Answers to all questions should refer only to current policies, practices, programs, activities and data. In order to verify answers, applicants will be asked to submit additional supporting documents. These supporting documents can include but are not limited to: company policies, action plans, company webpage, organization structure chart, internal and external communication materials, press releases, or any other types of documents that can validate a certain response. While we recommend companies provide supporting documents, we appreciate especially start-ups and entrepreneurs may not have all supporting elements at hand and will accept a written description in lieu of documentation. All information in the supporting documents will be confidential and only used for the award selection. If you require further clarification on the questions, please email weempower.asia@unwomen.org for assistance.

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This category recognizes leaders in corporations who have been instrumental in setting strong corporate commitments inclusive of progressive polices, regulations or practices that aim to promote gender equality in the workplace, marketplace and/or community. This may include company leaders taking specific roles and responsibilities in promoting gender equality within the company and making public commitments or delivering gender sensitive messages to the public. This category will have an additional award to recognize youth leaders (under the age of 30) who have made significant contributions to promoting gender equality in the workplace, marketplace and/or community. This could be a young entrepreneur who initiate gender responsive policies or actions in their company, young leaders of start-ups that are promoting gender quality and women’s empowerment, or young employees who actively promote gender equality within their organizations.  

1. Please describe a policy, programme or initiative that the applicant has launched or spearheaded to advance the company’s efforts to implement the WEPs and achieve gender equality, and who was involved? What role did the Nominee CEO/ high-level management team member or nominee Youth Leader play?  2. Explain the specific purpose of the policy, programme or initiative. Why was it launched? What need, goal or gap does it address? Is it aimed at addressing gender equality in the workplace, marketplace and/or community? Who does it seek to impact?  3. Describe how the nominated leader engaged in partnerships and/or collaboration with peers, existing campaigns, industry networks, and/or other stakeholders such as government, civil society, and non-profits. How was collaboration used to enhance the initiative? 

1. What were/are the most persistent challenges? How were/are they being overcome?   2. What are the key lessons learned from launching the policy, programme or initiative?  3. How does the company plan to integrate lessons learned into company policy and practice and/or the next phase of the initiative? 

1. How was or will success be determined? If relevant, what indicators and metrics were/are included? Was sex-disaggregated data collected to track and measure progress?  2. What are the outcomes to date? Please be as specific as possible and supply available data.  3. How does the nominated applicant plan to carry forward the initiative (including a scaling and/or sustainability plan)? 

This category recognizes leaders in corporations who have been instrumental in setting strong corporate commitments inclusive of progressive polices, regulations or practices that aim to promote gender equality in the workplace, marketplace and/or community. This may include company leaders taking specific roles and responsibilities in promoting gender equality within the company and making public commitments or delivering gender sensitive messages to the public. This category will have an additional award to recognize youth leaders (under the age of 30) who have made significant contributions to promoting gender equality in the workplace, marketplace and/or community. This could be a young entrepreneur who initiate gender responsive policies or actions in their company, young leaders of start-ups that are promoting gender quality and women’s empowerment, or young employees who actively promote gender equality within their organizations.  

1. Please describe a policy, programme or initiative that the applicant has launched or spearheaded to advance the company’s efforts to implement the WEPs and achieve gender equality, and who was involved? What role did the Nominee CEO/ high-level management team member or nominee Youth Leader play?  2. Explain the specific purpose of the policy, programme or initiative. Why was it launched? What need, goal or gap does it address? Is it aimed at addressing gender equality in the workplace, marketplace and/or community? Who does it seek to impact?  3. Describe how the nominated leader engaged in partnerships and/or collaboration with peers, existing campaigns, industry networks, and/or other stakeholders such as government, civil society, and non-profits. How was collaboration used to enhance the initiative? 

1. What were/are the most persistent challenges? How were/are they being overcome?   2. What are the key lessons learned from launching the policy, programme or initiative?  3. How does the company plan to integrate lessons learned into company policy and practice and/or the next phase of the initiative? 

1. How was or will success be determined? If relevant, what indicators and metrics were/are included? Was sex-disaggregated data collected to track and measure progress?  2. What are the outcomes to date? Please be as specific as possible and supply available data.  3. How does the nominated applicant plan to carry forward the initiative (including a scaling and/or sustainability plan)? 

This award recognizes achievements that corporations have demonstrated in adopting relevant gender-inclusive measures in the workplace. This may include innovative approaches to equal recruitment, support to provide flexible work arrangements, addressing specific needs of female and male employees, transformational initiatives to support family responsibilities of female and male employees to address the unequal care burden, and accelerative actions to guarantee the safety and well-being of female and male employees, accelerating progress towards equal pay, and promote women’s career development and leadership. 

1. Please describe one specific policy, programme or initiative for gender equality in the workplace.   2. Explain the specific purpose of the policy, programme or initiative. Why was it launched? What need, goal or gap does it address? Who does it seek to impact and what is the current scale of the initiative (e.g., the number of employees it would cover, their roles and job levels, the countries it would be implemented in)? Which departments or individuals are involved? 3. Were any external partners involved (i.e. other businesses, industry networks, and/or other stakeholders such as government, civil society, and non-profits)? If so, what approach did the company take to build partnerships and engage in collaboration? How did collaboration support or enhance the initiative? 

1. What were the main challenges and roadblocks in the implementation of the progress? How were/are they being overcome?   2. What are the key lessons learned from this?   3. How does the company plan to integrate lessons learned into company policy and practice and/or the next phase of the initiative? 

1. How was or will success be determined? If relevant, what indicators and metrics were/are included? Was sex-disaggregated data collected to track and measure progress?  2. What are the outcomes to date? Please be as specific as possible and supply available data.  3. How does the company plan to carry forward the initiative (including a scaling and/or sustainability plan)? 

This category recognizes corporations for embracing a gender-lens throughout their value-chains from sourcing to disposal. This may include championing supplier diversity, gender-inclusive distribution and selling and gender responsive marketing and advertising. It may include supporting women entrepreneurs through capacity development or market access opportunities, implementing progressive programs and/or policies to incentivize procurement from women-owned businesses or other gender-responsive companies. This category will also award actions and programs that promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in advertisements and other sales and marketing activities. 

1. Please describe one specific policy, programme or initiative for gender equality in the workplace.  2. Explain the specific purpose of the policy, programme or initiative. Why was it launched? What need, goal or gap does it address? Who does it seek to impact and what is the current scale of the initiative (e.g., the number of employees it would cover, their roles and job levels, the countries it would be implemented in)? Which departments or individuals are involved? 3. Were any external partners involved (i.e. other businesses, industry networks, and/or other stakeholders such as government, civil society, and non-profits)? If so, what approach did the company take to build partnerships and engage in collaboration? (i.e. joining industry initiatives such as the Unstereotype Alliance). How did collaboration support or enhance the initiative? 

1. What were the main challenges and roadblocks in the implementation of the progress? How were/are they being overcome?  2. What are the key lessons learned from this?  3. How does the company plan to integrate lessons learned into company policy and practice and/or the next phase of the initiative? 

1. How was or will success be determined? If relevant, what indicators and metrics were/are included? Was sex-disaggregated data collected to track and measure progress? 2. What are the outcomes to date? Please be as specific as possible and supply available data. 3. How does the company plan to carry forward the initiative (including a scaling and/or sustainability plan)? 

This category recognizes corporate champions that promote gender equality through community and industry engagement. This engagement may include integrating gender equality into their sustainability strategies, CSR or philanthropy programs, supporting and collaborating with NGOs, international organizations, or other organizations committed to promoting gender equality, or participating in any advocacy or multi-stakeholder platforms to promote gender equality. This category will also award actions to promote transformational action or systemic change within the company’s respective industry, such as efforts to influence the industry towards more gender-responsive standards and/or joint-programming to advance specific issues in a specific industry/sector.  

1. Please describe one specific policy, programme or initiative for gender equality in the workplace.  2. Explain the specific purpose of the policy, programme or initiative. Why was it launched? What need, goal or gap does it address? Who does it seek to impact and what is the current scale of the initiative (e.g., the number of employees it would cover, their roles and job levels, the countries it would be implemented in)? Which departments or individuals are involved? 3. Were any external partners involved (i.e. other businesses, industry networks, and/or other stakeholders such as government, civil society, and non-profits)? If so, what approach did the company take to build partnerships and engage in collaboration? How did collaboration support or enhance the initiative? 

1. What were the main challenges and roadblocks in the implementation of the progress? How were/are they being overcome?  2. What are the key lessons learned from this?  3. How does the company plan to integrate lessons learned into company policy and practice and/or the next phase of the initiative? 

1. How was or will success be determined? If relevant, what indicators and metrics were/are included? Was sex-disaggregated data collected to track and measure progress? 2. What are the outcomes to date? Please be as specific as possible and supply available data. 3. How does the company plan to carry forward the initiative (including a scaling and/or sustainability plan)? 

The Champion in COVID-19 Award specifically recognize companies or leaders which have made significant contributions to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the context of COVID-19. These contributions may include adopting gender-sensitive responses to COVID-19 to support female and male employees, supporting women owned small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), supporting women and girls in the community, and raising awareness of women’s needs during the pandemic and encouraging women’s leadership and participation in fighting COVID-19. 

1. Please describe policies or programs that corporations have taken to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the context of COVID-19.  2. Explain the specific purpose of the policy, programme or initiative. Why was it launched? What need, goal or gap does it address? How does it contribute to address the issues caused by COVID-19?  3. Were any external partners involved (i.e. other businesses, industry networks, and/or other stakeholders such as government, civil society, and non-profits)? If so, what approach did the company take to build partnerships and engage in collaboration? How did collaboration support or enhance the initiative? 

1. What were the main challenges and roadblocks in the implementation of the progress? How were they/are they being overcome?  2. What are the key lessons learned from launching the policies or programmes?  3. How does the company plan to integrate lessons learned into company policy and practice and/or the next phase of the initiative? 

1. How was or will success be determined? If relevant, what indicators and metrics are/were included? Was sex-disaggregated data collected to track and measure progress? 2. What are the outcomes to date? Please be as specific as possible and supply available data. 3. How does the nominated applicant plan to carry forward the initiative, if applicable (i.e. scaling and/or sustainability plan)? How will this initiative influence your future business and operations model with regards to gender equality? 

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