ITC SheTrades and Unilever Indonesia Partnership Launch Event
<p>The International Trade Centre (ITC) and Unilever have launched a partnership to enhance procurement from women-owned and led businesses; and catalyse gender equality and women’s economic empowerment in Indonesia. In line with this, the ITC-Unilever collaboration aims to build a pipeline of eligible women-owned and women-led suppliers to advance Unilever’s commitment for a diverse and inclusive supply chain. Additionally, the partnership seeks to deliver technical assistance to bolster the competitiveness of Indonesian women-owned and led businesses to understand and comply with the sourcing requirements of large corporations such as Unilever. </p><p>The partnership launch event aims to give stakeholders and participants an overview of the partnership and its goals and activities to be undertaken; as well as convene key stakeholders and work with them to lay meaningful foundations to empower Indonesian women to trade.</p>