Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 4: Vodafone India will celebrate the International Women’s Day with a week-long celebration from March 7, 2016 to acknowledge and appreciate the vital role of women and their contribution in the organization and society at large.
The entire week will be dedicated to celebrating diversity with several events focused on the theme of ‘Pledge for Parity’.
Speaking about Vodafone India’s approach towards building an engaging and inclusive work culture, Suvamoy Roy, Director-Human Resources, Vodafone India, said, “We are an equal opportunity employer. Our diversity journey is built on the foundation of creating an ecosystem that is attractive to women professionals and enables them to succeed at the workplace. Today, 21 percent of our work force are women and it is our ambition to take it 30 percent in the short-term. We are delighted to host a series of engaging initiatives to celebrate our women colleagues and their contribution to the workplace during this week.”
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, 8 March, the Vodafone Foundation will release the 3rd edition of its Women of Pure Wonder book that further reinforces this vision. The coffee table book showcases the achievements of 50 phenomenal women from rural and urban India for their vision to take the path less travelled, for their valour to redefine personal success and for their victory over personal odds and numerous social evils that plague our country to this day. Women of Pure Wonder features leading personalities across spheres of film, social activism, dance and business, such as Sooni Taraporevala, Justice Leila Seth, Shovana Narayan, Kirthiga Reddy and many more.
For women staff internally, a series of interesting and engaging events are lined up during the course of the International Women`s Week.
These include a global address to all employees by Vittorio Colao, CEO, Vodafone Group Plc, celebrations across all 39 Angel Stores in India, Power House sessions with inspirational speaker series for women employees , Power Yoga session with noted activist, actor and producer Gul Panag on Women Safety, etc.
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