Deadline: 30-Jun-22
Nominations are now open for the UN Women Asia-Pacific Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEP)s Awards.
The first regional awards initiative that recognizes companies who are taking action for gender equality in the region aligned to the Women’s Empowerment Principles, with the ultimate objective to make good practices visible and encourage more business to take action by joining the WEPs.
The WEPs Awards is a public recognition from UN Women and aligned to UN Women’s corporate standards and due diligence. As such, awards cannot be granted to companies that produce or sell alcohol, tobacco, armaments, adult entertainment and gambling products. The majority of these companies are still eligible to become WEPs signatories, and they encourage all of them to make the commitment and showcase their efforts for gender equality through engagement with WeEmpowerAsia and within the WEPs community.
Categories
In each of the following categories, one Winner, 1st Runner Up and 2nd Runner up will be awarded.
- Leadership Commitment and Action
- Gender- Inclusive Workplace
- Gender- Responsive Marketplace
- Community Engagement and Partnerships
- Transparency and Reporting
- Youth Leadership
Special Recognition: While organizations of any size or sector can be awarded, to recognize the valuable contributions of SMEs to the regional economy, three applicants from SMEs (smaller enterprises (< 200 employees)) across the 5 categories will be awarded as a WEPs Awards SME Champion.
Eligibility Criteria
- Businesses, companies and enterprises (private, public, state-owned, cooperatives and social enterprises), including subsidiaries of multinationals and/or their branches, industry associations, stock exchanges and chambers of commerce from the following countries are eligible to apply.
- For the Leadership and Youth Leadership awards, they encourage all individuals to apply and will consider of all nationalities as long as the nominated individual has established residency in the country of nomination and/or is a citizen of one of the Asia-Pacific countries.
For more information, visit https://www.asiapacificwepsawards.org/about-the-awards