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Trust & Governance

Scheme Ownership

Womenians Empowerment Foundation is the Scheme Owner of the WWEC Women-Centred Workplace™ Certification Scheme.

Scheme Owner responsibilities

Ownership of objectives, integrity and development.

The Scheme Owner is responsible for the objectives, content, integrity, validity, robustness, maintenance and controlled development of the certification scheme.

Objectives of the certification scheme.

Content, integrity and validity of scheme requirements.

Robustness of assessment and certification processes.

Maintenance and controlled development of the scheme.

Governance arrangements for scheme review.

Stakeholder participation and change control.

Continuing suitability of the scheme.

Trademark WWEC Women-Centred Workplace™ Certification Scheme is a protected mark of the council. Use of any mark requires an active licence or written permission. Trademark & brand usage.

Operational support

Governance, impartiality and confidentiality controls.

Operational and commercial support for WWEC activities is provided through Question Digital+ — a division of Question Techs Private Limited — under defined governance, impartiality, confidentiality and certification controls.

Availability status

The full legal role description is not yet published. It will be stated here once the governance structure has been formally approved.

Ownership with accountability.

For questions about scheme ownership or governance structure, please contact WWEC.

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