By Correspondent
SOCHI, Russia
“At Rosatom, 32% of employees are women, whereas in the global nuclear industry these figures are lower – 26%,” Rosatom’s Human Resource Department reveals.
These was revealed during a sideline of ATOMEXPO-2024 International Forum held in Sochi on Tuesday which brought together representatives of business, universities, and women’s associations from Russia, Egypt, Indonesia, South Africa, Serbia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Rosatom’s international cooperation in the field of gender balance, today covers more than 20 countries of the world, including the countries of the Middle East, Central and Southeast Asia, and the African continent.
The session had a constant dialogue on Women’s Leadership in the Development of High Technologies and Innovations with foreign partners, sharing experience.
Tatiana Terentyeva, who is the Deputy Director General for HR of Rosatom said, “Many of our women work in senior positions, develop new businesses, head key divisions, major nuclear power plant construction projects and contribute to the development of smart cities…
“…Rosatom’s women are also well represented in science: 35% of them are in the organizations of the scientific division,” said Tatiana.
Ms Tatiana said that the support and development of women is one of the priorities of Rosatom’s personnel policy.
Meanwhile she also emphasized that, according to research data, teams in which both men and women are represented work more efficiently, respond better to new challenges and improve the financial performance of businesses.
Gulnara Bikkulova, Deputy Director General – Director of the International Initiatives and Partnerships Unit, said Rosatom’s key gender balance initiatives where women of the Nuclear Industry community, consists of more than 3,000 women specialists and residents of the territories of Rosatom’s presence, a special women’s leadership program which covered 1,500 people by last year.
Also, on Tuesdays sidelines of the Forum, a cooperation agreement was signed between the public association “Congress of Women of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan” and the fund for support and development of women’s initiatives “Association of Women of the Nuclear Industry”.
Under that agreement, the parties will cooperate in the implementation of joint projects and initiatives to attract and support women in engineering and technical specialties, improve the environment for the professional development of women, and implement professional and social projects in the interests of women.