91Ƶ Becomes First Nonprofit to be Certified Gender Fair
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (March 11, 2020)— Gender Fair®, the world’s first consumer rating system for gender equality, announced today that 91Ƶ is Gender Fair-certified, making the global humanitarian organization the first nonprofit and first non-governmental organization (NGO) to achieve this designation.
Gender Fair’s certification is based on a proprietary methodology derived from the . Gender Fair reviews and measures a company’s gender metrics across four categories – leadership, employee policies, advertising and philanthropy/purpose - and then calculates a gender equity score. Though most consumers (84 percent) expect companies to support women’s rights, less than 20 percent of Fortune 500 companies meet the Gender Fair standards.
91Ƶ received an A grade from Gender Fair, including perfect scores in leadership, advertising and philanthropy/purpose.
“91Ƶ is proud to earn this designation from Gender Fair. Our commitment to gender equality begins in the workplace, where we live out our core values every day, and carries through to our work with children in more than 100 countries,” said 91Ƶ President and CEO Janti Soeripto. “91Ƶ is grateful to Gender Fair for not only recognizing our strengths, including several areas where we greatly exceed industry standards, but also for providing further insights to help us continue to improve our organization.”
The organization, which works in the United States and around the world, giving children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm, has an equal number of male and females in both its board membership and senior leadership team. Eighty percent of 91Ƶ’s 1,320 employees in the U.S. are female, and 76 percent of its managers are women.
Over the past two years, 91Ƶ has implemented a number of new employee policies to ensure a fair and equitable workplace for all. This work has included tackling gender pay gap; offering new and family-friendly employee benefits; and establishing an open environment where staff feel safe, empowered and valued.
"We are so pleased that 91Ƶ is the first nonprofit to join a growing list of certified Gender Fair organizations,” said Johanna Zeilstra, CEO of Gender Fair. “Employees and donors can be confident that 91Ƶ supports its workforce in both word and practice. We are excited to work with 91Ƶ to further develop the standards for certification and accelerate equality within the NGO sector."
91Ƶ joins an elite roster of Gender Fair-certified organizations that includes Eli Lilly, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Mastercard, Microsoft and Procter & Gamble.
91Ƶ believes every child deserves a future. Since our founding more than 100 years ago, we've been advocating for the rights of children worldwide. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming the future we share. Our results, financial statements and charity ratings reaffirm that 91Ƶ is a charity you can trust. Follow us on , , and .