June 23 : female engineers in the spotlight !

June 23 is a special day: it's International Women In Engineering Day ! It's a day that matters to female engineers at Orange.

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We celebrate the work of women engineers at Orange and beyond. While women hold only 24% of digital jobs worldwide and are increasingly less likely to train in tech, we are relentlessly fighting these inequalities and working towards a more inclusive digital world.

We are deeply convinced that diversity in all jobs and at all levels of the company is a sign of equality and economic performance. The Group has made professional equality between men and women one of its strategic priorities, and for several years it has committed to various actions to make a difference.

Stéphane Richard

CEO of Orange

"(…)It's a virtuous circle: the more female employees you have, the more that are available for promotions."

  • 2011-2021 – GEEIS and GEEIS Diversity certification obtained in 20 entities and 18 countries
  • 2020 : Launch of the Hello Women Group program created to improve gender diversity in technical teams. It is based on 4 objectives:
    •    Raise awareness of these professions among young girls and students
    •    Identify and attract women likely to be recruited in these fields
    •    Retrain women in these highly employable fields
    •    Retain women in their technical professions
  • 2019 : Global agreement signed with UNI Global Union on workplace gender equality, a positive work-life balance and combating discrimination and violence.
  • 2019 : Orange is a signatory since 2019 of the Manifesto for the reconversion of women to the digital professions.
  • 2018 : Orange creates the Femmes@Numérique Foundation.
  • 2015 : UN Women's ‘Women's Empowerment Principles' endorsed.
  • 2013 : Charter with 15 commitments for a positive work-life balance signed.
  • 2011 : Group workplace equality strategic committee created.
  • 2004 : 1st Orange workplace gender equality agreement signed in France.

Women at Orange represent around:

36%

of the overall workforce

20,5%

of the IT and innovation division

31%

of the networks division

Delphine Pouponneau

Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Orange

"Gender diversity in the talent in digital jobs will allow the development of inclusive and trusted AI. At Orange, skills are what matter."

Women in tech: a strategic focus at Orange. Our targets for 2025 are to recruit 25% women to technical jobs and 30% to Orange Campus technical training.

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Since 2011, Orange has GEEIS (Gender Equality European & International Standard) certification in some twenty countries