UN Women + Uber = A Vision For Equality

In 1995, world leaders followed a call by the United Nations and gathered in Beijing to produce an unprecedented plan for advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women everywhere.

Today, on the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration, we are proud to share with The Uber Community that we are embarking on a new global partnership with UN Women with the goal of accelerating economic opportunity for women. As part of our commitment to this goal, Uber will create 1,000,000 jobs for women as drivers on the Uber platform by 2020.

Here’s the message from UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick that we’re sharing with our riders and driver-partners around the world today:

Today, UN Women and Uber are launching a partnership to work together around the world toward a shared vision of equality and women’s empowerment.