Tanzania Update: Regaining Hope and Building Resilience
Covid-19 has Brought Tourism to a Standstill Our holidays have been high on the agenda in the media and in many of our lives; but…
Stories from the Mountains: Emmy K
Emmy calls Sanya Juu Village in West Kilimanjaro region her home. She is 34 years old, and the fourth of 8 children. Presently, she lives…
Stories from the Mountains: Anna J
This is the first in a series of stories about women porters climbing Kilimanjaro. Working in a mostly male dominated field, women often struggle to…
New Research Bali’s Water Crisis and the Tourism Industry
Bali is undoubtedly Indonesia’s most popular tourist destination with 6.3 million tourist arrivals in 2019, however, the Island is in midst of a water crisis.…
Eleni Atskikbasis and Her Work on the Aegean Island of Lesvos
Eleni, a Greek national, born and raised in Australia, travelled extensively before settling in Greece in 1994. Over the last 10 years, she has poured…
Tourism, Human Rights, and Gender Equality.
Recently, Director Dr Stroma Cole was commissioned to co-author a chapter on Tourism by The Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy, a human rights organisation, in…
New Associate: Lucky K. Chhetri
We are proud to introduce our latest associate, Lucky K. Chhetri. Lucky K. Chhetri is an award winning social entrepreneur and campaigner for women’s empowerment.…
COVID-19: Women in Tourism Rising to the Challenge
Globally women with their own businesses, dependent on tourism, are showing their resilience and adapting as far as they possibly can to the lack of…
Equality in Tourism Webinar: Prioritising Gender Equality in post-COVID Tourism
Equality in Tourism’s webinar on the 18th June, 2020, was one of the first to take a global look at the gender-differentiated impact of COVID-19 on…
A global overview of the impact of Covid-19 on women in tourism
Dr. Stroma Cole, one of Equality in Tourism's Directors, shares a brief global overview of the impact of Covid-19 on women in the tourism industry…
Using COVID-19 as an opportunity for sustainability – an inspirational story from Mozambique
Eulalia Muandula, one of the founding members of Dzimene Agribusiness In this story from Mozambique, we see a strong example of female resilience in the…
Statement from Equality in Tourism in the Light of the Murder of George Floyd
The murder of George Floyd that millions have witnessed in the US and globally, the continuing shame of Windrush, and the ill managed cases of…
COVID-19 in India: an opportunity for women?
Is the disruption caused by the pandemic an opportunity for building new and better models of employment for women in tourism? In a recent article,…
The Australian hospitality response to the COVID-19 crisis
Further inspirational examples of the hospitality response to the COVID-19 crisis. In late April, Equality in Tourism reported on the positive ways in which the…
Why Gender Should Be at the Heart of COVID Recovery
Why gender should be at the forefront of the Travel Foundation’s call to put communities at the centre of recovery from COVID-19. EiT Trustee Angela…
