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S05E02 (Int'l Women's Day) Harpreet Kaur on Business and Gender in Southeast Asia

Episode Summary

Gender equality expert Harpreet Kaur talks to IHRB's Salil Tripathi about how businesses need to work with NGOs to improve gender equality at a societal level. She discusses the outcomes of the consultation held at Genpact Centre for Women’s Leadership (GCWL) in February 2018 on how to apply the gender lens to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Harpreet Kaur is a gender, workplace and human rights professional with over thirteen years of experience in research, advocacy and communication. She leads the GCWL at Ashoka University, which aims to steer the global thinking on ‘women, workplace and rights’.  Harpreet is also the founding member of India’s Human Rights and Business Network, and on the advisory panel of India Responsible Business Forum.

Episode Notes

IHRB's Salil Tripathi talks to gender equality expert Harpreet Kaur about how businesses need to work with NGOs to improve gender equality at a societal level.