Women’s Institute for Supply Chain Excellence By Agnes Kalungu - Banda WISE Gender and Diversity Director
OUTLINE • What is WISE? - Background - Goal - Strategy • Who is involved? • What has WISE achieved so far? • What challenges is WISE facing? • How can you get involved? 2
WISE Mission …to improve the effectiveness and capacity of non governmental, commercial and governmental organisations responsible for delivery of humanitarian relief in particular but not exclusively by ensuring greater gender sensitivity in the assessment, management, delivery and evaluation of humanitarian relief operations. 3
WISE Goal Build a professional cadre of female logisticians By 2010, WISE will have made significant progress in two ways: (1) Increased the number of female supply-chain professionals in the humanitarian sector to ensure empathy with women beneficiaries. (2) Created opportunities for women affected by disasters to acquire skills in logistics and supply chain management. 4
WISE Strategy WISE has adopted a three-prong strategy to accomplish its mission: (1) Encourage humanitarian organisations to adopt equal opportunity recruitment policies in order to promote the numbers of female logisticians and supply chain professionals. (2) Support gender education of both female and male logisticians throughout their careers. (3) Provide mentorship to women logisticians and supply chain professional so that they can fully develop their potential. 5
WISE Leadership Advisory Board Established –To provide leadership and ensure governance Members of the team Pamela O’honde Oxfam GB Mitsuko Mizushima Fritz Institute Jeri Driskill Fritz Institute Melanie Miller Accenture Hilary Coleman Accenture Aggie Kalungu Banda Consultant Lindsey Grimshaw MSF Holland Jane Muyundo World Vision International Staff Paul Molinaro UNICEF Webmaster- Rose Roberto Rachel Wilshaw Oxfam GB Project Manager - Open Susan MacGregor Air Serve Canada Christopher Bouverie Consultant Brine Martijn Blansjaar Oxfam GB Kassia Echavarri Queen Logistician Trainee 6
WISE STATUS • Formal Entity – WISE is currently registering as a non-profit in the United Kingdom • Membership (which includes organizations) – Men and women from organizations such as WFP, Oxfam GB, Rwanda University Students Association – IOM (International Organisation for Migration) & WIL ( Women in Logistics, N. California) have expressed interest to become members • Communication & Support – WISE website has been launched and is receiving visitors from across the globe – Article in Monday Developments, Oxfam Humanitarian bulletin for Dec 06 and in LINKS, Oxfam global gender communication magazine, a newsletter for Oxfam staff and partners printed in four languages 7
WISE ENDORSEMENT “This sort of leadership by women is much needed. It will help change the face and effectiveness of humanitarian efforts for good.” -Jasmine Whitbread Chief Executive, Save the Children UK 8
WISE ENDROSEMENT “The WISE initiative aimed at safeguarding the dignity of the Female aid recipient has been long overdue and much needed for improving the overall quality of our humanitarian assistance. In all emergencies, the so-called victims are the first actors in relief and the majority of them are always women.” Dr. Gerhard Schmalbruch, Secretary General Euronaid 9
WISE ENDORSEMENT “For far too long women have been under represented in logistics. Their leadership will make a huge difference to post disaster rehabilitation and empowerment of women's lives and livelihoods.” Barbara Stocking, Director Oxfam GB 10
11 • Program development WISE Challenges • Membership drive • Fundraising
How do YOU get involved? • Practical things you could do: • Visit our website • Become a member • Help gain support from your organization • Communicate with others ( turn the gas on, start breathing some life into it) • Strategic things you could do: • Review your recruitment policies ( are they scientifically and methodically checked are they applied?) • Check if your organization has gender training in logistics? • Formal fundraising 12
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