Shortlist Announced: Gender Equality Champion of the Year 2025

Introducing our shortlisted Gender Equality Champion 2024 candidates spread across two categories. Plus, details of the award presentation at ITB Berlin!
Equality in Tourism Attends FUTOURWORK Kick-off Meeting at Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania

Read about the official kick-off meeting for this new Horizon Europe-funded research project, dedicated to creating a fairer, more inclusive future for tourism and hospitality.
Meet the Gender Equality Champion of the Year Judging Panel 2025

Get to know the gender and tourism experts judging the 2025 edition of our groundbreaking Gender Equality Champion of the Year Award.
Empowering Journeys: The New Pyrenees Women’s Project That Won Best Travel Experience 2023

Gisela Solé, founder of Huellas: Encounters with Female Entrepreneurs in the Aragonese Pyrenees, shares her journey to creating an inspirational tour that empowers local women.
Women in Tourism Indonesia Presents: Empowering Women Through Tourism

Catch up with Women in Tourism Indonesia’s webinar covering sustainable development strategies and the role of women in tourism.
Celebrating a New Cultural Centre for the Wamboma Women Farmers in Tanzania

Equality in Tourism’s Tricia Barnett reflects on the monumental opening of a cultural centre for the Wamboma Co-operative and how you can support the project’s next steps.
FUTOURWORK: Equality in Tourism Partners in New Horizon Europe Project to Transform Social Dialogue in Tourism and Hospitality

Learn about the FUTOURWORK Horizon Europe Project, an intersectional feminist initiative to improve worker wellbeing and social dialogue in tourism and hospitality.
Tourism’s Gender Pay Gap Problem and How to Close It

We explain what’s behind the gender pay gap in tourism, as well as the practices the industry needs to implement to close it.
Women Empowerment Through Tourism in Madhya Pradesh

Elisa Spampinato reflects on her time with the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board, where she witnessed a host of gender-responsive initiatives creating positive change for women.
Tourism and Climate Change: The Need for a Gender-Based Research Agenda

There’s an alarming gap in research connecting climate change, gender and tourism. Here’s why a gender-based research agenda is essential.
Women on the Trail: The Hidden Loads for Female Porters on Kilimanjaro – Part Two

Elisa Spampinato continues the story of Kilimanjaro porters Nakijwa and Getruda, revealing some of the inequalities and obstacles they face on the mountain.
Gender Equality & Tourism Revisited: An Interview with Thinlas Chorol, Ladakhi Women’s Travel Company

The Ladakhi Women’s Travel Company founder shares how Covid-19 and the climate crisis have exacerbated existing issues for LWTC and for Ladakhi women more broadly.
Stepping Out of the Household: Life Changes for Women in Tourism in Ecuador and Mexico

Professor Mathias Pécot summarises recent research that broadens our understanding of female tourism entrepreneurship, progress toward gender equality and empowerment.
Women on the Trail: Two Porters’ Journey to Kilimanjaro – Part One

Equality in Tourism Associate Elisa Spampinato shares the story of two young women who’ve pursued careers as porters on Kilimanjaro, charting the challenges they’ve faced along the way.
‘You Ensure Your Own Safety’: Gender, Fear and Tourism Labour in the Gig Economy in Turkiye

Fiona Bakas and Duygu Salman introduce their research article into women in the tourism gig economy. Looking at Istanbul, they highlight the inequality and safety risks tourism platform workers must navigate.