Two new tools to promote gender-responsive corporate social responsibility (CSR) launched by the Federation of Egyptian Industries
The Bureau for Employers' Activities of the ILO (ACT/EMP) supports the development of “Guidance Note on Gender-responsive Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)” and “Booklet on Gender-responsive CSR Initiatives in Egypt: Transitioning from Concepts to Good Practices".
Within the framework of the key role played by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) in supporting Egypt's full-fledged policy directives to anchor gender responsiveness and promote women empowerment through employability and gender equality, the two organizations launched the “Guidance Note on Gender-responsive Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)” and “Booklet on Gender-responsive CSR Initiatives in Egypt: Transitioning from Concepts to Good Practices".
These two publications provide success stories from eight multinational companies on how to use CSR initiatives to promote gender equality and social good in general. They aim to provide Egyptian companies with the necessary steps to adopt and implement internal gender-responsive policies and cascade them into their external CSR activities from a practical and theoretical perspective.
The launch event witnessed the participation of Dr. Khaled Abdel Azim, Executive Director of the FEI, Mr. Eric Oechslin, Director of the ILO Decent Work Team for North Africa and Country Director for Egypt and Eritrea, and H.E. Mr. Pekka Kosonen, Ambassador of Finland to Egypt.
The launch of the publications was followed by two panel discussions, in line with the theme of the publications, which brought together the companies featured in the publications to present their success stories, focusing on best practices in gender-responsive CSR.
The “Guidance Note on Gender-responsive Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)” and “Booklet on Gender-responsive CSR Initiatives in Egypt: Transitioning from Concepts to Good Practices" were developed within the framework of the ILO “Promoting Gender-Responsive Workplaces in Egypt Project” financed by the Ministry for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of Netherlands, and the “Decent Work for Women, in Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco Project” financed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, in partnership with the Corporate Social Responsibility Unit of the FEI.
The Federation of Egyptian Industries - Egypt’s employers’ organization - represents 20 industrial chambers and 102,000 industrial enterprises, accounting for more than two million workers and 18% of the national economy.
These two publications provide success stories from eight multinational companies on how to use CSR initiatives to promote gender equality and social good in general. They aim to provide Egyptian companies with the necessary steps to adopt and implement internal gender-responsive policies and cascade them into their external CSR activities from a practical and theoretical perspective.
The launch event witnessed the participation of Dr. Khaled Abdel Azim, Executive Director of the FEI, Mr. Eric Oechslin, Director of the ILO Decent Work Team for North Africa and Country Director for Egypt and Eritrea, and H.E. Mr. Pekka Kosonen, Ambassador of Finland to Egypt.
The launch of the publications was followed by two panel discussions, in line with the theme of the publications, which brought together the companies featured in the publications to present their success stories, focusing on best practices in gender-responsive CSR.
The “Guidance Note on Gender-responsive Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)” and “Booklet on Gender-responsive CSR Initiatives in Egypt: Transitioning from Concepts to Good Practices" were developed within the framework of the ILO “Promoting Gender-Responsive Workplaces in Egypt Project” financed by the Ministry for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of Netherlands, and the “Decent Work for Women, in Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco Project” financed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, in partnership with the Corporate Social Responsibility Unit of the FEI.
The Federation of Egyptian Industries - Egypt’s employers’ organization - represents 20 industrial chambers and 102,000 industrial enterprises, accounting for more than two million workers and 18% of the national economy.