Procurement for Impact - The Power of Women's Entrepreneurship to Create Inclusive Value Chains

This session hosted by WeEmpowerAsia during the 2021 Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum, Asia-Pacific discussed entry points for advancing women’s businesses in the Asia-Pacific region through gender-responsive procurement. Gender-responsive procurement is emerging as a powerful mean to act as a bridge women’s businesses to markets and support their viability and growth and will allow larger companies to put a gender-lens to their sourcing footprint and ultimately allow international trade to become more gender-equal.

Moderator: • Katja Freiwald, Programme Manager Women’s Economic Empowerment, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Speakers: • Dwi Wahyuni Katrianingsih, Director, Development of Business Climate and International Cooperation, LKPP (Indonesia National Board for Public Procurement Policy) • Keiko Nowacka, Social Development Specialist, Asian Development Bank • Kanak Hirani, Founder, JULAHAS • Minnie Venkatachalam, Regional Director, WeConnect • Nusra Chankaew, Procurement Director SEA, Unilever For more information about the forum, visit https://www.rbhrforum.com/