Since its launch in 2018, the UPU’s gender fellowship has continued to grow as a flagship initiative to empower women leaders in the postal sector. The programme translates the UPU’s gender equality and empowerment of women (GEEW) policy into its capacity-building work, offering women professionals international exposure, leadership development and direct engagement with the Union’s governing bodies.
By integrating this work into the UPU’s capacity development framework, the fellowship seeks to ensure that gender equality and women’s empowerment are addressed in parallel with the core business of the Union.
Congress edition: six leaders, six perspectives
At the 28th Universal Postal Congress, held in Dubai from 8 to 19 September 2025, the gender fellowship brought together six senior women leaders from across the UPU’s regional landscape to gain insights into the sector’s pressing challenges and opportunities during the first week of this event. (....)