Women’s Empowerment: A Key to Business Success

Since 2016, UN Women has been actively collaborating with the private sector, with much of this partnership based on the international platform of the United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs). Companies that implement the WEPs undertake numerous initiatives aligned with this framework. Through mentorship, professional training, grants, support for rural women, promotion of entrepreneurship, and various other projects, WEPs signatories have improved the lives of 71,363 women in Georgia as of the end of 2024.

Among these changes, particularly noteworthy are the initiatives implemented by the private sector beyond their own organizations to empower women. This publication vividly illustrates how businesses strive to increase women’s access to finance and healthcare services, integrate women into technology and other high-paying industries, break gender stereotypes, and turn aspirations into reality.

The publication was prepared in the framework of the Women’s Economic Empowerment component of the UN Women project “Good Governance for Gender Equality in Georgia”, which is funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.