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Is Gender Equality a Key to Success?

Gender equality is essential to both human rights and business success. Yet women remain underrepresented in leadership, face wage gaps, and encounter barriers to entrepreneurship and career advancement. These disparities limit economic potential and social progress.

Companies that prioritize gender equality benefit from greater innovation, stronger performance, and enhanced stakeholder trust. The UN Global Compact, through its principles and the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs), encourages businesses to create inclusive workplaces, promote equal opportunity, and advance women’s empowerment across all operations.

By embedding gender equality into their strategies, businesses not only support fairer societies but also contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 5. 

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Target Gender Equality Accelerator

Target Gender Equality Accelerator is a six-month programme designed to help participating companies of the United Nations Global Compact set and achieve ambitious corporate targets for women’s representation and equal pay in business. Developed in collaboration with UN Global Compact and UN Women, this accelerator supports companies in strengthening their implementation of the Women’s Empowerment Principles and enhancing their contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

As investors, clients, and employees increasingly pay attention to equality-related legislation and diversity requirements worldwide, the programme offers a timely opportunity for companies to embed gender equality into their core business strategies. Participating companies are asked to nominate two representatives to take part in the programme on behalf of the organization. Companies are also strongly encouraged to consider diversity in their nominations—taking into account factors such as gender, age, corporate function, and leadership level—to ensure a range of perspectives and experiences are represented. 

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• The Business Case for Gender Equality: Unpack the business case for gender equality and understand the benefits of diversity and inclusion.
• Legal and Policy Awareness: Gain the knowledge you need to increase gender equality related legislation and diversity requirements.
• Performance Assessment Tools: Understand your current gender equality performance through the facilitated use of the Women’s Empowerment Principles Gender Gap Analysis Tool.
• Target Setting for Gender Equity: Confidently set ambitious and realistic targets for gender balance, women’s leadership and equal pay for work of equal value.
• Localized Learning Experience: Engage in accelerated learning opportunities specific to your country's context. 

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• How to identify gender equality priorities across your operations—workplace, community, and supply chains—based on the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs).
• How to set and align measurable targets tailored to your business environment.
• How to integrate gender equality into your organization’s policies, strategies, and operations.
• How to understand and prepare for emerging EU gender equality legislation and its impact on your business.
• How to communicate your gender equality progress through the Communication on Progress, the annual reporting requirement for UN Global Compact participants. 

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In order to take part in Target Gender Equality Accelerator, companies are required to be members of the UN Global Compact or willing to join and meet the following criteria:

• Currently engaged with a UN Global Compact Country Network in your region or willing to join
• Able to designate two working-level representatives to engage in sessions and Accelerator activities, with an additional executive-level representative to track programme developments, offer support, and engage in high-level event
• Ready to participate in a self-assessment using the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) tool to uncover gender equality gaps and opportunities across your operations, supply chains, and communities
• Committed to developing an actionable plan to address the gender equality opportunities and risks identified during the self-assessment
• Committed to completing the programme and integrating gender equality learnings into your company’s strategy, operations, and culture 

Frequently Asked Questions

The Women’s Empowerment Principles launched by the UN Global Compact and UN Women in 2010, provide a comprehensive framework for businesses on how to empower women in the workplace, marketplace, and community. Signed by over 10,000 companies globally, WEPs also include the CEO Statement of Support, which allows business leaders to demonstrate their commitment to gender equality.

The Target Gender Equality Accelerator builds on and amplifies the objectives of the WEPs, working closely with UN Women to help companies operationalize these principles. Through action planning, TGE Accelerator provides companies with a structured approach to advancing gender equality, helping them identify key issues, set ambitious targets, and create actionable strategies. By leveraging tools like the WEPs Gender Gap Analysis Tool, participants gain a comprehensive understanding of their gender equality performance and are guided in assessing and improving policies and practices. 

Successfully implementing a holistic gender equality strategy requires ongoing commitment. Once the programme ends, it’s time to put your Action Plan into motion and make meaningful change within your organization. To support your progress, you’ll receive a survey nine months after completion to track your advancements, and we encourage you to engage with your Global Compact Country Network for country-specific opportunities and continued learning. Additionally, all TGE Accelerator participants are encouraged to take the WEPs Gender Gap Analysis Tool annually to measure progress and identify areas for improvement. Keep the momentum going—turn your commitments into action! 

The Target Gender Equality Accelerator is open to all companies participating in the UN Global Compact, as long as they are based in a country where the Global Compact Country Network is active. You can check the current list of participating countries here. If your country is not listed but are interested in joining, you can sign up to the global track. please reach out to targetgenderequality@unglobalcompact.org for further guidance. If your company is not yet a member of the UN Global Compact, you can learn how to join and become eligible for the program here (https://www.weps.org/companies).

Testimonials

"We chose to prioritise Equal Representation, Participation and Leadership across all levels of management. Our objectives and initiatives focus on that."

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Khlood Mostafa

ElMarakby Steel

"Our action plan is comprehensive. We have set various objectives and initiatives focusing respectively on the workplace, marketplace, and community."

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Dr. Mohamed Aamer

Dr. Mohamed Aamer Clinic

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