Yesterday, I was at the Asian Development Bank for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The theme was Promoting Gender Equality in the Workplace through Elimination of Harassment against Women. It was an encouraging forum as I got to learn that the ADB has been a continuous supporters of gender equality initiatives such as the Safe Spaces Act.
Other significant initiatives include:
Inclusion of interns, volunteers, apprentices in the labor space as far as gender rights are concerned
Inclusion of online workers and home-based employees in the sexual safety space
Philippine Business Coalition for Women Empowerment: one of our services is to allow our members to measure their internal policies to ensure fairness in employment life cycle and guidelines against sexual harassment.
Both men and women are responsible in tackling sexual harassment issues
Philippine Business Coalition for Women Empowerment: we try to assess our members’ corporate communications to assure that they are inclusive for all genders. We also help our members become more gender-equal to attract and retain young talent, who are more likely to stay if their employers are inclusive.
I had an insightful day as usual at the ADB. I also got to have the best crinkles ever once more.
‘Til next time, ADB!
