Special Session - Empowering Women in IT: Building a Diverse Future in Software Testing
25 Apr 2024
Celebrating International Girls in ICT day 2024, the WEPs Secretariat is hosting a special session to explore career in software testing in collaboration with International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) for global WEPs community.
The session will highlight an overview of software development lifecycle and where testing fits in, and how to proceed career in software testing and more.
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04 Apr 2024
The third session of WEPs deep-dive series in 2024 aims to address reporting regulations from government and how they impact the private sector.
The session will take a deep dive at EU’s legislation and reporting requirements from gender lens and invite WEPs signatories to discuss what is the implication of this decree in their day to day operations.
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Ring the Bell for Gender Equality 2024
04 Mar 2024
For the 10th consecutive year, stock exchanges around the world are hosting bell ringing ceremonies on or around the International Women’s Day (8 March), to raise awareness of the pivotal role the private sector can play in advancing gender equality. The theme of this year is "Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress".
2024 WEPs Deep-dives Series #1: Gender Equality & ESG
17 Jan 2024
In 2024, UN Women will launch a new series of WEPs deep-dives thematic webinars, covering many different topics related to gender equality and women’s empowerment.
01 Jan 2024
In 2024, WEPs Global Secretariat at UN Women is continuing the WEPs deep-dives thematic webinars, covering many different topics related to gender equality and women’s empowerment.
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WEPs deep-dives series 3: Understanding Unconscious Bias
05 Dec 2023
Think Twice: Understanding Unconscious Bias
Even the most open-minded person has unconscious biases. Biases may be held by an individual or a group and can have negative or positive consequences. Unconscious biases are created and reinforced by our environments and experiences. Our mind is constantly processing information, oftentimes, without our conscious awareness. When we are moving fast or lack all the data, our unconscious biases fill in the gaps, influencing everything from product decisions to our interactions with coworkers.
WEPs Induction in Spanish - November 2023
29 Nov 2023
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The WEPs Secretariat is hosting a WEPs Induction session in Spanish again- together with UN Women Latin America Regional team . The session will cover the 7 principles of the WEPs, business case and WEPs how to- how to create log in account for weps.org and how to report on your company's progress.
19 Oct 2023
Co-hosted by UN Women and the UN Global Compact, this virtual session will provide an overview of the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) and how the WEPs provide a strong framework for companies to advance gender equality in the workplace, marketplace, and community. Join us to learn more about the WEPs, reasons to join, available tools and to get guidance on the signing process.
WEPs Induction - Fall 2023 Session
12 Oct 2023
The WEPs Secretariat is hosting a WEPs Induction- Fall 2023 session. The session will cover the 7 principles of the WEPs, business case and WEPs how to- how to create log in account for weps.org and how to report on your company's progress.
11 Jul 2023
Co-hosted by UN Women and the UN Global Compact, this virtual session will provide an overview of the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) and how the WEPs provide a strong framework for companies to advance gender equality in the workplace, marketplace, and community.
Join us to learn more about the WEPs, reasons to join, available tools and to get guidance on the signing process.
Interested? Please register here.