With Women’s Day around the corner, there is a lot of buzz around gender equality. On March 1, New Delhi will play host to the second edition of the Gender Equality Summit, hosted by Global Compact Network India (GCNI), a local arm of United Nations Global Compact, New York. The theme for this year is: ‘Preparing women for the future of work’ — which revolves around the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its allied mechanisms — and it will look at how Governments, private sector, not-for-profits and communities at large can contribute towards building a safer workplace and an empowering culture. The objective is to provide equal opportunity to women, and for their effective participation at the workplace. The Summit also aims at building a clear roadmap towards gender equality at workplaces in India.
Best workplaces for women
Diversity and Inclusion pioneer Avtar group jointly with Working Mother, a global gender parity champion,is inviting nominations from companies for the 4th Edition of its flagship survey Best Companies for Women in India (BCWI). This time around, the study also has a new addition — it will address other strands of inclusion through a new Most Inclusive Companies in India (MICI) index. It will focus on other aspects of diversity such as People with Disabilities, LGBTQ, Generations and Culture, with a specific focus on language.
The previous three editions of the Best Companies for Women study saw participation of over 350 companies, with millions of data points. According to Saundarya Rajesh, Founder-President of Avtar Group, “The past three years of the BCWI have seen a diametric change in the focus of companies on women’s advancement.”
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