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GENDER EQUALITY

When She Rises, We All Rise

DOES A CULTURE OF EQUALITY DRIVE INNOVATION?

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Accenture is committed to accelerating equality for all. Join us online the week of International Women’s Day for a series of inspirational stories, fireside chats and panel discussions from around the world that illustrate how a culture of equality–a workplace environment in which everyone can advance and thrive–links to innovation.

Leaders such as Ajaypal Singh Banga, President & CEO, MasterCard, and Lynn Good, Chairman, President and CEO, Duke Energy join Accenture leadership to explore what steps companies need to take to help us all get to equal.

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Fifty thousand people joined us to celebrate International Women’s Day last year. Watch the highlights. Where will you be on March 8?

GETTING TO EQUAL

We believe the future workforce is an equal one, and we have set bold goals to accelerate gender. For example, by 2025, we will achieve a gender balanced workforce – and by 2020, women will account for 25 percent of managing directors worldwide.

We also believe that transparency creates trust. That’s why we publish workforce demographics in many countries around the world and report our progress globally. Here are a few highlights:

38% of our evenue-producing roles are held by women

37% of our IT and engineering workforce are women

32% of our newly promoted managing directors are women

30% of our top 10 percent of compensated people are women

HOW WE'RE GETTING TO 50/50

Working flexibly

Our employees can set their start and finish times or work more hours over fewer days. They can telecommute from anywhere. And we offer part-time arrangements.

Getting connected

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) support our women and help them build networks. Through the Accenture Women’s Network–a global online platform–our women can share advice, insights and experiences.

Developing every day

At Accenture, everyone has a designated mentor, access to a personalized internal training portal and can sign up for training on being an inclusive leader and avoiding unconscious bias. Because of this, women make up 41 percent of total participants in mentoring and development programs.