Vietnamese companies honoured for exemplary gender equality practices

Vietnamese businesses honoured at WEPs Awards 2022 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Fifteen Vietnamese businesses on November 8 were honoured at the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Awards for their exemplary practices for gender equality.

This is the third year the award has been held in Vietnam by the UN Women and the Vietnam Women Entrepreneur Council, with support from the Australian Government – which has for years assisted gender equality-related activities in Vietnam and UN Women’s activities.

It aims to recognise companies that are taking action on gender equality aligned to the WEPs and to encourage more companies to take action by joining the WEPs.

The award has seven categories: Leadership commitment, youth leadership, gender-inclusive workplace, gender-responsive marketplace, Community engagement and partnerships, transparency and reporting, and small- and medium-sized enterprises joining the WEPs.

Elisa Fernandez Saenz, Country Representative of UN Women Vietnam, expressed her belief that the award will inspire more companies to apply policies and practices promoting gender equality.

Workshop on creating equal market opportunities by advancing gender responsive procurement (Photo: VNA)

At the awarding ceremony, UN Women and the Australian Embassy in Vietnam co-organised a workshop on creating equal market opportunities by advancing gender responsive procurement.  

The function also saw a new cooperation programme named “WE RISE Together” introduced.

The programme, funded by the Australian Government through the Mekong-Australia Partnership, aims to boost gender-responsive procurement in Vietnam./.

VNA