Take a Pledge

Pledging a commitment to action to support women economic empowerment.

The Women Economic Empowerment Global Summit (WEEGS) provided a platform for entities, organisations, individuals and governments to pledge commitments to action to promote a women inclusive economy through programmes, actions, research, policies and regulations or activities that will aim to increase women participation and integration in the economy, eliminating inequality in the workplace, and encouraging entrepreneurship. The pledged actions were to be implemented before the end of 2019.

All organisations that make a pledge are invited to a special event during the WEE Global Summit to announce their actions and pledge their commitments.

With every WEEGS pledge three conditions must be met

SUPPORT WOMEN:

A WEEGS Pledge to Action must directly support women’s full and equal participation in and benefit from the economy. Commitments should be a new idea or approach to creating new opportunities for women or tackle a major challenge preventing women from reaching their full-potential. Actions can include partnerships, or involve in-kind support or technical expertise to existing programmes or initiatives.

BE SPECIFIC:

The pledge must outline a specific action, have clear and feasible objectives, and be able to show clear impact and results within a timeline of 24 months. The commitment could exceed 24 months; however, some intermediate milestones and outcomes should be reported within 24 months. The pledge should also include an articulation of the desired outcome of the effort.

BE MEASURABLE:

The action must have specific quantitative or qualitative goals that can be monitored by the pledge-maker to evaluate progress over time. As each commitment is implemented, periodic meetings and progress reports should be presented to NAMA and UN Women to show the extent of its impact. The impact and results will be presented during the WEEGS 2019 edition.

Categories of the pledge

Principles from the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs):

• Establish high-level corporate leadership for gender equality, including gender equality policies and strategies.
• Treat all women and men fairly at work – respect and support human rights and nondiscrimination, including recruitment, retention, promotion of women.
• Ensure the health, safety and well-being of all women and men workers.
• Promote education, training and professional development for women.
• Implement enterprise development, supply chain and marketing practices that empower women.
• Promote equality through community initiatives and advocacy.
• Measure and publicly report on progress to achieve gender equality.
• Enhance women’s access to finance and other productive assets.

For more information about the WEPs please visit weprinciples.org.

Commitment type

• Sign the WEPs
• Fund a project or programme
• Adopt and implement a policy or law
• Launch a bold action, project or programme
• Undertake research, data collection or analysis
• Organize major event, training or workshop
• Provide technical assistance
• Other