Electricity parastatal Eskom has set itself a target of 45.7% of women representation at both middle and senior management level by 2020.
Currently 36% of Eskom’s professional and middle management are women and 30% are in senior management. The target for the 2015/16 financial year is 38%‚ the electricity provider said on Monday.
Speaking last week at the launch of a book titled Eskom’s Women’s Transformation Journey: A Nickel of Democracy‚ Eskom chairperson Dr Baldwin Ngubane said the company had a rigorous transformation programme to ensure equity in the workplace‚ and had put in place skills development programmes to train engineers‚ technicians and artisans to meet the company’s future need for skilled workers.
“The gender equity programmes‚ including Eskom’s Women Advancement Programme (EWAP)‚ fit into Eskom’s substantial transformation drive. Through this programme‚ Eskom has started to remould the women in energy and has started to eliminate the stereotypes that hamper or retard women’s progress. The Eskom Women Advancement Programme aims to ensure a healthy pipeline of women‚ starting at high school level‚ and preparing them for a career at Eskom‚” said Dr Ngubane.
The book highlights the efforts made by Eskom’s Women Advancement Programme in accelerating the inclusion of women in the company’s top managerial positions.
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown said that all state-owned companies had employment equity plans aimed at advancing racial and gender equality at senior‚ middle management and professional levels.
“The advancement of women in the public and private sectors as political and economic decision-makers has been one of the success stories of our new democracy‚” said Brown. “State owned companies are compacted in achieving socio-economic development and transformation. Eskom and other state-owned companies have invested in women development through mentorship and leadership development to skill them to compete equally with male counterparts.”
She added that: “Eskom’s most notable transformation achievement is the development of artisans‚ technicians and engineers‚ the promotion of black business and the social development of the communities where it operates. The construction of Eskom’s new power stations has been accompanied by huge economic progress in nearby towns and the procurement of goods and services from women black-owned businesses.”
Ernst & Young’s Women in Power and Utilities Index 2016’s global list of the top 20 most gender-diverse Power and Utilities companies ranked Eskom in sixth place. In addition‚ the list of the top 200 Power and Utilities companies with the most gender diverse workforces in the Africa and Middle East region also placed Eskom in sixth place.
Eskom wants close to 50% senior women managers by 2020
Electricity parastatal Eskom has set itself a target of 45.7% of women representation at both middle and senior management level by 2020.
Currently 36% of Eskom’s professional and middle management are women and 30% are in senior management. The target for the 2015/16 financial year is 38%‚ the electricity provider said on Monday.
Speaking last week at the launch of a book titled Eskom’s Women’s Transformation Journey: A Nickel of Democracy‚ Eskom chairperson Dr Baldwin Ngubane said the company had a rigorous transformation programme to ensure equity in the workplace‚ and had put in place skills development programmes to train engineers‚ technicians and artisans to meet the company’s future need for skilled workers.
“The gender equity programmes‚ including Eskom’s Women Advancement Programme (EWAP)‚ fit into Eskom’s substantial transformation drive. Through this programme‚ Eskom has started to remould the women in energy and has started to eliminate the stereotypes that hamper or retard women’s progress. The Eskom Women Advancement Programme aims to ensure a healthy pipeline of women‚ starting at high school level‚ and preparing them for a career at Eskom‚” said Dr Ngubane.
The book highlights the efforts made by Eskom’s Women Advancement Programme in accelerating the inclusion of women in the company’s top managerial positions.
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown said that all state-owned companies had employment equity plans aimed at advancing racial and gender equality at senior‚ middle management and professional levels.
“The advancement of women in the public and private sectors as political and economic decision-makers has been one of the success stories of our new democracy‚” said Brown. “State owned companies are compacted in achieving socio-economic development and transformation. Eskom and other state-owned companies have invested in women development through mentorship and leadership development to skill them to compete equally with male counterparts.”
She added that: “Eskom’s most notable transformation achievement is the development of artisans‚ technicians and engineers‚ the promotion of black business and the social development of the communities where it operates. The construction of Eskom’s new power stations has been accompanied by huge economic progress in nearby towns and the procurement of goods and services from women black-owned businesses.”
Ernst & Young’s Women in Power and Utilities Index 2016’s global list of the top 20 most gender-diverse Power and Utilities companies ranked Eskom in sixth place. In addition‚ the list of the top 200 Power and Utilities companies with the most gender diverse workforces in the Africa and Middle East region also placed Eskom in sixth place.
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