Hillary Clinton declared at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights: "Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights, once and for all".

Almost thirty years later, we are still working on this agenda. Gender inequalities often play out and worsen in the workplace. Businesses therefore have a critical role to play in addressing and preventing gender inequalities. The Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights (GCBHR) supports businesses in the development of business models that align profits and human rights principles. Gender equality certainly is a central element of such business models."