Commissioned by the WSAF, CSD Hyderabad conducted a comprehensive study to empirically assess the economic costs of Gender Based Violence and establish the return on investment (ROI) for the WSAF in the tea industry and other agricultural value chains, thereby presenting a business case for investments in GBV prevention programmes. The study focuses on three objectives: (1) identifying and documenting forms of GBV in the tea sector, (2) understanding the social and economic impacts of GBV, and (3) calculating the tangible and intangible costs of GBV. Data collection, which took place from November 2023 to February 2024, covered four districts—Nagaon, Golaghat, Dibrugarh, and Tinsukia in Assam—and involved 750 women workers across 15 TEs owned by APPL, MRIL, Ajay Jalan Industries, and the Chamong Group.
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