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The empowerment of women is also an essential pre-condition for building change from the
bottom up. Among the standards that have been put in place to promote common values and
benchmarks for women’s empowerment, the EDGE global business certification standard for gender
equality assesses companies’ policies and practices in areas such as equal pay for equal work, recruitment and promotion, flexible working, and company culture (EDGE, n.d.). Other
important international standards include the International Labour Organization standards and the
United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles (ILO, n.d.a; UN Women, 2016). Yet while the role of
corporate actors in financing, managing and implementing programmes relating to women and
girls has increased over recent years, these private sector initiatives have mainly focused on health and
empowering women economically through employment, training and entrepreneurship opportunities.
Looking at the broader conditions needed for women’s empowerment will be important for tackling the
root causes of gender inequality, with benefits for society as a whole (Box 1.4).
