Advancing Women's Leadership

Advancing Women’s Leadership: Organisational Roadblocks and Practical Solutions for Businesses

About the Event

To foster collaboration and inspire concrete actions for gender equality in business and to enlist companies to sign on to the WEPs, UN Women and EuroCham, with support from DFAT, are co-organising an International Women's Day Workshop: “Advancing Women’s Leadership: Organisational Roadblocks and Practical Solutions for Businesses” on Friday, 6th March 2026, from 3 to 8 PM.

This will be a co-led, co-convened business-focused engagement event that positions women’s leadership as a driver of just and prosperous economies. Aligned with the global International Women’s Day theme “Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls”, the event translates these principles into a private sector context, focusing on inclusive leadership, governance, and decision-making and the role of business in advancing rights, strengthening economic participation, and contributing to inclusive growth.

The discussion will draw on examples from traditionally male-dominated sectors, such as real estate and construction, to examine leadership pathways, role segmentation, and opportunities to advance equality across different levels of the workforce and supply chains. The discussion will be grounded in legal and regulatory foundations that shape gender equality in the workplace, while moving beyond a technical or legislative focus. Legal frameworks will be used as an anchoring business lens to reflect on minimum standards, realities in implementation, and areas of risk and opportunity, while creating space for dialogue on how companies can practically move beyond compliance toward leadership and good practice.

Key Objectives

• Highlight women’s leadership as a driver of just and prosperous economies, in line with the International Women’s Day 2026 theme.

• Strengthen private sector understanding of the rights-based and legal foundations for gender equality in the workplace, while encouraging reflection beyond minimum compliance.

• Create space for dialogue on leadership, governance, and sector-specific business practices that advance equality and inclusion.

• Encourage companies to translate commitment into action through engagement with UN Women and the Women’s Empowerment Principles.

Venue: TBD (To be decided)

Date: Friday, 6th March 2026

Time: 3 to 8 pm (registration from 2.30 pm; networking from 6 pm)  

Tickets: USD $5 Members, $10 Non-members

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