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NOURISHING WORKFORCE

Women Interloop Joins Hands
Empowerment with IFC-PBC

Interloop truly believes that Interloop is among the 14 companies
empowering women through in Pakistan to participate in the first-
employment and skill enhancement ever private sector peer-learning
not only helps them achieve financial collaboration led by IFC & PBC, to
stability for themselves and their create better career opportunities
families but also makes them by providing a family-friendly
productive members of the society. workplace. Under this initiative, IFC,
PBC, CatCo Kids, Ubuntu Care,
National Commission on the Status
Enhancing Female of Women, UNICEF Pakistan & UN
Participation Women Pakistan are providing advice
on childcare needs assessment &
To improve gender parity within the conducting a series of events to
organization, Interloop has taken a completed 3 years’ service with the health issue, she can avail another 4 expand learning & share knowledge with STEM degrees are working at • Focused trainings and
strategic decision to increase the company and have to leave their weeks leave at half pay. on family-friendly practices. Interloop including 31 textile, electrical recreational & sports activities
percentage of women in executive jobs due to family requirements and industrial engineers. Several
& non-executive teams, in various can reconnect with their careers Day Care Centers Employing Females in policies & practices have been • Membership of compliance
grades including managerial roles and after having a break. Five female instituted to recruit and train females in committees such as Workers
working cadres. The percentage of employees have re-joined Interloop To provide ease of mind to working Non – Traditional Areas non-traditional jobs. Management Council,
women in executive and non-executive under this reconnect program since mothers regarding their young Environment Health & Safety
teams has increased by 195% and FY 2018. children, world-class Day Care Pursuing our People goals, women are Committee, etc.
114% respectively, since FY 2016. Centers are in place at all Interloop now represented in every department Other Initiatives for • Presence of Female Welfare
and also in non-traditional roles
Extended Maternity Leave manufacturing Plants where the including knitting planners, knitting Female Employees Officers at all manufacturing
Reconnect Program executive and non-executive female operators, and stitching machines plants to facilitate grievance
In addition to the entitled leaves, if employees comfortably leave their operators, previously considered • Free and safe pick & drop has management of female
Through the ‘Reconnect Program’, a female employee requires further children, while at work. Experienced male-dominant areas. 54 females been expanded to more remote employees
female staff members who have leave due to her or her newborn’s Nannies take good care of children areas
according to their play, rest and meal
timings. The international standard
infrastructure includes study, play
and rest areas, and trained teachers
ensure quality pre-primary education
and development of these children
through curricular and extracurricular
activities. Company doctor performs
periodic check-ups of these children
to warrant that they stay in good
health.

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