"We look at the private sector to generate innovation, employment and financing that can bridge the gender gaps in the world of work and advance the Sustainable Development Goals. This will help our women, families and communities, and it is certainly good for the bottom line in business. Companies that invest in women and support women’s leadership and decision-making, and commit to gender equality typically outperform their competitors. The Women’s Empowerment Principles offer a great platform for change." - Amina Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General at the 2018 WEPs Forum
About Women's Empowerment Principles
The Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) are a set of Principles offering guidance to business on how to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace, marketplace and community. Established by UN Global Compact and UN Women, the WEPs are informed by international labour and human rights standards and grounded in the recognition that businesses have a stake in, and a responsibility for, gender equality and women’s empowerment.
The Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) are a primary vehicle for corporate delivery on gender equality dimensions of the 2030 agenda and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. By joining the WEPs community, the CEO signals commitment to this agenda at the highest levels of the company and to work collaboratively in multistakeholder networks to foster business practices that empower women. These include equal pay for work of equal value, gender-responsive supply chain practices and zero tolerance against sexual harassment in the workplace.
CEO Statement of Support for the Women's Empowerment Principles
"The most typical way women give up their power is by presuming they do not have any. No matter the colour, race or belief, all women share similarities that within women is the capability to create, nurture and transform. Indeed, women are an enormous supply of talents in our society. The most powerful way to change our community for the better is to assemble women of the world for actions." - Shelley Tsang, Signed CEO Statement of Support
Please support UN Women to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace, marketplace and community, visit the Women's Empowerment Principles official website at: https://www.weps.org