WHW/Publications

Our quickly expanding collection of publications is divided into the following categories:

*** Please review the NEWS STORIES and CASE STUDIES sections ***

*** This page should probably include a cross-reference to Tools and Resources ***

*** Should we think about a way to organize publications by country? by individual author? These could be GOOD INCENTIVES FOR GROWTH but will potentially make the wiki much larger and harder to manage with not much additional value? Content under each link already mentions the individual authors so this page doesn't necessarily need to include info on individual authors... also, it might be more valuable to users/readers to have only the organization info and individual author info might matter less to them... perhaps not always, but more often than not?... also, when giving credit to an individual authors, the org info must be listed in PARENTHESES and this makes the page more cumbersome - see the ARTICLES section for examples and REVIEW upon DECISION... in some cases, a publication includes many individual authors so listing affiliation for each author will definitely make the page more cumbersome... ***

*** Another important consideration is that if a publication link goes broken - the wiki should provide enough references to contact the publishing organization and get the updated link ***

*** The BOOKS section is empty so far ***

Reports

2022

• 2022 Private Sector Action for Women’s Health and Empowerment Progress Report - Adapting to a New Reality by UN Foundation

2021

• 2021 Private Sector Action for Women’s Health and Empowerment Progress Report - Staying the Course Amid COVID-19 by UN Foundation

2020

• Women in Factories Evaluation by Tufts Labor Lab, Tufts University
• 2020 Private Sector Action for Women’s Health and Empowerment Progress Report - Moving the Needle in Global Supply Chains by UN Foundation
• Making Women Workers Count: A Framework for Conducting Gender Responsive Due Diligence in Supply Chains by BSR

2018

• Driving Corporate Involvement in Community Health and Well-Being by Impact ROI and Babson College

2017

• Garment Sector Health Interventions in Cambodia: A Comprehensive Review by Meridian Group

Policy Briefs

2017

• Workplace Health and the Garment Sector in Cambodia by Meridian Group
• Advocating Corporate Policy Change on Women’s Health and Family Planning: Lessons from the Environmental Movement by Meridian Group
• Health Needs, Health Seeking Pathways, and Drivers of Health Seeking Behaviors of Female Garment Factory Workers in Cambodia: Findings from a Qualitative Study in Phnom Penh and Kandal Provinces by Meridian Group
• Health Needs, Health Seeking Pathways, and Drivers of Health Seeking Behaviors of Female Garment Factory Workers in Cambodia by Meridian Group

Project Briefs

2017

• Adapting a Health Systems Strengthening Model to Improve Access to Health Services in a Factory: A Pilot Project in Haiti by Meridian Group
• Strengthening Factory Health Systems Under Levi Strauss & Co.'s Worker Well-Being Initiative in Egypt by Meridian Group

Activity Briefs

2016

• Call to Action: Bringing Down Legal Barriers for Women’s Economic Empowerment by UN Global Compact and 24 partner organizations

2015

• The RAISE Health Initiative for Workers, Companies, and Communities by Meridian Group
• Partnering for Women's Empowerment--Equality Means Business, WEPs Annual Event Stakeholders’ Statement by UN Women and UN Global Compact

Case Studies

2018

• Lessons Learned from the Cambodia Enterprise Infirmary Guidelines Development Process by Meridian Group

Articles

2021

• Business Insiders’ Roadmap for Achieving Worker Rights and Women’s Empowerment in Global Supply Chains - Meeting the Unmet Promise of Responsible Sourcing by Impact ROI and UN Foundation
• Investing in Workplace Women’s Health and Well-Being in the Indian Agriculture Sector by UN Foundation
• Business Executives Want to Be Pushed Towards Responsible Sourcing by Steve Rochlin (Impact ROI) and David Wofford (UN Foundation)

2020

• Investing in Workplace Women’s Health and Well-Being in the Indian Apparel Sector by UN Foundation
• Investing in Workplace Women’s Health and Well-Being in the Kenyan Agriculture Sector by UN Foundation
• Investing in Workplace Women’s Health and Well-Being in the Kenyan Apparel Sector by UN Foundation

2019

• How Businesses Can Invest in Women and Realize Returns by UN Foundation, BSR, and Meridian Group
• Workplace Women’s Health and Empowerment in Apparel Sector in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka - Meeting on December 10, 2019 - Working Paper: Key Needs, Potential Solutions & Next Steps by UN Foundation and Tata Trusts
• Framework for Corporate Action on Workplace Women’s Health and Empowerment by UN Foundation, UNFPA, Meridian Group, and UN Global Compact

2017

• Not Your Father’s Oldsmobile: Engaging Corporations on Reproductive Health by Meridian Group
• Recognizing Women's Rights at Work: Health and Women Workers in Global Supply Chains by Erika R. George, Candace D. Gibson, Rebecca Sewall, David Wofford
• Investing in the Health of Factory Workers by Staff at Levi Strauss & Co.
• Partnership in Focus: Levi Strauss & Co. on Investing in the Health of Factory Workers by Meridian Group
• Managing for Health: Innovations from the Frontlines of Worker Health by James Allen (Chevron) and David Wofford (Meridian Group)

2016

• A call to action on women’s health: putting corporate CSR standards for workplace health on the global health agenda by David Wofford, Shawn MacDonald, and Carolyn Rodehau (*** list organizations? *** )
• Call to action: Investing in Women’s Right to Health by Meridian Group
• 4 ways for the private sector to support women's health by Carolyn Rodehau (Meridian Group)

2015

• The Real Gamechanger for Women’s Empowerment Initiatives – Family Planning by Carolyn Rodehau (Meridian Group)
• Worker Health as a Workplace Management Issue: New Guidelines for Companies by Maria Pontes (BSR) and David Wofford (Evidence Project)
• Migrant Workers’ Right to Health: A Global Advocacy Agenda by Carolyn Rodehau (???) and David Wofford (Meridian Group)

2014

• Business Executives Want to be Pushed Towards Responsible Sourcing by Stanford Social Innovation Review - this article is actually under 2021, but previously mentioned as published in Nov 2014

Books

List of books

News Stories

Include news links from Meridian Group homepage?

**** tentative ****

Business for Social Responsibility, April 2017

New BSR Guidance Integrates Gender Equality into Supply Chain Codes of Conduct

Rivets and Jeans, February 2017

Levi’s New Guidebook Examines Health Factory Environments

Levi Strauss & Co. Unzipped Blog, January 2017

Investing in the Health of Factory Workers

CSRwire.com, January 2017

New Management Tool for Improving Worker and Women’s Health in Factories (Press Release)

MHTF.org, March 2016

Making Workplace Health Initiatives Work for Women

TriplePundit, March 2016

Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs): Bayer & Evidence Project Launch New Initiative (Press Release)

Business for Social Responsibility, February 2016

A Scorecard to Improve Workers’ Health in Supply Chains

Should we publish Insights from Meridian Group homepage as ARTICLES ???

Institute for Human Rights and Business, July 2017

Women’s Health in Global Supply Chains – Re-Envisioning the Business Role

Wilson Center, April 2017

What’s in a Label? Lessons on Advancing Global Health Goals From Corporate Green Standards

Global Health Now, March 2017

Not Your Father’s Oldsmobile: Engaging Corporations on Reproductive Health

Devex, May 2016

4 ways for the private sector to support women’s health

FamilyPlanning2020, March 2016

Increasing access to health information at the workplace: One step to delivering on SDG #3 in global supply chains

CSRWire, October 2015

The Real Gamechanger for Women’s Empowerment Initiatives – Family Planning

Business for Social Responsibility, September 2015

Worker Health as a Workplace Management Issue: New Guidelines for Companies