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About the WEPs Awards

The UN Women Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards is the first regional awards initiative that recognizes companies who are taking action for gender equality in the region aligned to the Women’s Empowerment Principles, with the ultimate objective to make good practices visible and encourage more business to take action by joining the WEPs

The 2022 WEPs Awards are now closed for applications.
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2022 Categories

 In each of the following categories, one Winner, 1st Runner Up and 2nd Runner up will be awarded.

Special Recognition

While organizations of any size or sector can be awarded, to recognize the valuable contributions of SMEs to the regional economy, three applicants from SMEs (smaller enterprises (< 200 employees)) across the 5 categories will be awarded as a WEPs Awards SME Champion.

Eligibility

Businesses, companies and enterprises (private, public, state-owned, cooperatives and social enterprises), including subsidiaries of multinationals and/or their branches, industry associations, stock exchanges and chambers of commerce from the following countries are eligible to apply. *For the Leadership and Youth Leadership awards, we encourage all individuals to apply and will consider of all nationalities as long as the nominated individual has established residency in the country of nomination and/or is a citizen of one of the Asia-Pacific countries.

Afghanistan 

Australia 
Bangladesh 
Bhutan 
Brunei 
Cambodia

China (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan)

Cook Islands 
Fiji 
India 
Indonesia 
Japan 

Kiribati 

Laos 

Malaysia 

Maldives 
Mongolia 

Myanmar 

Nauru 
New Zealand 
Nepal 

Niue 
Pakistan 

Palau 
Philippines 
Papua New Guinea 

Republic of the Marshall Islands 

Samoa 
Singapore 
Solomon Islands 
South Korea 
Sri Lanka 
Thailand 

Timore-Leste 

Tokelau 
Tonga 

Tuvalu 

Vanuatu 
Vietnam 

*The WEPs Awards is a public recognition from UN Women and aligned to UN Women’s corporate standards and due diligence. As such, awards cannot be granted to companies that produce or sell alcohol, tobacco, armaments, adult entertainment and gambling products. The majority of these companies are still eligible to become WEPs signatories, and we encourage all of them to make the commitment and showcase their efforts for gender equality through engagement with WeEmpowerAsia and within the WEPs community.

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Selection Process

All applications will be submitted online and assessed through a standardized process that includes verification of supporting documents, due diligence, and judging by an external panel of neutral experts. The judging panel will be composed of external professionals with knowledge of the WEPs and private sector practices that promote gender equality and women’s empowerment. They will act on a voluntary basis and receive detailed guidance for scoring in an effort to maximize consistency and objectivity. 

 

The awards will follow a multi-stage approach with national awards ceremonies in the 7 WeEmpowerAsia countries followed by a wider Asia-Pacific regional awards ceremony. Winners from the national awards ceremonies will be combined with a shortlist of applicants from non-WEA countries to form the nominee pool for the regional awards on November 17th. 

*The UN Women Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards represents recognition of exemplary company efforts for gender equality and is limited to a designated category and a specific location and time period. Awarded organizations, alongside their products and services, receiving awards are not endorsed or affiliated with UN Women or WeEmpowerAsia and being recognized as an Awardee does not constitute a partnership. Claims, statements, or endorsements made by awardees are solely those of the individual or organization and do not represent official policies or positions of UN Women.
 

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