Women's Empowerment Principles 101: Empowering Women in the Workplace, Marketplace, and Community

This is the recording of the Women’s Empowerment Principles 101 – Empowering Women in the Workplace, Marketplace, and Community virtual session on 3 February 2022. The session provided an overview of the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) and how they provide a strong framework to support companies when striving for gender equality in the workplace, marketplace, and community. The session also provided information about the WEPs, available tools and obtain guidance on the sign-on process.

Featured in this session were two representatives of WEPs signatories: Amina Mahri, CEO of Mehna, BASF and Haethum Buttikhi, CEO of Jordan Kuwait Bank.

Remarks and the WEPs overview were provided by Anna Falth, Global Head, WEPs, UN Women; Diana Ranola, WEPs operations, UN Women; Lina Al Qaddoumi, Manager, Gender Equality, UN Global Compact; and Megan Galvin, Coordinator, Social Sustainability and Gender Equality, UN Global Compact.

The virtual session is available in both English and Spanish.