In celebration of Worldwide Girls’ Day, Guinness Nigeria Plc has promised to help the female workforce at every step of their journey.
The 2024 Worldwide Girls’s Day marketing campaign, ‘Encourage Inclusion,’ echoed the importance of variety and empowerment throughout all sectors.
The agency’s press release on Tuesday stated that, through its Spirited Girls’ Community, Guinness Nigeria Plc spearheaded initiatives geared toward uplifting and empowering feminine workers.
Talking on the Worldwide Girls’s Day occasion hosted at the Guinness Nigeria headquarters in Lagos, the agency’s Managing Director, Adebayo Alli, reiterated the corporation’s dedication to variety and inclusion.
He highlighted the transformative impact of the Spirited Girls’ Community and emphasised the significance of making the surroundings a place where each individual might thrive.
“Our dedication to inclusivity isn’t just rhetoric; it’s a basic facet of our organisational tradition,” remarked.
“From lactation rooms to progressive advantages like paid pregnant loss leave and paid six months’ maternity leave, we attempt to help our female workforce at every step of their journey. We’ve also carried out coaching packages geared toward enhancing the management expertise of our female workers, leading to a 25 percent improvement in girls in management positions over the previous three years,” stated Alli.
The assertion added that the occasion featured a keynote address by the Government Chair, African Meals Changemakers & Trustee, The Rockefeller Basis, Mrs Ndidi Nwuneli, who emphasised the significance of creating supportive communities for women’s development.
She stated, “Creating supportive communities is paramount in our journey toward success. Nonetheless, allow us not to forget that the trail to success will not be at all times easy. It requires fixed self-improvement and resilience. Collectively, as we uplift and empower each other, allow us to embrace the challenges forward, for they’re the rungs on the ladder of our collective development.”
Moreover, a panel dialogue titled ‘Put money into Girls, Speed up Progress’ defined the need to invest in girls to drive societal development.
The panel session, moderated by Head of Reserves, Guinness Nigeria, Opeyemi Makinwa, delved into varied facets of girls’s empowerment and featured esteemed panellists together with Government Director, AAA Restricted, Ijeoma Taylaur, GM & Group Head, Investor Relations & Company Improvement, Zenith Financial institution Plc, Rolake Akinkungbe-Filani, Web site Director (Ogba brewery), Guinness Nigeria Plc Dolapo Oshiegbu, and Managing Director, Guinness Nigeria Plc, Adebayo Alli.
The panellists highlighted the necessity for society to invest intentionally in girls, noting {that a} society without the total engagement of girls can not thrive correctly.
They emphasised the significance of elevating the woman baby to change into an assured lady and mentioned methods for accelerating progress towards gender equality.
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