Onecom in Cardiff strikes a pose for quality

Staff at Onecom are getting ready to strike a pose to underline their commitment to gender equality in support of International Women’s Day (IWD) this Friday (March 8^th).

Team members at the business communications provider will be using social media to share pictures of themselves in the “balance” pose to back IWD’s #BalanceforBetter theme, aimed at helping to build a better world through equality.

Staff at Onecom’s office in Cardiff will also be collecting tampons and pads to donate to the food bank at Woodville Christian Centre, Cathays, to help the fight against period poverty, identified as a key factor in women’s mental health.

The display of support for IWD is part of an ongoing focus on gender equality at Onecom. The company is an active supporter of the Tech She Can initiative, which is aimed at bringing more young women into the technology industries and recently celebrated its first anniversary.

Onecom has held workshops for managers on recruitment best practice and awareness of conscious and unconscious gender bias, introduced enhanced paternity pay to match enhanced maternity pay, and has priority parking spaces for pregnant employees.

Parysa Hosseini-Sech, Head of Human Resources at Onecom, said: “IWD is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate what has been achieved so far in gender equality and to look ahead at how far we still have to go. For Onecom it’s about more than just one day – we are working hard to ensure that we lead from the front every day of the year.

“We’re delighted with the way that both male and female team members across Onecom have taken gender equality to heart. It’s encouraging that in the last 12 months, of all people who have been promoted or hired into a managerial role, 70% have been female.