Webinar: Domestic Violence During COVID-19: Supporting Your Employees
19 May 2020
Lockdowns, social distancing and otherrestrictions have left millions of women and girls vulnerable to a growing shadow pandemic of domestic violence, cyberviolence and exploitative grooming of children who have limited access to help.
The webinar will showcase business’ role in caring about their employees working remotely from home in times of COVID-19. The panelists will speak about practical policies and services companies could develop, implement and practice to help stop domestic violence.
Webinar: COVID-19 and Gender Equality: What Can the Private Sector Do?
30 Apr 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is putting an unprecedented and significant strain on the global economy and public health systems. It is also highlighting, and magnifying inequalities and the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination faced by women and girls. The pandemic is moving beyond a global health crisis and morphing into a labour market, social and economic crisis, posing a serious threat to women’s employment and livelihoods, especially in precarious informal and non-essential sectors, and to their mental and physical wellbeing. The webinar will be an information session on how private sector could reduce immediate risks to employees, what are the policies or activities to apply during COVID-19, while also reducing the overall economic impact. The speakers will showcase the available tools and resources available to use and dissemination.
Learning Webinar: Business, Non-discrimination and Gender Equality in the Time of COVID-19
29 Apr 2020
Discrimination in the workplace remains a key challenge to achieving gender equality at work, especially during COVID-19 pandemic. Promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace will be crucial for businesses and economies around the globe to be able to effectively respond to the crisis while “leaving no one behind”.
12 Mar 2020
Join us for this year’s Women’s Empowerment Principles Forum held each March as part of the annual session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
We are All Generation Equality: A Ring the Bell for Gender Equality Event - Nasdaq 2020
02 Mar 2020
In celebration of International Women's Day on 8 March 2020, stock exchanges around the world will host a bell ringing ceremony to raise awareness of the pivotal role the private sector can play in advancing gender equality.
10 Dec 2019
WE EMPOWER G7 - a program of UN Women, the EU and ILO, Boston Mayor's Office of Women's Advancement and GEENIE, with presenting sponsor Fidelity Investments will host the Leading on Inclusive Business event.