Women’s Empowerment Principles: Equality Means Business

Enabling women to participate fully in the economic life of all sectors is essential to build a stronger economy, achieve internationally agreed development and sustainability targets, and achieve the goals of women, men, families and communities It is essential to improve the quality of life. The private sector is an important partner in promoting gender equality and improving the status of women.

The women's empowerment principle provides practical guidance to corporations and the private sector on how to empower women in the workplace, the market and the community. These principles include a partnership between United Nations women and the United Nations Global Compact to support companies in reviewing existing policies and practices to achieve women's empowerment, or establishing new policies and practices It is being developed through.

Caption equality means business, in principle, to promote gender equality, to empower women, and to obtain information through actual business practices and inputs gathered from all over the world, business of business behavior Emphasize the case. Since all stakeholders of all levels need to participate in achieving gender equality, it reflects the interests of the government and civil society, and it helps to support exchange among stakeholders.

Issuing agency: United Nations institution for gender equality and women's status (UN women)

In cooperation with the United Nations Global Compact, we have introduced the principle of empowerment of women: equality means business. Hundreds of CEOs signed the CEO's support statement, expressed their corporate leadership for gender equality, promoted women's career development, treated gender equality, and other promises . United Nations women actively support women's safe migration in many of the world and most affected countries. Through the country-led world immigration development forum, we raise questions concerning immigrant domestic workers. One of the consequences is the establishment of a network of civil society organizations in the Caribbean to cooperate with the government for legal and social protection. The agreed list will help the government adopt and implement these lists.

On business terms, since 2009, more than 400 CEOs of the world's most important and influential companies have signed women's empowerment principles. Women have equal opportunities in the corporate environment. The focus of these principles is to fairly treat all women and men through establishing high-level business leadership for gender equality, respect for human rights and indiscriminate, support for all men and women workers' health , To ensure safety and happiness. Then, career development, implementation of corporate development, promotion of supply chain and marketing practices that empower women, promotion of equality through community initiatives and advocacy, measurement and publication of progress toward gender equality