Gender
Equality.

#WeSeeEqual

We aspire to build a better world for all of us — inside and outside of P&G. A world free from gender bias, with equal voice and equal representation for all individuals. A world where everyone sees equal. When we do this, economies grow, communities are healthier, businesses can thrive, and the world is a better place for everyone.

At P&G, we’re focused on three areas where we can have the greatest impact. First, we’re leveraging our significant voice in advertising and media to tackle gender bias. We’re also removing barriers to education for girls and economic opportunities for women through corporate and brand programs and policy advocacy. And we’re creating an inclusive, gender-equal environment within P&G, while advocating for gender and intersectional equality in workplaces everywhere, so that everyone can contribute to their full potential. In each of these areas, we partner with highly-engaged organizations that share our commitment, combining our resources, talents and skills to have a bigger impact.

We focus on three areas where we can uniquely make a difference. Click to jump to each section and learn more.

Advertising & Media

Education & Economic Opportunities

Inclusive Environment Inside and Outside P&G

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Advertising & Media

The Association of National Advertisers #SeeHer study showed that 40% of women feel they are inaccurately portrayed through some form of stereotyping, objectification or diminished character. As one of the biggest advertisers in the world, we leverage our powerful voice to help tackle bias and motivate change.

Whisper #TheMissingChapter

Whisper launched the ‘The Missing Chapter’ campaign, as the next edition to its #KeepGirlsInSchool initiative, to fight period taboos and advocate the inclusion of period education in the mandatory school curriculum to prevent girls from dropping out of schools. The film illustrates how a girl’s lack of period education contributes to her missing school days, a situation exacerbated by the glaring absence of period education in Indian textbooks. There are studies that indicate that even today, 2.3 crore girls drop out of school when their periods begin, and 71% of adolescent girls in India are not aware that menstruation occurs until they begin their period. The pandemic has gone on to add another 1 crore girls staring at a loss of education due to lack of period education and menstrual hygiene. By advocating for the mandatory inclusion of period education in the school curriculum, ‘The Missing Chapter’ aims to make a real impact on the ground.

Watch: The Missing Chapter | Keep Girls In School (Hindi)

Olay #StemTheGap

It is estimated that majority of all jobs will be technology based by 2030. In India today, women only make up 14% of the workforce in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), as per United Nations. As per experts, this under-representation of women in STEM is caused by a combination of fa Our brand Olay is helping in busting this bias and encouraging more women to take up STEM education and careers through its #STEMTheGap initiative. As part of this, the Brand is funding scholarships for girls across India in partnership with LEAD, to help them study STEM subjects and pursue STEM careers.ctors including deep-rooted social stereotypes and norms, biases and expectations that restrict their field of study to subjects other than STEM.

Ariel #ShareTheLoad

As per reports, over 70% of men in India believe it’s a woman’s responsibility to do the laundry—a belief deeply rooted in the culture. Ariel's long running #ShareTheLoad movement has set out to change this gender bias. Since the beginning of the movement, the percentage of Indian men who report thinking, “household chores are a woman’s job”, has dropped from 79% to 52%.

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Education & Economic Opportunities

Every girl deserves access to education. And as a woman, she deserves to live to her fullest potential. Economic equality can only make our world stronger. Through our company and brand impact programs, we’re helping to make gender equality possible.

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Empowering marginalized girls through education

We are committed to breaking gender-biased barriers to education for girls in India. In partnership with the ‘Save The Children’, we are supporting 49 government-run residential Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya’s (KGBV) and 36 regular schools across 7 districts of Rajasthan to provide quality education to girls through holistic infrastructure and learning interventions. As schools remained closed due to the pandemic, we continued to empower marginalized girls through home based remote learning via WhatsApp and organized learning activities within the community. We also continued to engage parents to emphasize continuity of education and minimize dropouts. Through this, we reached out to nearly 7000 girl students and more than 4600 parents during the year.

Partnering with educational institutes to advance gender equality in supply chain

Research indicates that women comprise only 12% of the workforce in manufacturing roles and 20% of the workforce in supply chain roles. One of the reasons for this, is the deep rooted on-ground, perception-based and opportunity-linked barriers in advancement of women in STEM roles. To break these stereotypes, we partnered with NITIE, a premier indian STEM college, for the annual P&G-NITIE Equality Summit where we spark conversations on issues that perpetuate a glass ceiling for women, uncover deep-rooted stereotypes that still exist, and motivate change specifically linked to equal representation in STEM and Supply Chain. Through the event, we reach out to and engaged colleges offering STEM curriculum, through a dedicated program focused on breaking gender barriers in STEM and Supply Chain.

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Empowering Women-Owned Businesses

P&G India committed to spend a cumulative total of Rs 500 crore by deliberately working with women-owned and women-led businesses in India from the year 2021 to 2025. Last year, we had committed to spending a cumulative total of Rs. 300 crore as part of this commitment. With more than Rs. 200 crore already invested under this initiative in the first year across the country, we have now elevated this commitment to Rs 500 crore by 2025.

Welcoming talented STEM professionals back with the P&G Relaunch Program

We introduced ‘P&G Relaunch program’ to welcome back talented professionals who took a break from the workforce and are looking to restart their careers in STEM roles, with targeted support and development. This program is part of the company’s commitment to strengthening diversity in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and is focusing on people looking to relaunch their careers in IT, Research & Development, and Product Supply.

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Whisper Menstrual Health and Hygiene Program

In 1995, Whisper introduced its ‘Whisper Menstrual Health & Hygiene School Program’ to educate girls on menstrual hygiene practices and build their confidence to overcome the overwhelming challenges they face during puberty. Last year, Whisper announced its commitment to educate 2.5 crore+ adolescent girls on puberty and hygiene over the next three years.

Enabling STEM careers for girls via Shiksha Betiyan Scholarship

We are partnering with Centre For Civil Society to provide financial aid and mentorship to girls wanting to pursue STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education, as part of the P&G Shiksha Betiyan Scholarship Program. The program aims to support entry of skilled women professionals into manufacturing and production industries. The project was initiated in partnership with three government-run Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan.

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Inclusive Environment Inside and Outside P&G

We’re committed to creating a culture where everyone is treated equally and can contribute to their full potential. It’s why achieving a 50/50 representation in all parts of our company is a top priority.

The Women's Interactive Network

It has been our mission to foster an environment within P&G where every employee feels valued and respected. We have set-up Women’s Interactive Network (iWIN) to create a community for women, helping ensure that women’s skills and insights are well represented at all levels of leadership. iWIN organizes events and programs that promote mentoring, sponsorship, development of leadership skills, flexibility and increasing representation of women throughout the Company.

Gender equality at our manufacturing sites

Over the past few years, we have made significant progress and increased representation of women at our plants in India. Today, 35% of managers at our manufacturing sites are women. One of the fem-care production lines at our plant in Goa now proudly boasts of a 100% female shift crew. We are also inducting over 20% more NEEM apprentices in the manufacturing plants.

This has been possible through our intentional and deliberate approach to identify and bust barriers that are holding women back.

But wait, there's more

We’re always working on something else. For information about our gender equality efforts, check out our 2023 P&G India Subcontinent Citizenship Report.

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