Women Working Worldwide

What Women Working Worldwide does

Women Working Worldwide is a UK-registered charity (Charity number 1119101; Company Limited by Guarantee 02124694) headquartered at 535 Royal Exchange, Old Bank Street, Manchester, that works in partnership with grassroots organisations around the world to assist and empower women workers in global supply chains. Its stated mission is to enable women workers to claim their rights and obtain decent wages, while simultaneously advising companies on how to meet commitments to gender equality and women's rights across their supply chains. The organisation engages in public advocacy, participates in sector events such as the ETI Gender Action in Agriculture (GAIA) Principles launch (25 November 2022), and has been publicly endorsed by Oxfam Novib as an entity that 'continues to punch above its weight.'

Name

Women Working Worldwide

Legal name

Women Working Worldwide

Website

https://women-ww.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Women Working Worldwide is a UK-registered Manchester-based charity that partners with grassroots organisations worldwide to empower women workers in global supply chains and advises companies on gender equality commitments across their supply chains.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Women's Rights Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment (BPAGABAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAD), Gender Equality & Women’s Rights (BPADAGAF)

Keywords

• Women's rights advocacy
• Supply chain gender equality
• Grassroots partnership programs
• Gender equity research
• Worker rights advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Manchester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Charitable operations: UK-based charity working in partnership with grassroots organisations. Funded through donations and supporter contributions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Women Working Worldwide is a UK-based women's rights charity that works in partnership with grassroots organisations around the world to assist and empower women workers in global supply chains to claim their rights and gain decent wages. It directly advocates on behalf of women workers with companies and advises companies on how to meet their gender equality and women's rights commitments across their supply chains, delivered through five distinct program areas and research reports.

Product overview

Women Working Worldwide is a non-profit advocacy organization operating as a single unified mission rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The organization offers five distinct program areas focused on women's rights in global supply chains: Consent. Just Consent. addresses workplace gender-based violence in the tea sector; Resilience in Kenyan Supply Chains strengthens worker rights; Gender Equity - A Comparative Analysis provides research; Developing Strategies for Change creates systemic approaches; and Promoting Women Workers' Rights advances worker protections. These programs work together under a common mission to empower women workers and advocate for gender equality.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consent. Just Consent. An advocacy program addressing gender-based violence and harassment in the workplace, with a specific focus on the tea sector.
• Resilience in Kenyan Supply Chains A project focused on strengthening resilience and worker rights within Kenyan supply chains.
• Gender Equity - A Comparative Analysis A comparative research analysis examining gender equity approaches and outcomes across different contexts.
• Developing Strategies for Change A program developing strategic approaches for systemic change in worker rights and gender equality.
• Promoting Women Workers' Rights An initiative focused on advancing and protecting women workers' rights in global supply chains.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ETI (Ethical Trading Initiative)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWomen Working Worldwide served as an adviser developing the ETI Gender Action in Agriculture (GAIA) Principles and spoke at the launch event on 25th November (the first day of the 16 days of Activism against Sexual Violence). Over 100 people joined the launch.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Fairtrade Foundation: UK charity operating in agricultural supply chains with explicit gender equality components, including women worker standards. Directly overlaps with Women Working Worldwide's tea sector and Kenyan supply chain focus.
• Women for Women International: Non-profit focused on women survivors of war and conflict, with workforce empowerment in global supply chains. Comparable mission around women's economic empowerment and rights, with similar donor and corporate partnership models.
• Solidarity Center: International worker rights organisation supporting trade unions and women workers in global supply chains. Comparable mission aimed at empowering women workers to claim rights and improve wages.
• Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI): Alliance of companies, trade unions and NGOs that promotes respect for workers' rights; Women Working Worldwide has a core strategic partnership with ETI and served as an adviser on the GAIA Principles. Direct operational and thematic alignment.
• Anti-Slavery International: UK-based charity advocating for the elimination of forced labour and worker rights abuses in supply chains. Comparable advocacy model, UK base, and corporate advisory work on supply chain human rights.
• Worker Rights Consortium: Independent labour rights monitoring organisation focused on global supply chains, with advocacy and worker empowerment work. Comparable in supply chain worker rights advocacy but operating in apparel rather than agriculture.
• ActionAid: International NGO working on women's rights and gender equality with a presence in many of the same supply-chain geographies where Women Working Worldwide operates. Directly comparable in mission, advocacy style, and grassroots partnership model.

Broad incumbents

• BSR (Business for Social Responsibility): Global sustainable business consultancy that advises companies on human rights and gender in supply chains. Comparable corporate advisory product offering, though commercially structured rather than charity-funded.
• CARE International: Large global humanitarian and women's empowerment NGO with extensive corporate and supply chain programmes. Broader in scope than Women Working Worldwide but operates in overlapping geographies and consults companies on gender in supply chains.
• Oxfam GB: Large UK-based anti-poverty and gender equality confederation; Oxfam Novib has publicly endorsed Women Working Worldwide. Operates comparable supply chain gender programmes and corporate advisory work at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/womenworkingworldwide
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/women-working-worldwide

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