UN Women and the UN global compact offer the Women’s empowerment Principles in the hope that using them as a targeted ‘gender lens’ inspires and intensifies the efforts to bring women in at all levels. Equality does mean business.
The principles:
- Establish high-level corporate leadership for gender equality.
- Treat all women and men fairly at work — respect and support human rights and nondiscrimination.
- Ensure the health, safety and well-being of all women and men workers.
- Promote education, training and professional development for women.
- Implement enterprise development, supply chain and marketing practices that empower women.
- Promote equality through community initiatives and advocacy.
- Measure and publicly report on progress to achieve gender equality.
