LIBERTY LATIN AMERICA JOINS THE WEPS COMMUNITY DEMONSTRATING COMMITMENT TO WOMEN’S EQUALITY
March 08 2024 - 10:50AM
Business Wire
This International Women’s Day, Liberty Latin America Ltd.
(“Liberty Latin America” or “LLA”) (NASDAQ: LILA and LILAK, OTC
Link: LILAB) has further demonstrated its commitment to advancing
gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace and across
communities by joining the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs)
community.
Across the region, Liberty Latin America is determined to work
collaboratively to foster business practices that empower women
including equal pay for work of equal value and zero tolerance for
any forms of harassment in the workplace. The Company is already
taking action in support of the seven WEPs with notable progress in
a few areas.
- In 2021, the Company launched its gender-based violence (GBV)
policy which is available to the public on its website for other
organizations to use as part of the global effort to stop violence
in all forms.
- In 2022, the Company partnered with the United Nations
Foundation and the Spotlight Initiative to support the WithHer Fund
providing resources to supporting local community development
programs that are contributing to gender equality and women’s
empowerment. Additionally, the Company worked together with the
Society of Women Coders to launch an initiative aimed at empowering
the next generation of women leaders in technology fields. The
partnership provided the opportunity for 800 young women across the
Caribbean and Latin America to participate in a 20-week virtual
course focused on digital literacy, web development, and coding
skills.
- In 2023, the Company's operations in Jamaica partnered with
government bodies to establish a free helpline for survivors of
gender-based violence and is working on plans to extend the
offering to additional markets across the region in 2024.
Chief People Officer, Kerry Scott, commented, “In our seventh
year of actively prioritizing gender equality, we continue to
utilize International Women’s Day as an important moment to share
our progress including the implementation of several new policies
in the region such as paid parental leave, hybrid working
environments, employee assistance programs, and in 2023,
establishing our employee resource group, ELLAS, which has become a
very proactive group seeking to empower women to thrive and reach
their full potential through representation, allyship, support, and
connection.”
Scott continued, “By agreeing to become a signatory of the WEPs,
we continue to demonstrate our passion to make a difference and
have a positive impact in our communities. We are making progress,
but across our region there is still so much to do, and we plan to
be on the forefront of driving the push for gender equality.”
This year, Liberty Latin America will invite its 10,000+
employees to participate in a company-wide event to learn more
about the value women bring to the world and how to support women
so they can be themselves, have a sense of belonging, and feel
empowered to bring their best. In addition, the Company will host
activities across the region through its ELLAS Employee Resource
Group to foster a dialogue around how to be an ally for women,
including how to support the woman next to them and to inspire a
sense of belonging. Finally, a range of external programs in
partnership with various businesses, non-profit organizations, and
government bodies have been organized to advocate for gender
equality from a grass roots and community-led perspective.
“International Women’s Day provides an opportunity for us to
reinforce how we’re advocating and advancing equality, diversity,
and inclusion in the workplace and in our communities through
education and impactful actions. We can collectively forge a more
inclusive world for women by embracing our differences and
committing to #InspireInclusion,” Scott continued.
To learn more about Liberty Latin America’s efforts to drive
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, please visit
https://www.lla.com/equality-diversity-and-inclusion.
ABOUT LIBERTY LATIN AMERICA
Liberty Latin America is a leading communications company
operating in over 20 countries across Latin America and the
Caribbean under the consumer brands BTC, Flow, Liberty and Más
Móvil, and through ClaroVTR, our joint venture in Chile. The
communications and entertainment services that we offer to our
residential and business customers in the region include digital
video, broadband internet, telephony and mobile services. Our
business products and services include enterprise-grade
connectivity, data center, hosting and managed solutions, as well
as information technology solutions with customers ranging from
small and medium enterprises to international companies and
governmental agencies. In addition, Liberty Latin America operates
a subsea and terrestrial fiber optic cable network that connects
approximately 40 markets in the region.
Liberty Latin America has three separate classes of common
shares, which are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under
the symbols “LILA” (Class A) and “LILAK” (Class C), and on the OTC
link under the symbol “LILAB” (Class B).
For more information, please visit www.lla.com.
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