UN Women HeForShe Alliance

Antonio Guterres: “Power is as the heart of the matter as we still live in a male dominated world with a male dominated culture”

Text: According to the World Economic Forum, it will take 136 years to close the gender gap worldwide.

Text:  Globally, more than 90% of all Heads of Government and Fortune 500 CEOs are male.

Text: 1 in 3 women have experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetime

So what do we want?

Emma Watson: “We want to end gender inequality, and to do this we need everyone involved”

Text: We started a global movement to engage men to change male dominated cultures

So together we can achieve gender equality!

Winston Duke: “We men must play an active role in ensuring a more just world”

Emma Watson: “It’s about engaging governments, businesses, and universities, and having them make concrete commitments to gender equality”

Text:

Leaders of countries

Companies

Campuses

And Communities

Text: This movement has created over 3 billion conversations each year

Text: Our HeForShe Alliance includes over 600 million citizens committed to gender equality

With each member committing to specific change.

Anne Hathaway: “Why is it always women who have to break through the glass ceiling? Where are the men willing to throw boulders down through it?”

Howard University President: “And so, you do need men to partner in terms of undoing those injustices, when you look at things like pay equality.”

DP World Chairman: “Gender equality and gender equity make 100% business sense.”

Text: Men across the world have shown that with concerted effort and targeted action, issues of gender-based violence can be addressed

Malawi Chief: “We shall commit ourselves to ensuring that there is no gender-based violence, there will be no child abuse, no forced early child marriages. Men must also take a stand”

Text: Through the activism of Champions, HeForShe has enabled change through groundbreaking advocacy campaigns.

Video: Central Asia campaign video interview – Teach your children that violence is wrong. It should not exist in any form.

Text: These Champions and the HeForShe movement show that change is possible.

Text: But let’s not forget, global gender equality is still over 100 years away.

With the actions of individuals and institutions like you, we can make it happen this decade, together.

Simon Pegg video: “We have the opportunity to change something now. That’s what HeForShe is about. Gender equality is good for everyone. Are you with us?”

00:01: Video title appears on screen in text: HeForShe Summit *A Decade of Impact*

00:05: Text on screen: HeForShe - PwC Impact - HeForShe Champion 2014-2023 alongside a photo of Bob Moritz (Former Global Chairman of PwC July 2016 to June 2024) on stage at a HeForShe Summit event. 

00:12: Text on screen beside interchanging photos: In 2014, PwC became one of the first HeForShe Impact 10x10x10 Corporate Champions. Fast forward to 2020, and the PwC network strengthened its commitment to gender equity by joining the UN Women HeForShe Alliance Partnership. [Photo 1 features HeForShe champions (including Bob Moritz), Emma Watson (Actor and former HeForShe Ambassador) and members of UN Women at a HeForShe Summit event. Photo 2 features Bob Moritz and Anne Hathaway (Actor and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador) in the NY PwC office.]

00:22: “We want all of our people, men and women to feel like they belong, be supported, have equal opportunities, that they feel valued and valuable. That's why gender equality is a key part of our Inclusion First strategy for us.” Bob Moritz -Former Global Chairman of PwC (July 2016 to June 2024)

00.36: Text on screen: During its partnership with HeForShe, PwC made explicit commitments to advance gender equality and inclusion. 

00:41: Text on screen beside a photo: In 2014 PwC launched their Global Inclusion Index creating their first formal framework to boost women’s representation across their talent pipeline and in leadership positions. [Photo features Bob Moritz (PwC) and Elizabeth Nyamayaro (former UN Women Head of HeForShe) partaking in a panel discussion at a Bloomberg GenderEquality event in New York.] 

00:49: Text on screen beside an Image: PwC developed a 35-minute ‘Build Gender IQ’ course equipping men to be effective gender equality advocates. Available in 8 languages this course was undertaken by thousands of PwC professionals and students and professionals outside PwC. [Image shows a promotional poster highlighting the training with the text: What’s your gender IQ? Raise your awareness. #HeForShe #GenderIQ and the PwC logo.]

00:58: “We made a decision to make sure that all of our new joiners and when you get promoted and those in leadership, take the training around unconscious bias. We refer to it as blindspots, that gives us a common language.” Maria Moats - Former Vice Chair and Assurance Leader, PwC US speaking at a HeForShe event.

1:13: Text on screen beside an image: In 2021, PwC introduced the Inclusive Mindset badge, recognising learning in areas such as belonging, inclusive leadership, and allyship. Over 148,194 learners from 141 countries have completed or are currently undertaking this learning. A time investment of more than 700,000 learning hours focused on developing inclusive behaviours. [Image shows the icon of the PwC Inclusive Mindset Knowledge Badge.]

1:27: Clip of Bob Moritz -Former Global Chairman of PwC (July 2016 to June 2024) and Anita Bhatia - Former UN Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women appear on screen taken from the Virtual 2021 HeForShe Summit. 

“One of the things we're actually working on right now is actually badges for certifications in the area of inclusion and diversity and putting programs in place to actually get our people certified.” Bob Moritz

1:39: Text on screen: After nine years of wholehearted support and collaboration, PwC as a graduated partner from the HeForShe Alliance, remains committed to gender equality pursuit building on a lasting legacy of progress and impact achieved with HeForShe. 

1:46: “From my perspective we'll achieve gender equality when people of all Sorts, including women, have the ability to do whatever they believe is appropriate for them, and second the world recognises PwC is actually achieving that.” Bob Moritz -Former Global Chairman of PwC (July 2016 to June 2024)

2:06: A comparison graph appears on screen depicting Women’s Representation at PwC side-by-side between the years 2014 and 2024. 

Global Leadership Team 2014 - 0%, 2024 - 46%

Global Board 2014 - 11%, 2024 - 43.8%

Partners 2014 - 18%, 2024 - 23.9%

Overall Company 2014 - 47%, 2024 - 49%

* PwC data as at 1 July 2014 and 1 July 2024

2:13: The video ends with the logos of UN Women and HeForShe appearing side by side on screen.