7th Diversity & Inclusion Think Tank

What’s next after signing the Women Empowerment Principles (WEPs)?

What’s next after signing the WEPs:

How to fully integrate the WEPs tools into your business strategy?

withNicole MALIK - Expert in WEPs toolkit

14th of October 2018

from 9.00am to 11.15am

Schneider Electric – Dubai Silicon Oasis

In the coming session, Nicole MALIK, Recognised International Humanitarian, will be sharing with you some of the insights gained from her fourteen years of international experience. Nicole helped to inform the WEPs toolkit, performed webinars for WEPs and have worked on gender issues all around the world.

During the session, she will:

• Share key facts and data to establish the business case on gender equality and women empowerment in the workplace
• Explain the WEPs Gap analysis tool
• Share best practices and examples of what can be done by companies across the 7 principles.
• Showcase a strategy sample on how WEPs or women's empowerment can be a strategic business imperative and fully integrated into the business strategy.

Agenda:

• 9h00-9h15 Registration & Networking
• 9h15-9h20 Introduction by Audrey TEPPE, HR Manager @ French Business Council
• 9h20-9h30 Welcome speech by Natalja KISSINA, HR VP @ Schneider Electric, our partner
• 9h30-10h30 Nicole MALIK, Recognised International Humanitarian
• 10h30-11h00 - open discussion about Wep’s implementation facilitated by Amel MURPHY – Founder of Breath at Work
• 11:00-11h15 - Wrap-up and topic for next session Important information

Important Information

• Date: October 14th, 2018 from 9:00am -11:15am
• Location: Schneider Electric’s Gulf Hub in Dubai Silicon Oasis DTEC building – 2nd floor – Learning Hub
• Registration mandatory - Please register on the link below
• Limited seats
• Open only to HR professionals, D&I experts and CSR specialists - Members of French Business Council

About Nicole MALIK More details available Nicole Malik Bio 

What is the Women Empowerment Principles (WEPs)?

Women's Empowerment Principles: Equality Means Business. Empowering women to participate fully in economic life across all sectors is essential to build stronger economies, achieve internationally agreed goals for development and sustainability, and improve the quality of life for women, men, families and communities.

Check the WEPs website 

What is our D&I Think Tank?

This Think Tank aims to be a leading is to be a leading collaboration forum for the development and application of diversity & inclusiveness practices, and to facilitate the exchange of ideas and thoughts on leadership in the Middle East. Our vision is to create a platform where D&I practitioners, the HR community and other HR professionals who are passionate about D&I come together to brainstorm on ideas and learn from each other’s experience. We also aim to conduct independent research to provide innovative and practical recommendations to advance our regional D&I journey.