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Intellias became the first IT company in Ukraine to sign the Women’s Empowerment Principles, initiated by the UN Global Compact and UN Women. Thus, the company has joined the global movement for gender equality in the workplace and in society, which already has more than 4.5 thousand companies worldwide, including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, EY, Uber and others.
The Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) are a set of Principles offering guidance to business on how to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace, marketplace and community. These include promoting gender equality, equitable treatment of men and women at work, ensuring the health, safety and well-being of all workers, promoting the education, training and professional development of women, etc.
Erika Kvapilova, Head of the UN Office for Women in Ukraine, encourages other businesses to support WEPs:By signing WEPs, you are investing in the idea of gender equality for your business and the people you work with. You join a global network of companies with similar values and access tools, resources and training programs to empower women. Promoting equal opportunities in the workplace and in the labor market is beneficial to society; it is good for the economy; and it benefits everyone.
About WEPs
Women Empowerment Principles is an international initiative of the United Nations Women and the United Nations Global Compact. WEPs signatories are 4,595 companies from around the world. The official website of the weps.org initiative lists five signatory companies in Ukraine, including the only IT company Intellias.
About Intellias
ntellias is one of the largest IT companies in Ukraine, founded in Lviv in 2002. The company's Ukrainian offices are in Lviv, Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, and Ivano-Frankivsk. Intellias also has offices in Poland (Krakow) and offices in Germany (Berlin), the United States (Chicago, New York) and Saudi Arabia (Riyadh). Intellias now employs more than 1,500 professionals.
In 2018, Intellias was included in the annual ranking of Inc. 5000 - a list of private companies that are developing most dynamically in Europe. That same year, Intellias attracted investment from Horizon Capital to expand its service delivery capabilities in Central and Eastern Europe. For many years in a row, Intellias is one of the best IT employers according to DOU.ua, and in 2018 and 2020 the company was named "Cyclist of the Year".
