OPPORTUNITY 2000
| UNITED KINGDOM |
| OPPORTUNITY 2000 |
A business-led initiative launched in 1991 which aims "to increase the quality and quantity of women's employment opportunities in both private and public sector organizations". By the end of 1995 there were nearly 300 organizations in membership, these are predominantly large organizations who between them employ over a quarter of the workforce. Organizations which join Opportunity 2000 (and pay a fee to do so) undertake to set goals for improving women's representation and to monitor progress towards those goals. Goals may be quantitative targets or merely statements of general intent. Members are not monitored against any required standard of achievement. The organization regularly surveys participating organizations and reports on policies and practices. It seeks to make the "business case" for being an equal opportunity employer , demonstrating how equal opportunities can benefit the business and thus encourage voluntary action. In 1995 a similar campaign was launched to boost the economic participation of Britain's ethnic minority population, called Race for Opportunity.
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