Aims of the toolkit

This toolkit has been developed to help organisations leverage the value of the benchmark data in a strategic, structured and sustainable way. The toolkit also provides guidance for those organisations aiming to adopt best practice or become WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality1 (EOCGE). 

Identify the on-ramp points to the gender equality journey

The toolkit assists organisations starting on the gender equality journey and those already on the journey wanting to make faster and more effective progress – by making better decisions which result in appropriate, well-targeted actions, and doing this systematically (i.e. in a sequence which delivers desired outcomes as efficiently as possible). Central to this is the design and implementation of a gender strategy.

Provides the ‘how’

A well-constructed gender strategy provides the fundamental framework by which organisations can navigate and accelerate their own unique gender equality journey. In the following sections of this toolkit, we explain how to build an effective gender strategy, and how to use this to generate momentum and sustainable progress. In section 3, we highlight specific opportunities to maximise progress (which we refer to as ‘onramps’ and ‘express lanes’).

Showcase best practice

The toolkit contains advice on leading practices, which reflect both contemporary research and ongoing learning from workplace application of concepts by organisations which started their journey some time ago. Employers that are just recognising the need to start their gender equality journey can benefit significantly from this learning.