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Article

11 Mar 2014

Author:
Jenny Eagle, FoodProductionDaily.com (France)

Nestlé wants to empower more women to work in engineering

[L]ast week, Nestlé shared its efforts to encourage women worldwide to work in the marketplace and community. The manufacturer will send eight of its graduates to the Big Bang young scientists and engineers fair...in the UK...including...a project engineer on Nestlé UK's Engineering Graduate Programme...The two-day WEPs event focused on Gender Equality and the Global Jobs Challenge looking at what business strategies increase job opportunities for women and how to overcome challenges to access decent jobs. Nestlé claims it has provided nearly 750,000 women worldwide with business, entrepreneurial and technical skills as part of its commitment to female empowerment in the marketplace. It has developed Women's Empowerment Initiatives in countries including Argentina, Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire, the Dominican Republic, India, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Thailand, Venezuela and Vietnam...