GENDER INDEX PROJECT

Objectives

Counteract women discrimination in the workplace by supporting good workplace environments that promote equal opportunities for

men and women in Polish companies

• Increase the level of labour law observance among employers in relation to gender equality and anti-discrimination regulations

• Increase the level of employers’ understanding and interest for activities that promote and empower women in the workplace

Main activities

• Gender Index Measure - a tool that analyses the workplace and a company’s personnel policies from the perspective of the equal treatment of women and men.

• Equal Opportunities Company Competition – national competition for employers involving in the first edition (2006) – 52 companies, and in the second edtion (2007) – more than 150 companies of different size and from different sectors.

Main activities

• Good Practice Guidebook „Gender Equality in the Workplace” - set of 58 good practices from 27 organizations covering following topics: ethical principles, recruitment, training and development, compensation policy, work-life balance, counteracting sexual harassment and mobbing, other activities that promote gender equality.

• „Managing Equal Opportunities Company” - Training for business – it is the first training model for business on equal opportunities policies and diversity management developed in Poland. Two days workshops were delivered for more than 100 employers.

Overall strategy

• Comprehensive strategy

• Multi-agency approach – Partnership for Development

• Focus on people who make decisions

• Strong media patronage and consequent PR strategy

• Linking to CSR and Global Compact

• Highlighting business cases

• Bringing companies into the project

Project Partners

United Nations Development Programme

Ministry of Labour and Social Policy

Warsaw School of Economics

Project Partners

Derm-Service Pologne

Feminoteka Foundation

International Forum for Women

Polish Confederation of Private Employers Lewiatan

GENDER INDEXTotal budget: 3,600 000 $

• Good Gender Project• Bad Gender project

• OPEN DOOR FOR GENDER

• (how, many possible way…• Exp. use partnership- compenies?, • how, • use CSR, we have tools on table…. let’s take it)

• CREATE CHALENGING ENVIRONMENT FOR GENDER….• Business in gender? RESOURCES?• Gender-Everybody business

• Diversity management• Global compact/CSR