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This course offers an overview of the evolution of gender in global, corporate supply chains and frames discussions around the intersection of gender equity, business and investor interest. It offers a state of play of what’s been done so far in supply chains for women, what we’ve learned, and where there is innovation moving forward. Students will have an understanding of how supply chains are composed and how key social impact and industry collaboration differs across apparel, agriculture, tech and women-owned businesses. During the course, students will learn about various corporate initiatives to engaged in gender programming in supply chain over the past 20 years, ranging from core business to philanthropy, and the course will unpack what has worked and what hasn’t from a shared value lens (core business and philanthropy) and ideological differences among corporations. The course will dimension the ecosystem of actors that work on gender in supply chain, ranging from auditing firms, local industry associations, to local implementers and evaluators as well as investors. Students will learn what has been tried, evaluated and studied and where there is white space for greater scale and innovation in programming in multistakeholder partnership. 2-credit course paired with Digital Development; taught by Lauren Murphy