The UN World Tourism Organisation recently released a Discussion Paper on the occasion of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017, asking for…
Director Lucy Ferguson and Associate Sarah Becklake presented a paper at the European Conference on Politics and Gender on tourism homestays. The conference was held…
Maud’s mission is to encourage uplifting women in Africa to key decision-making positions, transparent ownership within the tourism industry, and handing the baton over to…
Our Associate Shirley Randell was one of four speakers at the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations…
Congratulations to our Associate Marina Novelli on her recent inaugural lecture at the University of Brighton on ‘Travel and Tourism in the Age of Sustainability’.…
We’re delighted to welcome Hazel Tucker to our global network of Associates. Hazel is Associate Professor in Tourism at the University of Otago, New…
Our Associate Rebecca Armstrong recently represented Equality in Tourism as one of over 30 civil society organisations involved in producing the Berlin Declaration on “Transforming…
On 14 March, our Director Dr Stroma Cole was a guest lecturer at the Tourism and Social Justice Symposium at the Australia and International…
Misi, a small Turkish village about a two hours' drive south of Istanbul, was losing much of its local population, heritage and future due to…
Maud was raised in Zambia, the child of Zimbabweans who had left their native country to seek opportunities elsewhere. The family's children were all raised…
The youngest of four children from a remote village on the island of Rinca, Indonesia, Sari always thought she would be a police officer. During…
Evelyn is a tour guide in Kenya, a rare job for a woman in a country that despite years of progress continues to pay little…
Neusa was born on Sal island in Cape Verde and spent her younger years working in a variety of roles both inside and outside the…
Born in the Kilimanjaro district in 1976, Priscilla grew up in a rural household which placed great importance on education and progression. With encouragement from…
At Equality in Tourism we live for those precious moments of proof – proof that tourism can be an immense enabler, proof that women can…
