The United Nations entity for gender equality, UN Women has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Summit to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the corporate sector in Uganda.
Speaking at the MoU signing event held in Kampala, the UN Women country representative Dr Paulina Chiwangu said the partnership will advance women’s economic empowerment through supporting women-owned businesses by closing gender pay gaps and fostering inclusive entrepreneurship.
Chiwangu added that these will help in knowledge-sharing and research through exchanging by conducting joint research and best practices to inform policies and actions that advance gender equality in the corporate sector.
Meanwhile, the Managing Director CEO Summit Uganda, mr. Stephen Mukasa said the agreement represents a commitment to harnessing the power of public-private partnership to accelerate progress and create a more inclusive and gender-equal world.
