{"id":43593,"date":"2021-06-02T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T01:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=43593"},"modified":"2021-06-02T09:44:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T01:44:04","slug":"nominations-open-for-2021-womens-empowerment-principles-awards-in-phl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2021\/06\/02\/nominations-open-for-2021-womens-empowerment-principles-awards-in-phl\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominations open for 2021 Women\u2019s Empowerment Principles Awards in Phl"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>UN Women returns with its annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asiapacificwepsawards.org\/\">Women\u2019s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Awards<\/a>, which honor companies operating in the Philippines for their achievements in advancing gender equality in business. Organized by the UN Women program WeEmpowerAsia, the WEPs Awards is now accepting nominations from May 31 to July 31. The WeEmpowerAsia program, funded by the European Union, promotes women\u2019s participation and leadership in the workplace, marketplace, and community.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nominees will compete in six categories: Leadership Commitment; Gender-inclusive Workplace; Gender-responsive Marketplace; Community Engagement and Partnerships; Transparency and Reporting; and Youth Leadership for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/get-involved\/beijing-plus-25\/about\">Generation Equality<\/a>. The latter three categories are new to this year\u2019s awards. Also new are three Champion titles for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs we now welcome more WEPs signatories than before, we are excited to work with new allies in the private sector,\u201d said UN Women Philippines Programme Manager Ma Rosalyn Mesina. \u201cWe found great success with our collaborations with the winner\u2019s pool last year. We look forward to an even more productive 2021 for gender equality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe business case is clear,\u201d according to Boots Garcia, co-chair of the Philippine Business Coalition for Women Empowerment (PBCWE), a partner of UN Women in the Philippines. \u201cEmbedding these concepts in corporate sustainability and governance, and business strategies will lead to quantifiable and positive results in attracting and sustaining the best talent in the market, increasing shareholder value, and promoting innovation,\u201d Garcia said at the launch event and info session held online on 25 May.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Diverse participation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WeEmpowerAsia received more than 400 nominations from 17 countries for the inaugural WEPs Awards in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katrina Chan, Executive Director of QBO Innovation Hub in the Philippines, which won in the Youth Leadership category last year, said: \u201cThe Awards was an amazing opportunity for QBO, a young startup, to network with established organizations that share our vision. Attaining this recognition raises our profile around the efforts to ensure equal gender representation in tech becomes the norm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe wanted to push ourselves to do more and to inspire others to do the same. It makes business sense to empower women on all levels and all fronts,\u201d added Jonah De Lumen-Pernia, Director for Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability of Coca-Cola Philippines, winner of the Community and Industry Engagement category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s awards are supported by Investing in Women (IW), an initiative of the Australian Government, together with PBCWE and the Indonesia Business Coalition for Women\u2019s Empowerment (IBCWE). IW aims to create enabling environments for women\u2019s economic empowerment towards a more gender-equal world. The IW-supported PBCWE and IBCWE work with leading companies in the Philippines and Indonesia to introduce gender equality strategies and tools, enabling a more diverse workforce and the associated benefits to companies, employees, and wider society.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Save the date<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The national WEPs Awards ceremony in the Philippines will be hosted by WeEmpowerAsia on 15 October. All nominees will be eligible for the regional awards to be announced on 18 November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nominations for the 2021 WEPs Awards are being accepted until Bangkok midnight on 31 July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Nominate your business now: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asiapacificwepsawards.org\"><em><strong>www.asiapacificwepsawards.org<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organized by the UN Women program WeEmpowerAsia, the WEPs Awards is now accepting nominations from May 31 to July 31. 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