On 16th February, 2018, “EDGE Workshop” was conducted in cooperation with Investing in Women (IW) and International Finance Cooperation (IFC) with the participants fromFirst Myanmar Investment (FMI), City Mart Holdings (CMHL) and Shwe Taung Group (STG): - our founding members who are going to start proceeding the EDGE Certification program. This workshop focused to support […]
On 27th February, 2018, we – Business Coalition for Gender Equality (BCGE) - participated as a panel discussion at AVPN (Asian Venture Philanthropy Network) Social Impact Forum at Yangon. Alongside with our alliance; IFC – International Finance Cooperation and IW – Investing in Women; the session discussed about the concept of workplace gender equality not […]
From L to R; Ms. Kathy,Mulville (Investing In Women), Ms. Aye Mon Thu (Shwe Taung Group), Ms, May Zon (Parami Group), Ms. Zarchi Tin (First Myanmar Investment Group), Ambassador Nicolas Coppel, Ms. Khin Ma Ma ( AYA Bank) and Mr. Devanandan Batumala ( KBZ Group) — On International Women’s Day, six leading Myanmar companies came […]
On 9th March 2018 – together with the leading business women, we – BCGE – represented as a panellist at “Ring the bell” event hosted by Yangon Stock Exchange to support the gender equality in the working environment. The panel was discussed about the existence of women business leaders in Myanmar, how their decision making […]
On 6th July, 2018, “EDGE Communication Workshop” was conducted for our founding members; in cooperation with Investing in Women (IW) and International Finance Cooperation (IFC) to support in designing effective communication plan regarding Gender Equality at workplace and EDGE certification programme. As the commitment of promoting gender equality in the workplace in Myanmar, our Business […]
On 26th July, 2018, “EDGE Workshop for Founding Members” was conducted in cooperation with Investing in Women (IW) with the participants from KBZ Bank, IKBZ Insurance Team, Parami Energy Group, Ayeyarwady Bank (AYA Bank) and First Myanmar Investment (FMI) head office group: - our founding members who are going to start proceeding the EDGE Certification […]
Taikkyi Township ( 18th September 2018): With the direction of H.E. Daw Naw Pan Thinzar Myo, Kayin Ethnic Affairs Minister, Yangon Region Government, the Business Coalition For Gender Equality Association led by Daw Zarchi Tin organised a "Smart Family Talk" at the Kayin Baptist Church in Taikkyi township on 18th September 2018. Her Excellency delivered […]
Yangon, 5 October 2018— The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement and The Australian Embassy in Myanmar today launched a coalition of six businesses committed to gender equality in their own companies and in the country’s private sector. The Business Coalition for Gender Equality (BCGE) was formed by FMI Company Limited, City Mart Holding […]
Thank you to everyone who joined us in celebrating International Women's Day on March 4th at our membership appreciation dinner! It was inspiring to see BCGE's members, partners, supporters, Board of Directors, Senior Government officials, as well as CEOs and top management from leading businesses come together to celebrate current members who are doing excellent work in […]
BCGE ( Business Coalition for Gender Equality Association) celebrates an International Women’s Day by participating at an International Women’s Day event held in Nay Pyi Taw on 8th March 2019. The event was participated by gender and women organizations under the Myanmar National Women Committee together with entrepreneurs across the country working with UN Women. […]
In the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses and organizations are transitioning to work from home. With lockdowns and social distancing likely to continue for months, it will be increasingly important to ensure that people are prepared to handle this new reality. In this webinar, BCGE's team of expert technical advisors will discuss: […]
Date: Tuesday May 12, 2020 Time: 10 - 11 am Location: Zoom Webinar The impact of the pandemic has revealed the need for more organizations need to embrace flexible work, not just for crises situations, but also to build better, more inclusive workplaces that prioritize productivity over facetime and consider diverse staff needs. How […]
Date: Thursday May 14, 2020 Time: 10 - 11 am Location: Zoom Webinar In the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses and organizations are transitioning to work from home. With lock-downs and social distancing likely to continue for months, it will be increasingly important to ensure that people are prepared to handle […]
Date: Tuesday May 19, 2020 Time: 10 - 11 am Location: Zoom Webinar During a crisis, inclusive leadership is essential to help all the members of your team feel productive, engaged, and supported. How will you create a strong workplace culture and build resilience as an inclusive leader during the current situation and in […]
Date: Wednesday May 20, 2020 Time: 10 - 11 am Location: Online Webinar In this webinar in partnership with Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB) and Colors Rainbow, you will gain an understanding of how to build better and more inclusive workplaces for the LGBTQ+ community, with practical resources, recommendations, and examples. In this webinar, Colors Rainbow's […]
Date: Friday May 22, 2020 Time: 10 - 11 am Location: Online Webinar In this webinar in partnership with Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB), you will gain an understanding of why disability inclusion is an important and necessary factor in crisis response management and learn about the current situation for persons with disabilities […]
Date: Tuesday May 26, 2020 Time: 10 - 11 am Location: Online Webinar In this webinar in partnership with Akhaya Women, you will learn: - Gendered impacts of COVID-19 on women - Data on increased GBV and causes - How to support - as employers, as family and friends, as a community - Additional resources […]
Date: Thursday May 28, 2020 Time: 10 - 11 am Location: Online Webinar In this webinar in partnership with the Gender Equality Network (GEN), you will understand relations between gender & economy and why gender mainstreaming is important in the time of crisis like COVID-19 pandemic and the discussion will provide easy tips for […]
Date: Tuesday June 2, 2020 Time: 10 - 11 am Location: Online Webinar In this webinar in partnership with Marble Psychological Services, you will learn how organizations can support employees and teams during this time of COVID-19. As many teams now work virtually - it is now more important than ever to keep in […]
Campaign Objectives - To celebrate Father’s Day by raising awareness about paternity leave and gender roles in the home and at work - To encourage uptake of paternity leave and sharing care work and household work especially during the pandemic and work-from-home - To break barriers to gender equality by re-examining gendered norms and re-imagining […]
Campaign Objectives ကင်ပိန်း၏ ရည်ရွယ်ချက် - To promote the importance of family-friendly policies to enable breastfeeding and help parents nurture their children ရင်သွေးငယ်များ ပြုစုပျိုးထောင်နိုင်ရန် မိဘများကို ပံ့ပိုးကူညီခြင်းနှင့် မိခင်နို့ချိုတိုက်ကျွေးနိုင်အောင် ဆောင်ရွက်ပေးသော မိသားစု အဆင်ပြေသည့် မူဝါဒ ထားရှိခြင်း အရေးပါမှုကို အားပေးမြှင့်တင်ရန် - To capacitate a family-friendly workplace by providing lactation room for working mothers လုပ်ငန်းခွင်ဝင် မိခင်များအတွက် မိခင်နို့ချိုသိုလှောင်ခန်းကို ထောက်ပံ့ပေးခြင်းအားဖြင့် မိသားစုအတွက် အဆင်ပြေသော အလုပ်ခွင် ဖန်တီးဆောင်ရွက်ရန် […]
MYANMAR AND COVID-19: IMPACT ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR Report Launch Virtual Panel Wednesday, 7th October 2020 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | via Zoom The COVID-19 pandemic of early 2020 caused a global contraction in economic demand and supply that saw hundreds of millions of workers around the globe stood down or only able […]
16 Days of Activism Campaign | ကျား၊မ အခြေပြု အကြမ်းဖက်မှု ပပျောက်ရေး ၁၆ ရက်တာ လှုပ်ရှားမှု “လုံခြုံ ပျော်ရွှင် လုပ်ငန်းခွင် | A Safe Workplace is a Happy Workplace" Background 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is an international campaign to challenge violence against women and girls. The campaign runs every year from 25 November, the International Day […]
To kick off our 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, BCGE is launching a new training module to help businesses and organizations tackle workplace harassment. Addressing workplace harassment is fundamental for business success and sustainability. Fostering safe and happy workplaces free of bullying, violence, and harassment can increase employee retention rates, reduce absenteeism, […]
In partnership with the Gender Equality Network, Akhaya Women, and DKT Myanmar, we will provide an overview of the current state of GBV in Myanmar. Our panelists will discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on increased risks of GBV and domestic violence, especially as most organizations have transitioned back to working from home. For many, this […]
This joint-webinar with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) will explore the role of businesses and employers in preventing and tackling GBV especially during COVID. We will discuss findings and recommendations from the IFC’s recent guidance note on COVID-19 and Gender-Based Violence: Workplace Risks and Responses. This webinar seeks to inform employers about the heightened risks […]
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) is annually observed on 3 December. The theme this year is “Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 World”. Globally, the covid-19 crisis is affecting the world's one billion people with disabilities who even under normal circumstances are less likely to access education, health […]
An information and knowledge sharing session on findings from UN Women case study/research in Myanmar on workplace harassment and entrepreneurship, workplace harassment and bullying in entrepreneurship with common types of workplace harassment, regulated laws and regulations relating with harassment and bullying in Myanmar. Date: 8th December 2020 Time: 1:00 ~ 2:30 pm Location: Virtual – […]
BCGE is pleased to announce the launch of our highly anticipated HR Club! The HR Club is a bi-monthly learning event bringing together HR practitioners and people managers to share best practices across a range of workplace gender equality-related topics. In our inaugural session as part of our 16 Days Campaign, we’ll focus on how […]
BCGE is pleased to announce the launch of our highly anticipated training Combating Unconscious Bias at the Workplace, as part of training series developed by BCGE. Participants will have a deeper understanding through practical discussion identifying (15) common types of unconscious biases that exist in individual and professional lives and bringing them to the surface […]
Background The Business Coalition for Gender Equality (BCGE) is a coalition of companies committed to promoting gender equality in the workplace in Myanmar. BCGE is led and founded by seven prominent businesses committed to achieving organizational growth and global sustainable development goals (SDGs) through workplace gender equality (WGE) initiatives. BCGE aims to be a center […]
About the Webinar The Business Coalition for Gender Equality (BCGE) is organising a webinar session with Alive & Thrive Myanmar to strengthen working mothers in their breastfeeding and care-giving during the pandemic. Breastfeeding is one of the best investments for saving lives and improving the health, social and economic development of individuals and nations. If […]
About the Webinar The Business Coalition for Gender Equality (BCGE) is organising a webinar session to support working parents in navigating their wellbeing and care-responsibilities on Thursday, 7 October 2021. Since the start of September, we have curated Member Support & Care Series: Workplace Flexibility & Inclusion in the Context of Challenging Situations. The Series is […]
The Business Coalition for Gender Equality is launching two diversity and inclusion (D&I) guidelines in emergency and safety responses on 9 February 2022. In April 2021, BCGE conducted a need assessment of members to support any required workplace gender equality, diversity and inclusion (WGEDI) advisory in their challenging and new-normal situation. Members requested D&I guides […]
The Business Coalition for Gender Equality (BCGE) is celebrating International Women Day 2022 with our partner organisation, the Australia-Myanmar Chamber of Commerce (AustCham Myanmar). BCGE works to empower and advance women in workplaces and leadership positions. This year #IWD2022, we reimagine a gender-equal world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. BCGE encourages individuals to understand […]
မိခင်နို့ချို စကားဝိုင်း Background The Business Coalition for Gender Equality (BCGE) encourages businesses to enable workplace gender equality through family and care-friendly working conditions. It is an essential component under WGE, and one of the ways to support them is by providing lactation rooms. As BCGE would like to promote the best practices of business taking […]
Background Strategic communication of workplace gender equality initiatives connects and brings together vision, goals, objectives, and tactics, reminding us ‘why’ we are here and motivating us to contribute to the goals identified. A strategic communication plan that is transparent, clear, well understood sets out a clear plan of action by clearly defining the information we […]
Why do you need Inclusive Leadership? Research from social psychology tells us that leaders, like all human beings, naturally tend to gravitate toward like-minded individuals. Making diversity and inclusion a priority begins at the top of any organisation. Inclusive leadership is critical for organisations that want to adopt an inclusive culture to create a great […]
Why do you need Inclusive Leadership? Research from social psychology tells us that leaders, like all human beings, naturally tend to gravitate toward like-minded individuals. Making diversity and inclusion a priority begins at the top of any organisation. Inclusive leadership is critical for organisations that want to adopt an inclusive culture to create a great […]
TRAINING DESCRIPTION Workplace Gender Equality 101 (formerly Understanding Workplace Gender Equality) is an essential half-day training organised tri-annually by BCGE. This training is the perfect opportunity for anyone who wants to learn the fundamentals of creating a workplace where gender equality is achieved and respected. The training benefits employees by creating an inclusive and equal […]
Why do you need Inclusive Leadership? Research from social psychology tells us that leaders, like all human beings, naturally tend to gravitate toward like-minded individuals. Making diversity and inclusion a priority begins at the top of any organisation. Inclusive leadership is critical for organisations that want to adopt an inclusive culture to create a great […]
We are excited to announce that our recent BCGE Membership Appreciation Event: Embracing Equity Together, was a huge success! The event, which took place on March 31, 2023, celebrated our members and their ongoing commitment to workplace gender equality. During the event, we launched the first Workplace Gender Equality Report within the private sector, […]
