2024 WEPs Deep-dive series: #8 Private Sector Action to Advance Gender Equality in Times of Crisis
15 Oct 2024
The eighth session will focus on how the private sector can drive gender equality during crises, whether economic, social, environmental, or conflict-related. Learn how companies are integrating gender-responsive strategies to support their workforce and empower communities, ensuring resilience and inclusive recovery efforts.
2024 WEPs Deep-dive series: #7 Women’s leadership in Climate Action
18 Sep 2024
Join us to learn about the importance of women's leadership for climate action. The seventh session in 2024 aims to explore the role of women’s leadership for climate action and corporates efforts to sustainability.
10 Sep 2024
Are you not a WEPs signatory yet? Join this webinar to learn more about the WEPs - from 7 principles to how to become a signatory.
Co-hosted by UN Women and the UN Global Compact, this virtual session will provide an overview of the WEPs and how the WEPs provide a strong framework for companies to advance gender equality in the workplace, marketplace, and community.
2024 WEPs Deep-dive series: #6 Removing gender stereotypes in marketing and advertising
17 Jul 2024
Private sector companies and marketers have the power and responsibility to challenge entrenched gender stereotypes and cultural norms, paving the way for a marketing era that truly represents today’s consumers. By shaping the portrayal of women in advertisements and media, marketers, advertisers, and storytellers can influence corporate and popular culture, empowering women and enhancing business outcomes.
2024 WEPs Deep-dive series: #5 Understanding intersectionality
19 Jun 2024
Many opportunities exist for companies to address all forms of discrimination in the workplace, marketplace and community to ensure that the perspectives and talents of women in all their diversity are equally valued.
This fifth series of WEPs deep-dive series aims to showcase examples and recommendations for companies to address discrimination and foster diversity, equality and inclusion with a specific focus on intersectionality.
04 Jun 2024
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.
Speakers:
- Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030
- Monica Vinader
2024 WEPs Deep-dive series: #4 Businesses caring about care
15 May 2024
The fourth session aims to take a deep dive at care economy and the role of businesses to promote gender equality through family friendly polices and employer support programmes. The session will also introduce UN Women’s work towards promoting care economy with the private sector by highlighting a regional programme in Asia Pacific, and WEPs global signatories.
02 May 2024
To officially kick off the 2024 Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards, we invite you to join us for this special launch event. We will be unveiling the 2024 categories, opening the application portal, providing the details on the application timeline and process, and hearing from inspiring guest speakers.
[Applications are now open!] 2024 Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards
02 May 2024
Applications are now open through June 30 for the 2024 Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards! The WEPs Awards is open to all private sector entities operating in the Asia-Pacific, and you do not need to be a Signatory to submit an application.
The WEPs Awards is organized with continued support from the Government of Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) as part of the newly launched ‘UN Women Gender Action Lab (GAL): Innovation and Impact for Gender Equality in Asia-Pacific, powered by the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs).’
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.
Register here.