Centre Stage Programme | Resources
Workshops
Women Empowerment Principles (WEPs) workshop The overall aim of the virtual workshop 'Applying the Women's empowerment principles in the tourism sector (WEPs) was to support private sector companies in tourism to identify concrete actions for putting their commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment into practice.
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Introductory workshop on Tourism Employment Data Disaggregated by Sex The goal of this workshop is to become familiar with how tourism employment is measured, its complexity, and how sex – disaggregated data for tourism employment can be obtained. The participants will also have the opportunity to learn from countries that have been able to overcome barriers to achieve it.
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Rapid Gender Assessment in tourism Workshop The UNWTO workshop divided into two sessions provides the tools and specific steps to undertake a Rapid Gender Assessment in the tourism sector. The workshop is addressed to national and local tourism administrations and is available in English and Spanish.
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Reports
Gender-inclusive Strategy for Tourism Businesses
The business case for advancing gender equality are well documented. In tourism, the benefits are further amplified due to the high proportion of women working in the sector. The "Gender Inclusive Strategy for Tourism Businesses" contains tools to support private sector tourism enterprises of all types and sizes achieve effective and consistent strategies and programmes for gender equality across their operations.
Gender Inclusive Strategy for Tourism BusinessesGender Mainstreaming Guidelines for the Public Sector in Tourism
The Gender Mainstreaming Guidelines for the Public Sector in Tourism contain tools to support national, regional, local and other tourism institutions apply an approach to tourism planning, programming and implementation that integrates gender equality and women’s economic empowerment.
Gender Mainstreaming Guidelines for the Public Sector in TourismAction Plan on Women in Tourism
Based on the findings and recommendations of the Global Report on Women in Tourism, Second Edition, UN Tourism in collaboration with UN Women, the German Development Agency GIZ, World Bank Group and Amadeus has produced an Action Plan that contains a series of concrete actions for tourism stakeholders to take that would boost the sector’s empowering potential for women.
Action Plan in EnglishRegional Report on Women in Tourism in the Middle East
The Regional Report on Women in the Middle East maps the participation of women in the tourism sector across the region prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, it assesses the contribution of tourism to advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 - to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Regional Report on Women in the Middle East in English