Target Gender Equality
BEGINNER
Programme duration: 9 months
Start programme: June 2025
Setting and meeting ambitious corporate targets for women’s representation & leadership
At our current rate, it will take over 169 years to achieve gender equality in terms of women’s economic empowerment and participation. This nine-month accelerator will help you set and reach ambitious corporate targets for women’s representation, equal pay and leadership across business at all levels.
Unpack the business case for gender equality and understand the benefits of diversity and inclusion
Gain the knowledge to increase gender equality related legislation and diversity requirements
Understand your current gender equality performance through the facilitated use of the Women’s Empowerment Principles Gender Gap Analysis Tool
Confidently set ambitious and realistic targets for gender balance, women's leadership and equal pay for work of equal value
Demonstrate commitment and action for gender equality to your employees, investors and other stakeholders
Build a network of peers, UN partners and experts to support your gender equality strategy
Programme benefits
This programme equips you and your company with the latest data and research supporting the business case for gender equality, insights from UN partners and experts on how to accelerate progress on gender equality and a company action plan to put your learnings into practice.
The experience
The programme will take place virtually with select in-person gatherings. The programme is complemented by interactive e-learning tools and optional virtual regional and global engagement opportunities. Programme features include:
- Performance Analysis and aggregate results discussions through the WEPs Gender Gap Analysis Tool
- Five capacity building work-shops: 1) Foundations & Frameworks, 2) Performance Analysis, 3) Policies & Practices, 4) Setting Targets, 5) Tracking progress & showcasing
- An Action Planning Guide that will support you to apply learnings within your company context.
- Peer learning with global and national participating companies
- Learning opportunities through the UN Global Compact Academy
- Bonus Q&A sessions to dive deeper into key topics such as good practices around gender equality policy setting, equal pay, and reporting & accountability
This programme helped us to start translating our vision into tangible actions, breaking it into concrete blocks to make it manageable.
Suzanne Hartman, Bugaboo International
A few of our alumni
Questions?
Reach out to the programme manager
Jamie Holton