Women's Empowerment Principles Workshop for the Republic of Korea

This brief note covers the detailed atmosphere and contents of the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Workshop for Korea, which was held on 22 April 2023 in the Republic of Korea. The workshop was organized to introduce the Korean business community to the WEPs, jointly launched by UN Women and the UN Global Compact in 2010, outlining seven ways for companies to achieve gender equality in the workplace, marketplace, and community.

The keynote speaker, Mi Hwa Park, global program manager for WEPs at UN Women, highlighted the significance of the WEPs. She explained that companies striving for gender equality ultimately become the ones where talents prefer to work, consumers prefer to purchase from, and investors prefer to invest in, leading to long-term profit growth.

Global WEPs signatories also shared their experiences. The Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA), a global network of 750 mobile operators, Mastercard, a global card brand, Nestlé, the world's leading food and beverage company, and RSM International, a global network of 120 accounting, tax, and consulting firms, were featured in the workshop. They covered all seven WEPs, but highlighted the following four: High-level corporate leadership, Education and training for career advancement, Enterprise development, supply chain and marketing practices, and Measurement and reporting.