Guiding Principles for Business to Advance Women (PDF)
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Gender Equality Case Summaries
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What follows is a sampling of good practices gathered from online searches or
submitted by UN Global Compact participants in response to our call to share actions and
initiatives that their companies are undertaking to empower and advance women. Nor have they
been through any vetting process. They are content for a proposed publication intended to raise
awareness of the many ways in which business can promote gender equality in the workplace,
marketplace and community.
Snapshot of Women Worldwide - Facts and Figures
Advancing and empowering women requires the participation of many partners – governments,
international organizations, civil society and the private sector. Until recently, guiding
principles for business to advance women in the global marketplace have been unarticulated, yet the
business community has a vital role to play -- especially as there is consensus that empowering
women to fully participate in economic life across all sectors and throughout all levels of
economic activity is essential to build strong economies, more stable societies, and achieve
internationally agreed goals for development and human rights. However, the statistics on women’s
health, participation in society, and economic well-being show that there is a long road to
travel.
Work-life Balance and Career Development Indicators and Resources (Press Release)
Through the GEP Initiative
San Francisco Department on the Status
of Women are developing indicators and resource lists to assist private sector companies
in implementing the Principles in their workplaces. The first set of
indicators and
resource list on Work Life
Balance and Career Development are now available. Indicators and resources for other principles are
being developed on a quarterly basis so please check back soon.
Contact
Ursula Wynhoven
wynhoven@un.org
