The Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) were created as a framework for the private sector to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment, recognizing its crucial role in driving women’s economic participation. Since its launch, the WEPs community has grown to over 11,000 CEOs from more than 190 countries, with legally registered companies, chambers of commerce, industry associations, and cooperatives eligible to join.
As WEPs continue to expand, many non-eligible organizations, particularly governments and NGOs, have expressed interest in joining the community due to their ability to influence private-sector operations. To address this, the WEPs Ally Initiative has been introduced to engage and recognize these stakeholders. A WEPs Ally is an entity that, while not eligible to become a signatory, has a proven track record of promoting WEPs and influencing gender equality in the private sector.
Meet the WEPs allies here.
The Women’s Empowerment Principles Secretariat values financial contributions from companies and individuals to help support its expanding catalogue of learning materials, case studies, and its global outreach. Your donation will ensure that we continue to grow and serve the progress of gender equality and women's empowerment in the workplace, marketplace and community at a global scale.
We would like to thank the World Gold Council for their gold contribution and RSM International for their silver contribution in 2025.
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