TozziniFreire is signatory to the 7 Women’s Empowerment Principles, a UN Women and Global Compact initiative. The endorsement follows our commitment to diversity, recognizing and developing our professionals in favor of gender equity.
UN Women was created in 2010 to unite, strengthen and expand global efforts to advocate for women's human rights. It follows the two-decade legacy of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in defense of women's human rights, especially for supporting the articulation and actions of women and feminists, including black, indigenous and young women, domestic and rural workers. There are six priority areas for action:
UN Women is headquartered in New York, United States. It has regional offices Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe. In Brazil, the office operates in Brasilia.
UN Women and the Global Compact have created the Women’s Empowerment Principles to benefit from greater equality for women, joining over 2,000 other business leaders around the world who have done so. These principles help the business community to incorporate into their business values and practices that aim at gender equality and the empowerment of women: