Teleperformance earns recognition as “Gender-Inclusive Workplace”

CEBU CITY— Teleperformance (TP) Philippines got the 1st Runner-Up award for the “Gender-Inclusive Workplace” category at the 2024 UN Asia Pacific Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPS) Awards.

TP Chief Operating Officer Tanya Famador and Executive Vice President and TP Women Chair Toni Tompar received the award presented by UN Women Program Analyst Antoinette Santos, Australian Ambassador to the Philippines H.K. Yu, and Amy Baume, UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific representative on November 27 last year.

TP-Philippines was honored as 1st Runner-Up for the Gender-Inclusive Workplace category of the United Nations Women 2024 Asia-Pacific Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Awards, as the only business process outsourcing company to be awarded under the Gender-Inclusive Workplace category.

“This milestone marks TP's first recognition from UN Women, the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.  This award is a testament to our shared commitment to champion women empowerment and gender equality across all levels of the organization," Tompar noted.

Tompar added that this award is an affirmation of the meaningful progress TP made across the years in building a workplace where women are empowered to grow, lead, and make an impact. TP is more than inspired to continue breaking barriers and driving change for an even more inclusive future.

TP's high-touch and high-tech approach was instrumental in the attainment of the award, with its globally acclaimed and multi-awarded TP Cloud Campus remote work solution complementing the efforts of TP Women, the company's grassroots employee resource group (ERG) of women-empowering-women.

Under the company's dedicated Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&l) program, TP Women has built a vibrant community of women leaders and advocates, that provides mentorship, care support, and regular engagement activities for over 35,000 women employees across TP's 27 sites in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, Tompar bared.

Since its inception in 2019, TP Women continues to hold spaces and provide a wider platform for women to share experiences and strengthen their leadership capabilities.

In response to the reconfiguration of the business landscape and new workplace dynamics, TP launched its Cloud Campus solution, further expanding and augmenting its operations in the provinces outside Metro Manila.  TP said that in 2022, the company established the Laoag Cloud Campus microsite in northern Philippines, and then a second one at General Santos City in southern Philippines in the same year as well.

TP’s Cloud Campus has been acknowledged locally and internationally as a contributor to the growth of local economies bringing more rewarding opportunities for communities and, especially to marginalized individuals such as solo parents, persons with disabilities, and working students.

Tompar said that particularly women have greatly benefitted from the increased economic empowerment and redistribution of domestic care work brought about by remote work opportunities in the IT-BPM sector.

“Presently, over 60 percent of the workforce employed across TP's Cloud Campus hubs are women.  Through programs like TP Women and TP Cloud Campus, we are not only creating opportunities but also ensuring that every woman is heard, empowered, and celebrated,” Tanya Famador, Chief Operating Officer of Teleperformance in the Philippines said.

Famador added that TP will continue to innovate and partner with organizations like UN Women to gain more ground in championing women's career development and gender equality, within TP and across the communities where the company operates.

The UN Women Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards is the first regional awards initiative that recognizes companies that are taking action for gender equality in the region aligned to the Women's Empowerment Principles. (Photos: TP-FB/Google Images)