A set of seven principles that offer guidance to businesses on how to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace, marketplace and community. They were developed as a joint initiative between UN Women and the UNGC and are informed by international labor and human rights standards, and grounded in the recognition that businesses have a stake in and responsibility for gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Women’s Empowerment Principles

1. Establish high-level corporate leadership for gender equality
2. Treat all women and men fairly at work – respect and support human rights and nondiscrimination
3. Ensure the health, safety and well-being of all women and men workers
4. Promote education, training and professional development for women
5. Implement enterprise development, supply chain and marketing practices that empower women
6. Promote equality through community activities and advocacy
7. Measure and publicly report on progress to achieve gender equality.

The SDG Impact Standards link to the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles.

Women Empowerment Principles (WEPs). (n.d.). UN Women Asia-Pacific. Retrieved October 5, 2022, from https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/countries/china/weps