Gender equality, responsible business conduct and human rights due diligence (Apply by Nov 15)
This in-person, hands-on training course supports practitioners responsible for or with a demonstrated strong interest in policies and programmes related to responsible business conduct, human rights due diligence, gender equality and women's economic empowerment.
This course is in English
What will you learn?
Participants will get a deeper understanding and a chance to interact with peers and specialists from ILO and other international organizations on:
- How normative instruments and initiatives on different levels aim to advance gender equality and WEE and how can they guide business operations. These include international labour standards and international frameworks such as the ILO MNE Declaration, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the Women Empowerment Principles.
- What actions different stakeholders can take to create an enabling environment through regulatory frameworks and policies for gender equality in the world of work.
- Best practices in human rights due diligence by companies from different geographical, sectoral, and operational contexts.
- How responsible business conduct can advance gender equality and which practical tools and approaches can support enterprises in fostering work-life balance, pay equity, women’s leadership, and preventing and eliminating violence and harassment in the workplace among others.
- How to best support women in business and management as well as promote women’s entrepreneurship, including through financial inclusion and gender responsive procurement in the private and public sectors.
More about this training
This training takes place in person in Turin, Italy on 18–22 November 2024.
This training course supports practitioners responsible for or with a demonstrated strong interest in policies and programmes related to responsible business conduct, human rights due diligence, gender equality and women's economic empowerment. Through a series of lectures, participatory exercises, and self-guided eLearning modules, participants will explore international guidance and frameworks in support of gender equality, learn from good practices, and explore practical tools and approaches to advance gender equality and WEE through responsible business conduct and human rights due diligence. Participants will have the opportunity to interact with experts from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and other international organizations, employers' organizations, trade unions, companies and others on programmes and initiatives to advance gender equality and WEE. Opportunities to network among participants will also be facilitated. The course combines this expert input with applied learning methodologies. Participants will learn from expert presentations and real case studies and practices of responsible business practices that contribute to advancing gender equality and women's economic empowerment. Individual learning will be combined with group work and allow for extensive peer-learning.
By the end of the training, participants will be able to:
- Understand the normative frameworks and international guidance to support gender equality and WEE.
- Analyse international corporate social responsibility instruments and frameworks through the lens of the international labour standards.
- Recognize different yet complementary roles of governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations as well as enterprises in creating more inclusive and equitable workplaces where both women and men can thrive at all levels.
- Advise on policies, strategies, and actions to promote gender equality, and WEE.
- Identify how and in which ways responsible business practices, including through human rights due diligence, can accelerate the progress of closing gender gaps in the workplace and support women’s entrepreneurship.
Who can I contact for more information?
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https://www.itcilo.org/courses/gender-equality-responsible-business-conduct-and-human-rights-due-diligence