​ WEPs NEWSLETTER- FALL 2023

End Gender-Based Violence
Ensure Employee Health & Well-Being
This month we kick-off UN Women's campaign to end violence against women andgirls - taking place every November - UNiTE! Invest to prevent violence against womenand girls. It is not only a moral imperative, it is also key to sustainable business, and torealizing a world with gender equality and women's economic empowerment.
While this newsletter focuses on preventing gender-based violence (GBV) in line withthe annual campaign, action is needed every day all-year round. WEPs guides thisendeavor under the following principles.
Principle 2: Treat all women and men fairly at work – respect and support human rights
and nondiscrimination
Promoting gender equality is crucial for fostering equal and inclusive work
environments. GBV presents significant personal and economic costs, hindering careeradvancement and the well-being of women and men workers, and impacts thebusiness in many ways.
Principle 3: Ensure the health, safety and well-being of all women & men workers

Employers should actively create safe, supportive work environments that value thehealth and well-being of all workers. Eliminating GBV also requires workplace domestic
violence and anti-harassment policies, awareness campaigns, and other supportmechanisms.

RESOURCES RELATED TO WEPs 2 & 3Learn more about GBV's impact on employee health & well-being,
including physical health and mental health.

WEPs ResourcesFighting Everyday Sexism and Domestic Violence in the Workplace
Tackling Sexual Harassment in the World of Work

Other Resources

How Can Business Tackle Gender Based Violence in the World of Work:A Toolkit for Action |Business Fights Poverty
Guidelines on mental health at work | World Health Organization

WEPs NEWSAsia-Pacific WEPs Forum 2023
Watch the video of the two-day Asia Pacific
WEPs Forum that took place in Manila,
Philippines from 7 to 8 November. The Forumgathered 150 participants from WEPs signatories
across 12 countries, including business owners,
leaders and practitioners.

UN Women in Pakistan
Meet a company in Pakistan that is fighting
against GBV and creating a safe and healthy
work environment for women in the textile
sector.

UN Women in Bolivia
Learn about how a company in Bolivia isadvancing its WEPs implementation through acollaboration with UN Women.

UN Women in Nigeria
Watch "A Call to Action" for private sector
companies to sign onto the WEPs and advancegender equality and women's empowerment inNigeria.

UPCOMING EVENTS

UN Women WEPs Cycle Session 5Monitoring, Transparency, andAccountability (In Spanish)​Do you speak Spanish? Join this webinar tolearn more about the WEP 7 hosted inSpanish on 23 Nov.

Investing to Prevent Violence:
How are companies investing in safe andhealthy work spaces? (In Spanish)​Are you in Chile? Join this in-person
workshop, hosted in Spanish, on 28 Nov.

WEPs Induction (In Spanish)​Did you miss the WEPs induction Webinar inOctober? Don't worry! Join this WEPs
induction session on 29 Nov.

WEPs Deep-Dive Series #3:
Think Twice: Understanding Unconscious
Bias (In English)​Join this year's last deep-dive series tounderstand where bias comes from andwhat we can do about it on 5 Dec.

You can make a difference. MAKE A DONATION TO THE WEPs.
Donations will help expand the WEPs' reach and tools, enabling enhanced guidance andtraining on how to implement the WEPs to more businesses worldwide, no matter their size orlocation. Your financial support to the WEPs Secretariat signals your affinity for our work
advancing gender equality everywhere. Top signatories donating to WEPs will be featured
on the WEPs donor wall.

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