Saturday, 7 April 2012

Walmart Training Womens

THE BIGGEST RETAILER GIANT WALMART HAS STARTED A GREAT INITIATIVE BY LAUNCHING EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR 60000 WOMEN EMPLOYEES WORKING IN THERE FACTORIES IN BANGLADESH ,INDIA & CHINA.
THE 'WOMEN IN FACTORIES' PROGRAMME IS A 5 YEAR INITIATIVE TAKEN BY WALMART WITH THE HELP OF LOCAL NGO'S TO TEACH WOMEN'S 'CRITICAL LIFE SKILLS' RELATED TO THE COMMUNICATION, HYGIENE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AND GENDER SENSITIVITY.
THIS PROGRAMME WILL COVER 150 WALMART FACTORIES IN INDIA,BANGLADESH,CHINA AND CENTRAL AMERICA.
THIS PROGRAMME WILL INITIALLY BE STARTED IN INDIA AND BANGLADESH THIS YEAR AND LATER ON IN CHINA AND CENTRAL AMERICA.
WALMART ETHICAL SOURCING VICE PRESIDENT RAJAN KAMALNATHAM SAID THAT THIS PROGRAMME WILL HELP WOMEN TO ACHIEVE GREATER HEIGHTS IN SUPPLY CHAIN AND WILL MAKE THEM FUTURE LEADERS. THIS PROGRAMME IS DESIGNED AND WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE HELP OF NGO'S LIKE CARE IN BANGLADESH AND SWASTI IN INDIA THE PROGRAMME IS A PART OF WALMART GLOBAL WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE STARTED IN 2011 BY WALMART PRESIDENT AND CEO MIKE DUKE.

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