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Women frequently endure gender inequality within the labor market, society, and respective companies and corporates. The economic development of women is advantageous to the growth and development of a country: an economically empowered woman has greater power in changing her own reality and the reality of women and family around her. The principles for the empowerment of women emerged from a partnership of the United Nations (UN) and the Global Pact, with an intent to train and empower women in jobs, corporates, and communities. This alliance was formed with a primary focus on the empowerment of women in a corporate context. There are seven principles, from respect and equality between men and women within jobs to promoting equality in community initiatives and women’s role in the community.
Introduction
The Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) are seven steps for corporate gender sustainability. These seven steps enable companies...
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This study was conducted by the Research Centre on Energy Efficiency and Sustainability (Greens) from the University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNISUL), in the context of the project BRIDGE (Building Resilience in a Dynamic Global Economy: Complexity across scales in the Brazilian Food-Water-Energy Nexus), funded by the Newton Fund, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Estado de Santa Catarina, and the Research Councils United Kingdom (RCUK).
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de Souza Mauro, .J., Guilhen Mazaro Araújo, G., de Andrade Guerra, J.B.S.O. (2019). Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs). In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Gender Equality. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70060-1_15-1
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