WE EMPOWER G7 Newsletter​May 2021 Edition
Dear WE EMPOWER-G7 and WEPs Friends,
Welcome to the WE EMPOWER-G7 and Women's Economic Principles' May 2021
Newsletter! In this edition, we are pleased to share information about our upcoming
webinar, Spotlight on Spain, our WEPs Brochure with WEPs Reporting guidelines, WEPs
Learn modules, and other resources from our partners.
Read on for more details.

Warm wishes,
The WE EMPOWER-G7 Team
The WE EMPOWER G7 team is grateful to the European Union for their support to thiswork.

Upcoming Webinars
Parentsmart Employers - Getting the Return on Investment
03 June 2021, 10:00 AM ESTThis dialogue will introduce the idea of how to be Parentsmart at work, and what
Parentsmart employers can gain from supporting working parents, both in terms ofcompetence development as well as other wins and KPIs. It will also provide insights on
how to engage leaders and role models.
The session will feature Tiina Bruno, Founder of the Swedish concept Parentsmart
Employers, and Katarina Matson, Culture and Diversity at Volvo Cars.

Click here to register.

#WeLearn: Being Successful with EngagingPresentations(Recording)
On 22 April 2021, the WE EMPOWER-G7
Programme hosted Being Successful with Engaging Presentations. The learning
session was designed to learn how different storytelling techniques, presentationmaterials, and delivery styles can improve how one give engaging presentations
to others.
This session is a collaboration between WE EMPOWER-G7 Programme andGoogle Digital Garage.
To view the recording, click here.

WEPs Learn
WEPs Learn
WEPs Learn offers learning opportunities for WEPs signatories to deepen theirimplementation of the Women’s Empowerment Principles. The lessons aredesigned to give gender advocates more confidence, be more assertive, leadgender equality initiatives within their organizations and assess new opportunities.
For more information and to enroll, click here.

Knowledge Products
Spain: Gender Equality Plans,
Equal Pay and Pay
Transparency
The Spotlight on Public Policy
provides an overview of key
legislation of the Government of
Spain to drive companies toadvance gender equality,
including through equal treatment
and opportunities at work and pay
transparency. The provisionobliges companies with 50 or more workers to adopt gender equality plans.
To read the policy paper, click here.

Case Study: Natura &Co. Closing the Gender Pay Gap Globally
The case study on Natura &Co highlights how the company addresses the gender
pay gap and unconscious bias through employee training and education and bymonitoring their progress.
To read the case study, click here.

Empowering Women at Work: Company
Policies and Practices for Gender Equality
The first report of the Empowering Women at Work
series of the WE EMPOWER-G7 Programmepresents key guiding frameworks and illustrative
policies and practices for companies to promotegender equality at work.
Click here to read the full report. Also available inFrench.

Empowering women at work: Trade union
policies and practices for gender equality
This paper outlines key areas where trade unions are
addressing the barriers that women face in the labour
market and in employment, and underlines the factthat gender equality is union business.

Click here to read the full report. Also available inFrench.

Empowering Women at Work: Policies andpractices for gender equality in supply chains
The report, based on secondary research, analyses
international and regional trends in responsible
supply chain management from a genderperspective.
Click here to read the full report. Also available inFrench.

Empowering women at work: Government
laws and policies for gender equality
This report examines how governments candesign and implement policies that promote a
future of work that is gender-responsive by
design and is anchored in social justice anddecent work principles.
Click here to read the full report.

Policy Templates
Domestic violencetemplateThis domestic violence
Policy and Procedure
Template aims to assist
WEPs signatories inrecognizing and assessingthe risks of workplacerelated domestic violence, and spot signs of domestic violence. It also aims tohelp signatories establish clear guidelines for supporting employees who are
victims and survivors of domestic violence. The text can be used as is or
customized according to your company’s requirements.
To access the template, click here.

Gender-based violenceand harassment at work
policy template

This gender-based violence and harassment Policy Template assists WEPs
signatories to recognize and assess the risks of workplace-based violence andharassment on the basis of gender. It establish clear guidelines for employees toreport incidents of violence and harassment. The text can be used as is or
customized according to your company’s requirements.
To access the template, click here.

WEPs Resources
WEPs Brochure
The WEPs Brochure is a toolkit for Signatories at allstages of the WEPs Journey, from companies firstlearning about the WEPs to current Signatories
looking to advance their work on gender equality andwomen’s empowerment.
Click here to find out more!

WEPs Reporting GuidelinesTracking performance and progress towards

gender equality and women’s economic
empowerment is a core value of the WEPs
since it allows companies to uphold theircommitments to gender equality in theworkplace, marketplace, and community.
Click here to access the step-by-step guide!

WEPs e-mail signature
WEPs Signatories can now add our logo to their e-mail signatures to show theircommitment to #GenderEquality! Please feel free to add the download the logo
and help us spread the word.
You can find the logo here.

Recordings of WE EMPOWER-G7 webinarsWomen’s Empowerment Principles – A conversation about transparency
and accountability(Recording)This event is a conversation with WEPs signatories on their policies and practices
in collecting data and monitoring performance on gender equality and women'sempowerment. It will also discuss how investing in reliable and measurable datacollection helps illuminate the reality of gender equality in the company.
Click here to watch!

Principle 7 - Measurement and Reporting(Recording)This webinar focuses on seventh Women's Empowerment Principle:
Measurement and Reporting. UN Women presented an overview of Principle7, the WEPs transparency and accountability framework and the WEPs Reporting
platform. The Norwegian company, Storebrand, presented how they have chosen
to work with Principle 7, strategies they have developed and challenges theyexperienced along the way.
Click here to watch the recording!

From Our Partners:
Women's economic empowerment infisheries in the blue economy of theIndian Ocean Rim: A baseline report
UN Women, in partnership with theInternational Collective in Support ofFisheries, is pleased to present a report on“Women's economic empowerment infisheries in the blue economy of the Indian
Ocean Rim: A baseline report." This reportis part of UN Women’s "Promoting
Women's Economic Empowerment in the
Indian Ocean Rim" project supported by
the Australian Government Department ofForeign Affairs and Trade, implemented incollaboration with the Indian Ocean RimAssociation.

Click here to read the full report with recommendations.

Universal basic income: Potential andlimitations from a gender perspective
Over the past decades, universal basic income (UBI)
has repeatedly been put forward as a means toaddress increasing labour market precarity, joblessgrowth, and rising poverty and inequality. Most
recently, proponents have argued that UBI could
provide much-needed protection in the face ofeconomic, environmental, and health crises, suchas COVID-19.
Click here to read the full report.

UN Global Compact
Leaders Summit
More than 25,000 leading
figures in business,government and civilsociety will come together
virtually for the UN Global
Compact 2021 Leaders
Summit on 15-16 June toaccelerate strategic
collective action on theSDGs. High on the agenda
is a look at how much progress is being made and where gaps in practices andprivate sector investments need to be addressed. The Leaders Summit will chasethe sun over 26 hours of continuous programming, one time zone to the next tohelp unite business for a better world.
Register here.

Best small business: good food for all competition
The UN Food Systems Summit competition ‘Best small business: Good food forall’ will identify the best small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from acrossthe world transforming food systems for a better tomorrow. The competition will
uncover not only the small businesses and their employees who are leading thecharge for more sustainable, inclusive and resilient food systems, but also theways in which they can be supported to scale up their trades sustainably.
Click here to find out more.

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