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6 Mar 2012

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UN Global Compact

Strengthening the Business Case for Gender Equality, 400 CEOs Commit to Women’s Empowerment Principles

Four hundred chief executives worldwide have publicly declared their commitment to implementing the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) over the last two years, as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women, will highlight today at the 4th Annual Equality Means Business Event. Joining nearly 200 business leaders and representatives from civil society, governments and the UN, they will mark the second anniversary of this initiative by UN Women and the UN Global Compact, which provides a roadmap for business to empower women in the workplace, marketplace and community...[In] Brazil, South Africa, Turkey, Serbia, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Iceland...national stakeholder groups are developing distinctive approaches and programmes to implement the initiative...New tools and resources for advancing the Women’s Empowerment Principles [are] to be launched at this year’s event... [refers to Ernst & Young, Sabancı Holding]