{"id":19252,"date":"2024-03-08T08:30:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T01:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trueblog.info\/blog\/?p=19252"},"modified":"2024-03-15T10:16:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T03:16:46","slug":"iwd2024-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/en\/iwd2024-2\/","title":{"rendered":"True Corporation Celebrates International Women\u2019s Day, Featuring #InspireInclusion Stories of the company\u2019s 5 Iron Ladies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19252\" class=\"elementor elementor-19252\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-709bb5a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"709bb5a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e1f86c\" data-id=\"4e1f86c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d72c148 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d72c148\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>3 career progression tips for women are commonly seen to overcome gender-based obstacles<\/li><li>6-month maternity leave &amp; breastfeeding room highlighted as tools to support gender equality<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>This year, the International Women\u2019s Day (IWD 2024) comes with the #InspireInclusion theme to raise public awareness of women\u2019s inclusions and roles in the face of gender-based obstacles and constraints, as well as to celebrate inspiring women\u2019s achievements so as to promote women\u2019s unity, participation and empowerment, forging for a better world.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>To mark the occasion, True Corporation hereby shares the inspiring story of its top five iron ladies namely: 1) <strong>Sarinra Wongsuppaluk<\/strong>, Chief Human Resources Officer; 2) Yupa Leewongcharoen, Co-Chief Financial Officer; 3) <strong>Nattha Pasupat<\/strong>, Head of Mobile Postpaid; 4) <strong>On-uma Vattanasuk<\/strong>, Head of Corporate Communications and PR; and 5) <strong>Pathiya Todhanakasem<\/strong>, Head of Digital Growth Strategy, True Digital Group.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>All these five female executives have played vital roles in True Corporation\u2019s ongoing transformation into a telco-tech company. Working for True Corporation, they have now been driving the transformation via corporate culture, financial \/ investment readiness, marketing for growth, communications for changes, and the development of new growth mechanisms on digital battlefields.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>These women\u2019s rise to the top of the big corporation is by no means rosy. Before they became their company\u2019s key players and supported it through its crises, they themselves had braved through several storms. Many obstacles on their way are related to gender inequality. Associated with traditional ideas are often sexual harassments, gender-based constraints, biases, and stereotypes, and many more.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>True Corporation\u2019s top five female executives have three things in common, which are crucial to their successful career. Being well-trusted executives who are in charge of key missions, these iron ladies share the following values:<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ol><li><strong>Ambition and Commitment: <\/strong>They believe that women can have the best of both worlds \u2013 career and family life. There is no need to choose just one for as long as they have clear goals and plan well to ensure they can fulfill their duties perfectly in both realms.<\/li><li><strong>Discipline<\/strong>: Although physical attributes and social norms often require women to work harder, discipline has brought these female executives to success. They have beaten all the odds.<\/li><li><strong>Sharing:<\/strong> While Thailand\u2019s gender equality has improved significantly, so many females have still been unable to access education and funding on the basis of sex. Most these women have lived in remote areas and lacked role models. Recognizing this fact, the top five female executives at True Corporation have always spared some time to share their knowledge with underprivileged girls \/ women in support of their empowerment.<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Structurally speaking, a survey by Britain\u2019s social enterprise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.careersafterbabies.org\/careers-after-babies-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Career after Babies<\/a> revealed many gender-based constraints. Covering 848 new mothers, the 2022 survey found that:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>85% of women decided to leave their jobs in the first three years of their child, and 19% specifically mentioned that they handed in resignation because of their employers\u2019 inflexibility.<\/li><li>The number of female managers dropped by 32% after having children, and the number of admin roles increased by 44% reflecting that women were being forced into lesser-skilled roles.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The World Health Organization and the United Nations International Children&#8217;s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have recommended exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life on grounds that such practice supports children\u2019s brain development and physical growth. A survey by the Mahidol University\u2019s National Institute for Child and Family Development, so far, found that less than 20% of Thai children had been breastfed for as long as six months mainly because most mothers needed to go back to work and lack support from relevant organizations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d0b84d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d0b84d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74d735f\" data-id=\"74d735f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9afb83f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9afb83f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2200\" height=\"1467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/K.Sarinra_CHRO.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-19247\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/K.Sarinra_CHRO.jpg 2200w, https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/K.Sarinra_CHRO-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/K.Sarinra_CHRO-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/K.Sarinra_CHRO-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/K.Sarinra_CHRO-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/K.Sarinra_CHRO-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2200px) 100vw, 2200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a85f5b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a85f5b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bbe56ac\" data-id=\"bbe56ac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3b3120 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b3b3120\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Sarinra Wongsuppaluk<\/strong>, Chief Human Resources Officer of True Corporation Public Company Limited, said aware of the family institution\u2019s importance, gender differences, women\u2019s limitations at work, and women\u2019s roles in organizational and social development, True Corporation has formulated policies and prepared facilities that support female staff\u2019s need to fulfill their motherly duties. To promote gender equality and women\u2019s contributions to social and economic development, True Corporation has allowed:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol><li>Female employees to take maternity leave for up to six months with pay;<\/li><li>Male employees to take paternity leave 7 days a year;<\/li><li>Employees and their family members to access fitness centers\u2019 services for free; and<\/li><li>Female employees to use \u201cBreastfeeding Room\u201d if their children are still in early childhood. Prepared in a separate zone based on hygienic principles, this room includes a fridge to properly store breast milk.<\/li><\/ol><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9fff5d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9fff5d2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd0b014\" data-id=\"dd0b014\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d28753f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d28753f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01_True_IWD-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-19245\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01_True_IWD-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01_True_IWD-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01_True_IWD-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01_True_IWD-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01_True_IWD-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/01_True_IWD-1639x2048.jpg 1639w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ddc0a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ddc0a8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d31e53e\" data-id=\"d31e53e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e3adfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e3adfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Moreover, True Corporation has the policy to ensure that at least 30% of its board members are female. The company also requires women\u2019s participation in its projects.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cAt True Corporation, we understand the multidimensional needs of employees including those who have been mothers. To be both mothers and employees, they have heavy burdens. We therefore have prepared supportive policies and facilities with the aim to minimize gender-based obstacles. We, after all, believe in the potential of all our members who are contributing to not just our transformation into a telco-tech company but also national development,\u201d Sarinra said.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Stay tuned to True Blog throughout the month for colorful life stories of True Corporation\u2019s five iron ladies. What obstacles have they beaten, what decisions have they made, and what life philosophy have they embraced to shine at the top of their corporation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d76a919 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d76a919\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44863bf\" data-id=\"44863bf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6eb1ec8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6eb1ec8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/True_IWD-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-19244\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/True_IWD-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/True_IWD-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/True_IWD-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/True_IWD-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/True_IWD-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/True_IWD-1639x2048.jpg 1639w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 career progression tips for women are commonly seen to overcome gender-based obstacles 6-month maternity leave &amp; breastfeeding room highlighted as tools to support gender equality This year, the International Women\u2019s Day (IWD 2024) comes with the #InspireInclusion theme to raise public awareness of women\u2019s inclusions and roles in the face of gender-based obstacles and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[147,290,288],"tags":[2100,316],"class_list":["post-19252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","category-esg-matters-en","category-the-people-en","tag-iwd-en","tag-sustainability-en"],"acf":[],"author_data":{"id":2,"name":"True Blog Team","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09ce4bad220763db03bedaef2d0f675dea27f54b224f90103bc7d9e8cf43f1c9?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19252"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19414,"href":"https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19252\/revisions\/19414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.true.th\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}