KARACHI: In line with its vision of promoting equality, National bank of Pakistan (NBP) conducted an awareness session on issues regarding discrimination, gender disparity and harassment at work.
A statement on Friday said that the programme was attended by a large number of women officers and executives from various branches of the bank across Pakistan.
NBP President and CEO Saeed Ahmad encouraged and promoted the incorporation of a healthy and competitive corporate culture for women working at the NBP.
While inaugurating the training session, Saeed Ahmed highlighted the significance of gender equality, trust and professionalism along with integrity in order to create an ideal working environment.
Speaking on the occasion, Saeed Ahmed remarked that no nation can ever be worthy of its existence if its women are repressed. Knowing one’s rights and obligations is our prime responsibility, especially in an office environment, where women work side by side with men at all levels. Hence, the understanding of personal and professional limits is a must. At the NBP, women are respected for their professional contributions and the bank has no tolerance for discrimination, gender disparity harassment and intimidation.
Female workers must handle any incompatible situation wisely and inform their supervisors about any undesirable behaviour by a male colleague to the management.
In all of his town hall meetings, the president has conveyed a message to all officers and senior management members to create an enabling environment for female staff so that they can make advancements in their career.
He said that for young mothers with small children who are not able to arrange child care during office hours, there should be nurseries at work place.
The president also advised the director of Training to arrange awareness session of male staff to make them aware that any indecent behaviour towards female colleague will be dealt severely.
Enhancing this understanding will lead the NBP to create an ideal working environment in the organisation which would be a remarkable achievement, he added.
Moreover, the Group Chief-HRMG, Group Head, Islamic Banking Group, and Regional Head Karachi were also present at the inaugural session to boost the morale of the female staff at the NBP.
