gender equality

We’re proud to celebrate the significant, ground-breaking initiatives that three women in our business are actioning for a more equitable tourism industry in 2021.

We’ve been cheering about responsible travel for years. But since we’ve become a certified B Corp, we’ve changed the way we do business. Here are seven ways that change has been for the better.

Seeing female porters in Nepal isn’t really the norm; the trekking industry here is very much male-dominated. Women are generally considered to be not strong enough, not fast enough. But these women look pretty strong to me.

Nuray has been hosting cooking students with Intrepid Travel for eight years and her inclusion on our trip is no happy accident. Intrepid has been working for years to balance the gender disparity in Turkey, where women have fewer working opportunities than men.

“We’re preparing the next generation of women of Morocco. Empowering women, for them to have positions of influence, it can bring some great changes to society.”

The food on offer at Agra’s Sheroes Cafe is fresh and tasty, but the fare is not the reason to visit.

The air is thick with hairspray and nail lacquer fumes, and Farsi pop pounds from the stereo. This is life inside an Iranian beauty salon.

Becky turns heads all across East Africa. This is why.

There are a lot of things we fight for here at Intrepid: sustainable tourism, ditching plastic bags, and putting an end to animal cruelty. But gender equality and female empowerment are particularly close to our hearts.