On 21 November, Belgium’s Women in Finance association announced it had already achieved its goal of a charter promoting equal treatment between males and females that covers more than 90% of employees in the finance sector. Currently, thirty-four financial institutions (public and private and employers’ federations) representing 91% of the country’s finance sector employees have signed up to the ‘Women in Finance’ charter, the contents of which are based on the Women’s Empowerment Principles as set out by UN Women (see here for more).
In response to Planet Labor, Claire Godding, ‘Senior Counsel Diversity, Inclusion & Societal Needs, for the employers’ federation Febelfin, emphasized this initiative’s originating premise, namely that ‘when we have different profiles in terms of women and men, and age and background, decision-making improves and we make better use of a company’s collective intelligence. This charter commits its signatories to ‘promoting female advancement towards managerial positions, creating appropriate prog
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