S&P Global Pakistan (S&P Global) has successfully
mentored more than 12,000 women as part of its pledge to mentor 20,000 under the U.S.-Pakistan
Women’s Council’s (USPWC) Pakistan Million
Women Mentors (PMWM) Initiative.
The company announced this milestone
during an event co-hosted by the U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council and S&P
Global commemorating Global Entrepreneurship Month that featured S&P Global
employee mentors, women mentees, and civil society
partners. U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome provided opening remarks.
Launched in 2020, PMWM is a movement
led by USPWC member, Pod to connect one million women and girls in Pakistan to
mentors. S&P Global was the first USPWC member
to support the initiative, pledging in March 2019 to reach 20,000 women and
girls to advance women’s participation and leadership in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers. In his
remarks at the event, U.S. Ambassador Blome said, “Mentorship is critical to
fostering the next generation of business leaders and entrepreneurs, and the
Council’s Pakistan Million Women Mentors initiative is playing an important
role by helping to encourage, inspire, and support future women entrepreneurs
and leaders in STEM in Pakistan.
Corporations
in Pakistan and the United States have pledged to mentor more than 40,000 women
so far, and we hope to continue growing this number. S&P’s commitment to
mentor 20,0000 women was critical to catalyzing other companies to step forward
in both Pakistan and the United States.”
S&P
Global partnered with leading non-profits to reach women across Pakistan including
USPWC member the Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE), and the Society for International
Education (SIE), She Means Work (SMW), Epiphany, xCircle and CaterpillHers.
These organizations conducted outreach and assessed the mentoring needs of the diverse
profiles of girls and women across all regions of Pakistan. Collectively, the
program’s community partners have helped connect thousands of mentees to S&P
Global Pakistan employees who serve as mentors.
Speaking at the event, S&P Global Pakistan Managing
Director Mujeeb Zahur thanked the mentors for the work they have done to
date. “I am immensely proud of our employee volunteers
who have shown how we can all inspire positive change. Their dedication has
ensured that the organization remains on track in fulfilling its pledge.
S&P Global will continue to take charge of progressive workplace policies
in Pakistan and work with leading organizations to enhance women’s economic
participation and impact.”
More
than 150 S&P Global mentors have so far delivered 190+ sessions on STEM and
other diverse topics to over 12,000 women through PMWM. The initiative provided
critical support to women during COVID-19 fostering Pakistani women’s economic
resilience by virtually connecting women entrepreneurs and women in the
workforce from diverse social, linguistic, and academic backgrounds with a
network and critical tools to build their capacity.
The company’s participation in the USPWC and program is a
part of its commitment towards diversity, equity, and inclusion, and aligns
with its worldwide #ChangePays campaign, which provides research on the benefits of increased female participation for the capital markets
and the world economy.
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