity #Resilience

[Lauren Shields @lshieldsher]

Looking forward to sharing our work on HERessentials at the @TheSEEPNetwork virtual roundtable later today @bsrherproject

[Lauren Shields @lshieldsher]

@margauxyost

[Lauren Shields @lshieldsher]

This Menstrual Hygiene Day, we're sharing learnings from projects in Ethiopia and India on how business can support workers through awareness raising (including with men!) and access to products
https://t.co/SeP1QBFRUY

[Lauren Shields @lshieldsher]

"We have not been paid for two months. We are starving," a female garment worker, Brishti, recently told AFP. The stakes are high and urgent action needed: see the latest from my colleagues @margauxyost and @EllaMMoffat https://t.co/OAANjJ0Et4

[Lauren Shields @lshieldsher]

A must-read for yr lockdown list! New biography tracing the life of one of the fathers of the organic farming movement -- author, Parisian expat, and all around hobnobber, brilliantly rendered by @steveheyman

[Lauren Shields @lshieldsher]

"The surge in Covid-19 cases is straining even the most advanced and best resourced health systems to the breaking point, including those at the front line in violence response." https://t.co/rwObcfjKxj via @UN_Women

[Harjinder Singh Kukreja @SinghLions]

Correct technique to wash your hands for proper disinfection. #CoronavirusOutbreakindia #CoronaVirusUpdate #COVID #CoronaVirusUpdate

[Lauren Shields @lshieldsher]

At @bsrherproject we agree #SRHR needs of girls & women during #COVID19, including:
✔️Access to modern contraception & safe abortion
✔️Protection from #GBV
✔️Access to maternal health services
Read on: https://t.co/vBdg7bwqzt @WomenDeliver

[Data2X @Data2X]

With the help of our partners and friends, @Data2X has compiled a running list of resources and current reporting on gender and #genderdata as they relate to #COVID19 preparedness and response around the world. Want to add something? Email [email protected]. https://t.co/vrwkFLT490

[Lauren Shields @lshieldsher]

Check out my colleague's latest on how business can step up and get us to equality faster #EachforEqual

[Aditi Mohapatra @AditiMohapatra]

At @BSRnews we are committed to working with co’s to reach #genderequality quickly. Here is what we think needs to happen in this decisive decade: https://t.co/42vpSLw7te #IWD2020

[Lauren Shields @lshieldsher]

Cash payments are inefficient, costly, and risky, especially for women workers. With our partners we've learned a tremendous amount about how to support a responsible transition to digital wages. So excited to share:

[RISE @bsrherproject]

We are thrilled to present ‘Digital Wages: Positive Impact for Women and Business’, a report from HERfinance Digital Wages program in Bangladesh, and thank @gatesfoundation, Change Associates, MAMATA, and Young Power in Social Action (YPSA). https://t.co/8SNPUU6jqE #IWD2020

[Lauren Shields @lshieldsher]

“It’s a paradox of democracy that the best way to defend it is to attack it, to ask more of it, by way of criticism, protest, and dissent.” https://t.co/WNrfkbSoTT

[Lauren Shields @lshieldsher]

This is a must-listen

[megan twohey @mega2e]

I was almost done interviewing Weinstein’s defense attorney when I decided to ask one more question: had she ever been sexually assaulted? “I have not,” she said at 23:50. “Because I would never put myself in that position.” Then things really heated up. https://t.co/l1ExsBCgHX

[Lauren Shields @lshieldsher]

Update from London:

[Justin Hui @thisisjustinhui]

"For digital wages to be better than cash, it needs to be free for the customers. Digital service providers need to find adjacent methods to create value streams to keep the service free." - @jasonlamb68, Deputy Director, Gates Foundation
@bsrherproject @BetterThan_Cash @a2i_bd

[Lauren Shields @lshieldsher]

Congrats to our colleagues at CARE!

[RISE @bsrherproject]

The @CARE Made by Women Impact Report 2019 is now out, assessing progress on #genderequality in supply chains. https://t.co/Xrge8MapaL

We're proud to be working together with @CARE & others on this topic through the Empower@Work Collaborative.