Many Vodafone subsidiaries have already been providing certain benefits to parents for a long time, these benefits will remain the same. The new global policy serves to establish a minimum level of support even in the countries with little or no legislative support for mothers. Vodafone is thus among the first employer in the world to introduce a compulsory minimum level of maternity benefits.
Women currently make up 35% of all employees of the Vodafone group, 21% of women are represented in its senior international leadership. The new policy should contribute to ensuring that women will not have to choose between child care and career. This should also gradually increase the number of women in leadership positions.
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