Why your company should join

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Target Gender Equality is a gender equality accelerator programme for participating companies of the UN Global Compact. Through facilitated performance analysis, capacity building workshops, peer-to-peer learning and multi-stakeholder dialogue at the country-level, Target Gender Equality will support companies engaged with the UN Global Compact in setting and reaching ambitious corporate targets for women’s representation and leadership, starting with the Board and Executive Management levels.

Companies participating in Target Gender Equality have the opportunity to deepen implementation of the Women’s Empowerment Principles and strengthen their contribution to Sustainable Development Goal 5.5, which calls for equal women representation, participation and leadership in business globally. Companies will be equipped with the latest data and research supporting the business case for gender equality and gain insights from UN partners and experts on how to accelerate progress on gender equality.

Programme Benefits:

Confidently set ambitious and realistic corporate targets for gender equality demonstrating commitment and action to your employees, investors and other stakeholders
Understand your current gender equality performance through the facilitated use of the Women’s Empowerment Principles Gender Gap Analysis Tool
Engage in accelerated learning opportunities specific to your country context
Build a network of peers, UN partners and experts to support your gender equality strategy and work collectively to tackle persistent barriers to gender equality
Showcase women in your company who are driving business success, sustainability and contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Watch on-demand a recording of the live Q&A session on why to join Target Gender Equality.
To watch the session in Spanish, click here.

Interested in Participating?

Companies participating in the UN Global Compact and based in the following countries have the opportunity to sign up to Target Gender Equality through their Global Compact Local Network.

The following Local Networks have confirmed their participation in 2021:

Austria
Bangladesh
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Croatia
Denmark

Ecuador
El Salvador
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
India
Indonesia

Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Lebanon
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
Nigeria
Pakistan

Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Korea
Russia
Serbia
South Africa
Spain

Sri Lanka
Tanzania
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America

Not located in any of these countries? Future rounds of the programme will expand to additional countries. Please click here if you would like to participate through your Local Network in a future round.

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Timeline

Company registration: 16 March 2021 – 30 June 2021

Programme begins: July 2021 (Please check exact dates with your Global Compact Local Network)

Programme ends: March 2022

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Target Gender Equality Global Coalition

The Target Gender Equality Global Coalition brings together expert organizations that are committed to advancing women’s business leadership to support the roll out of Target Gender Equality across the globe and help amplify the call for ambitious corporate target setting for women’s representation and leadership in business.