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This tool was created as part of Ready for Work at Engineering, WHEN's specialized employability skills program for women looking for their first or second job in the energy sector, organized with the support of Motor Oil Group. With this program, 30 young women who are about to graduate or have already graduated from Engineering Schools, were equipped with the necessary tools and developed the skills they need to succeed in the Energy field.

The Policy Road Map describes a summary of the comprehensive findings, discoveries, and initiatives undertaken within the framework of the Femin-ICT initiative.

The purpose of this program is to provide women working in the ICT sectors and women wishing to enter the ICT sector, including students in any of these fields, with knowledge and skills that will make them able and empower them to overcome obstacles that have been put into their way by gender bias and other factors.

This toolkit is designed to help companies, organizations, incubators and academic institutions address this complex and multilayered issue by providing practical ideas and solutions.

Through this methodological tool we aim to empower each and every tech-related ecosystem to begin their journey towards creating more gender-responsive policies, practices and operations to support a more and more equitable ICT field in the process.

At the Responsible Businesses Awards 2024, the recognized institution for representatives of the country’s social partners and productive entities, as well as corporations that invest in Sustainable Development practices, 3 WHEN actions were awarded!

In our quest to achieve greater gender equality in the job market, we are launching a crowdfunding campaign to create WHEN, the first female-focused working, learning, empowerment, and advocacy hub with on-site childcare in Greece. 

In the FoWoSe program (Fostering women's social entrepreneurship) we collaborated with organizations from 5 different countries in Europe, to train and guide organizations involved in the promotion of entrepreneurship, so that they become more equal, first as employers, and then towards the entrepreneurs they support.

FEMIN-ICT is a collaboration between 7 organizations from Greece, Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Stockholm, Spain and Sweden, which aimed to address the underrepresentation and difficulty of advancement of women in the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) sector, encouraging more women to enter the industry, giving them the tools they need to succeed, and promoting their equal participation, representation and treatment within the ecosystem.

The year 2023 was yet another year of growth for WHEN as we completed the first strategic plan we created in 2021. You will read many of its outputs and outcomes in this annual report.

This Financial Literacy Guide is our contribution to the need we observe by experience and research, for more and more women to start taking control of their finances and grow professionally, creatively and socially, using money not as an end in itself, but as a valuable tool.

This Financial Literacy Guide is our contribution to the need we observe by experience and research, for more and more women to start taking control of their finances and grow professionally, creatively and socially, using money not as an end in itself, but as a valuable tool.

The guide for the "Psychosocial Empowerment of Girls in Primary Education" is addressed to teachers of secondary education and is part of the project "School of No Bias", which was implemented within the framework of the Active citizens fund program, with WHEN as the implementing body and Sociality and Openous as partners.

The guide for the "Psychosocial Empowerment of Girls in Secondary Education" is addressed to teachers of secondary education and is part of the project "School of No Bias", which was implemented within the framework of the Active citizens fund program, with WHEN as the implementing body and Sociality and Openous as partners.

The guide for "Teaching School Career Guidance without Gender Stereotypes" is addressed to teachers of school career counseling and is part of the project "School of No Bias", which was implemented within the framework of the Active citizens fund program, with WHEN as the implementing body and Sociality and Openous as partners.

The guide for "Gender equality and bias at school" is addressed to teachers of primary and secondary schools, of all specialties, and is part of the project "School of No Bias", which was implemented within the framework of the Active citizens fund program, with WHEN as the implementing body and Sociality and Openous as partners.

WHEN is excited to announce its collaboration with the Hellenic Australian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (HACCI) National Federation (HNF), in launching a transformative international mentoring program, bringing together young female professionals and accomplished female experts from a variety of industries. 

Guide for the Inclusive Teaching of STEM, with the aim of making school life, learning and the professional orientation of students more equal, inclusive and effective for all.

Each year, the WHEN in Business Conference highlights initiatives, statistics and tools aimed at promoting equality and inclusion in businesses and organizations. In 2023, WHEN's Conference for Equality in Business took on the character of a Hackathon and welcomed real Diversity, Equity & Inclusion challenges set by our top sponsoring companies and organizations participating in the event.

Since January 2021 at WHEN we have been closely following the long-term efforts and progress of Norway and Iceland on the issue of the gender gap at work. Our study was carried out in the context of the project "Gender equality in the corporate world: what can we learn from Norway and Iceland about empowering women in business", through which we attempt to understand and record the practices and methods that helped the Norway and Iceland consistently top the rankings for gender equality in Europe.

The manual for preventing and combating sexual harassment at work is addressed to human resources executives, members of the management of companies and organizations, but also to executives of any department concerned with the cultivation of a culture of safety and respect in the workplace.