ARTICLE: The heat is on: Ensuring women in supply chains are climate resilient

With roles spanning planting, growing and harvesting of crops, as well as processing, logistics and selling produce, female workers hold a crucial role in agricultural supply chains. Globally, around 38% of workers in agricultural supply chains are female, though this varies according to region – in Sub-Saharan Africa it is 50%, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.

However, many female agricultural workers lack access to the basic health services needed to live healthy, productive lives. Most are low-wage smallholder farmers who are not covered by on-site employer health programs. Plantations are often remote and far from health facilities.

Read more at Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/heat-is-ensuring-women-supply-chains-are-climate-resilient-2024-03-08/