As a part of celebrating Women’s History Month, Gap Inc. announced that over 800,000 women and girls have completed its P.A.C.E. (Personal Advancement & Career Enhancement) programme.
Moving further, building on the momentum and success of P.A.C.E., Gap Inc. is joining forces with Business for Social Responsibility, ILO-IFC Better Work, and CARE to launch Empower@Work.
Started in 2007, Gap Inc.’s P.A.C.E. programme focused on their belief that all women deserve the opportunity to reach their full potential. Today, it is on track to achieve the ambitious goal of reaching 1 million individuals by 2022, operating in communities and factories in 17 countries where its clothes are made.
It is pertinent to mention here that thousands of women workers in India’s factories have also gained through this programme.
Empower@Work platform leverages its knowledge, skills and networks to drive collective action to benefit women workers and gender equity in global supply chains.
Besides, it will continue to focus on building and deploying sustainable, systemic and scalable programmes that promote gender equity in global supply chains.
“Gap Inc. is proud to be a founding member of Empower@Work, recognising the opportunity it presents to reach millions of women with proven programming and tools they can use to uplift themselves and their families for generations to come,” said Mary Beth Laughton, President and CEO, Athleta.
Mary added “To reinforce this commitment, Athleta and Gap brands are taking steps to have all the factories from which they source participate in Empower@Work women’s empowerment training by 2025.”
Gap Inc. is announcing its broader investment strategy in women’s empowerment, committing that by 2025, 100 per cent of its strategic factories are participating in Empower@Work.
100 per cent of workers employed in its strategic factories will have their voices heard through gender-equitable workplace committees.
Also, 100 per cent of its supplier’s factories will have prevention and response management systems and training to address gender-based violence.
