Domestic violence and abuse is increasingly seen as an issue for employers to address: 82% of FTSE 100 companies surveyed offer some kind of support to survivors.
17 Global leaders unveiled their progress against groundbreaking solutions for gender equality in the 2022 HeForShe Alliance Impact Report. UN Women reports that it will take nearly 300 years to achieve full gender equality. The HeForShe Alliance has a clear and resounding response to this – a redoubled commitment to male allyship and concerted, inclusive action to drive change.
With H.E. Prime Minister of Japan and CEO of Recruit Holdings Announced as HeForShe Champions, UN Women Bolsters the Mission of Achieving Gender Equality in this Key Region
(New York, 21 September 2022) Against a global backdrop of receding rights for women and girls, as well as collective crises like climate change, conflict, and natural disasters, the HeForShe Summit gathered political, business, global development and social justice leaders to review progress on gender equality across countries, companies and communities.
MTN is pleased to announce further progress in its efforts to drive gender equality by partnering with United Nations (UN) Women and joining the HeForShe Alliance in a drive to enhance its gender efforts.
(New York, NY, 30 March 2022) UN Women announced HSBC USA , as the latest member of its HeForShe Alliance. The HeForShe Alliance is a group of high-profile leaders across government, business, non-profit and academia driving accelerated progress toward gender equality. HSBC will target an ambitious commitment to achieve 35% female representation in senior leadership by 2025 and act as a thought leader to advocate for the importance of gender pay gap data as a part of their Alliance membership.
(New York, 23 September 2021) Against a global landscape where it will take 257 years to achieve economic equality and where 90% of all Heads of State and Fortune 500 CEOs are male, global leaders from across business, non-profit and academia are standing up and today joining UN Women’s new HeForShe Alliance: a unique group of ambitious leaders determined to accelerate progress towards gender equality.
Gender diversity in business is making strides with close to 60% of global chief executives citing their organizations are more gender diverse than five years ago
Significant challenges remain as female leaders’ path to the top takes longer and is stymied by societal expectations, unconscious bias, and legacy gender roles
According to a new YPO, Financial Times and UN Women HeForShe Business Leader Survey