Deadline Date: August 15, 2026
The UN Women WEPs Corporate Action Lab Philippines aims to help businesses design and test solutions that promote equal access to skills, training, and employment opportunities for diverse groups.
The key focus areas include Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI), gender-responsive training models, equitable career pathways, skills development, learning bias mitigation, systemic barrier reduction, corporate solution testing, performance tracking, and policy scaling.
The Philippines is experiencing a rapid green and digital Twin Transition, creating new opportunities for growth, innovation, and employment. However, skills gaps and structural barriers continue to affect women, young people, LGBTQIA+ populations, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups in accessing skills development and quality jobs.
UN Women and GIZ, through the RECOTwin project, are seeking businesses to participate in the Philippines edition of the WEPs Corporate Action Lab. The initiative aims to support companies in developing innovative approaches that advance gender equality and inclusive workforce development.
The WEPs Corporate Action Lab is a cohort-based initiative running for six to nine months, where companies receive support from experts and partner organizations to develop, test, and track actions that promote gender equality. The Lab allows companies to create solutions based on their own needs and goals.
The selected cohort of 8–12 companies will receive technical expertise, structured innovation sessions, and peer learning opportunities over a six-month period. The programme will support companies in understanding the business case for gender-responsive training models and improving workforce readiness.
The Lab will help companies identify and address unconscious bias in training plans, learning materials, and delivery methods to ensure fair and inclusive opportunities. It will also support efforts to remove structural barriers that limit women and diverse learners from completing technical training and entering non-traditional fields.
Participating businesses will have the opportunity to co-create and test practical solutions, develop key performance indicators to measure progress, and establish sustainable GEDSI-responsive training standards.
The initiative will also encourage collaboration with public and private stakeholders across the Philippines and ASEAN to share effective practices and support the wider adoption of inclusive approaches.
For more information, visit UN Women.
