AWF Magazine - December 2023.pdf

AWF LATAM Event - Lideres de Latinoamerica November 14, 2023

By: Denys Cabanas

AT&T Women of Finance (AWF) LATAM proudly hosted on November 14, an event that targeted diversity, culture, and inclusion in the workplace. This panel event granted the opportunity for attendees to join virtually, having around 361 participants. It was a pleasure and an honor to have two strong female leaders such as Karen Rivera Perez, who holds the Lead role for the Diversity, Culture, & Inclusion activities, and Josune Gonzalez, who is the manager for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Culture for AT&T here in Mexico City. Both leaders focused on sharing their initiatives and projects that have been implemented throughout the year. Programs have molded AT&T Mexico’s culture into an inclusive environment. Being able to fully understand how the initiatives impacted our culture and employees lives at work truly kept our audience engaged. During this event, Irma Garcia, AWF board member, hosted, introduced, and interviewed our guests. Details about our guest speaker’s work history and background were briefly covered. Irma highlighted the great work done by Josune to lead and push on the implementation of company policies and programs that help guarantee a safe workplace environment. Consequently, these programs have helped reduce discrimination, cultural bias, and lack of equality. Josune and her team have worked on an initiative called ¨Blue Surroundings¨ which allowed five people with autism Asperger's Syndrome to be hired full time, making AT&T the first Mexican Company to accomplish that. At the same time, AT&T Mexico is now ranked in the top ten best companies to work for when it comes to diversity and inclusion. This type of recognition is granted and received certification by Great Place To Work® (GPTW).