Platinum Empowerment

The Westpac Group is proud to partner with UN Women Australia to be a Platinum Empowerment Sponsor of International Women's Day for a second year. This partnership is part of the Westpac Group's signature commitment to supporting gender equity in the workplace and economic security for women. We have a long history of taking action to make a positive difference for our customers, people and the communities we serve. Through our Partnership with UN Women and planned activities for International Women’s Day 2012, Westpac will demonstrate its ongoing commitment to driving the gender equity debate, embedding the importance of gender equity across the business, and promoting the importance of economic security to female employees and customers. We want to be one of the world’s great companies for diversity and flexibility, and are the only Australian bank with a unit exclusively dedicated to supporting women.

Find out more http://www.westpac.com.au/business-banking/women-in-business/

PwC is proud to be a Platinum Empowerment Sponsor of UN Women Australia's International Women’s Day for the third year.  “We value the opportunity to help raise public awareness of gender and development issues with UN Women Australia. International Women's Day provides an opportunity to unite, network and mobilise for meaningful change in improving gender diversity”,  says  Mary Waldron, Managing Partner, Networks, PwC. For PwC, an increased focus on gender diversity is not a philosophical debate, it makes good business sense. It is vital to support women in achieving fulfilling careers within the firm and we have had a deliberate and focused approach to gender diversity for a number of years that has seen an increase in the number of women in leadership roles. PwC's women's leadership strategy seeks to provide specific initiatives to coach and empower women to leadership positions. In addition to providing women with key growth opportunities, we partner female talent with successful male and female sponsors to mentor them throughout their career.

From a global perspective, PwC's focus on diversity is supported through the PwC Global Diversity and Inclusion Council of which gender diversity is a key area of focus (www.pwc.com/women)

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