Yes, we welcome applications for the individual awards from any nationality.

There is no specific requirement for when an initiative should have begun. However, the project should still be actively working to promote gender equality and/or benefit women and girls in the company’s workplace, marketplace, or community.

No. It is completely free to participate in the UN Women Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards.

As part of the WeEmpowerAsia initiative, we would like to celebrate local winners in our 7 implementing countries: China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam.

For all applicants, a basic due diligence will be performed by UN Women using a standardized process. For shortlisted nominees, UN Women may require a deeper due diligence that entails submission of further documentation from the company.

Supporting documents will be used to verify application claims to ensure that any awarded companies meet a standard of recognition by UN Women.

Companies do NOT currently need to be a WEPs signatory to apply. However, in order to be an awardee, companies must sign the CEO Statement of Support and submit the online application form by the time of the awards ceremony.

No, while having the highest-level decision maker of the company, such as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), signing the CEO Statement of Support is important, it is only the first step. You also need to complete the online form: http://www.weps.org/join. This is where you upload the CEO statement of support.

Please allow 10-15 business days for processing of the WEPs application.

No, there is no fee to join the WEPs.

Yes, all eligible companies and organizations of all sizes, sectors, industry and countries can join.

Depending on the context of the COVID-19 pandemic at the time, the event will either be fully virtual or a hybrid model of physical and virtual. Regardless, the ceremony will be livestreamed on the website.

Yes, you may apply as a regional office. To do this, choose the country that the regional office or team applying is based in, but indicate in the company name that you are applying as a regional office (i.e. Company X Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific). You can then use regional data and mention initiatives conducted in multiple country offices.

You can also submit another application for specific initiatives that have been implemented in one country and provide national data. For example, if a workplace gender equal recruitment initiative was quite successful in Vietnam, you can submit one application for the Vietnam company office.

Yes! You can still apply for any of the categories, but you must apply with a different initiative or project than the one for which your organization was awarded in 2020.