WOMEN IN TOURISM

Our vision is to leverage the potential of the tourism sector to enhance women's lives around the world in employment, entrepreneurship, leadership and decision-making, education and communities.

Female symbol depicting travel including a plane and a beach.
We work with governments, international organisations such as UNWTO, IORA and the private sector to identify needs and actions for increasing gender equality.

We provide extensive follow-up, including mutual learning sessions and membership of an active peer network.

The Fabulous Feminist approach to tourism is holistic, offering support for a range of activities: research and gender analysis; developing gender equality plans; technical support for gender-responsive procurement; and providing capacity development for stakeholders across the tourism sector.

Fabulous Feminists Programmes

Women's Leadership Programme

Women’s leadership programme. You as a Leader; You and your Team; You as a Leader for Gender Equality (with Women in Travel CIC)

Gender mainstreaming in tourism

Support for the public sector in developing and implementing gender equality strategies

Gender equality in the private sector

Concrete support with on developing gender equality plans; implementing the Women’s Empowerment Principles; and gender-responsive procurement

Packages also available on request, combining various products and services. Please get in touch to discuss.

“I have been interested in women in tourism since I worked as a holiday rep and tour leader after completing my degree in 2000. My PhD research focussed on women in tourism in Central America, following which I published a range of peer review articles on the topic.
I strongly believe that tourism can be a global force for women’s empowerment – through decent work, respect for human rights, and gender-responsive procurement practices.”

Learn More

Find out how to integrate gender equality in the public and private sector, using these step-by-step guidelines

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“GENDER MAINSTREAMING GUIDELINES FOR TOURISM – LAUNCH WEBINAR”, UNWTO

Learn how the Women's Empowerment Principles can help the private sector to promote gender equality in tourism

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“VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ‘APPLYING THE WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT PRINCIPLES IN THE TOURISM SECTOR (WEPS)”

Publications

LATEST REPORT – “Tourism and Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Indian Ocean region”, IORA 2023

“Gender Mainstreaming Guidelines for the Public Sector in Tourism”,
UNWTO 2022

“Gender inclusive Strategy for Tourism Businesses”,
UNWTO 2022

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