PepsiCo launches project to enhance livelihood prospects of women
PepsiCo India is seeking to enhance the livelihood prospects for 1 million women in the country by 2026 under an initiative that focuses on sustainable development and gender equality, the beverages and packaged foods company said.
It is looking at doing this through a combination of upskilling, awareness building and by offering job opportunities.
The company has named this initiative as RevolutioNari, and is currently looking at partnering with other companies for this project.
The programme will help women unlock direct and indirect opportunities to improve livelihood prospects in unconventional roles like sales, manufacturing and agriculture within the FMCG sector, said PepsiCo India and South Asia chief HR officer Pavitra Singh.
“Through a carefully crafted three-year strategy, we aim to enhance livelihood prospects for women in non-traditional roles across India, advancing progress through partnership with like-minded organisations to drive sustainable development and gender equality in the workforce,” Jagrut Kotecha, chief executive of PepsiCo India and South Asia, said in a statement.
In the first phase of RevolutioNari, PepsiCo India is targeting undergraduate women in multiple disciplines, including STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and agriculture, underprivileged women, and senior secondary school students across 100 cities in India.
PepsiCo India has so far onboarded NGOs Nirmaan Organization, The Social Lab Foundation and Internshala to enable community reach-out for the
