Walmart highlights its female talent, commits $3M to Girls Who Code on International Women's Day
To commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8, Walmart highlighted some of the women in leadership roles at the retailer and shone a light on a new effort to close the gender gap in the tech industry. The company shared a post by Jacqui Canney, executive vice president of global people, and a video to accompany with it on their corp
The video highlights some of the women who have risen through the ranks at Walmart, including Latriece Watkins, senior vice president of merchandising, who started as a real estate intern in 1997, and Julie Murphy, executive vice president of people, who began her career at Walmart as a management trainee in 1985. In the blog post, the company also highlighted Lupita Guerra, who started as a store management trainee and current is a market manager who oversees more than 11 stores and 3,300 associates.
These women serve as role models for all of us. Their stories demonstrate that there are incredible opportunities at Walmart,” Canney wrote. “And more women are taking advantage of those opportunities every day. Women comprise over 60 percent of those who graduate from our Walmart Academies in our U.S. stores. Internationally, Walmart India has been recognized as one of the best places to work for women.”
Canney also noted that there is a gender gap within the tech world and announced a $3 million commitment from Walmart to Girls Who Code, which will support the organizations goal of growing to 10,000 clubs across the country. The partnership also will bring Summer Immersion Programs from Girls Who Code to northwest Arkansas for the first time. Canney noted that Walmart also is a founding supporter of Girls Who Code’s College Loops program, which works to engage the growing network of Girls Who Code alumni.
We want to help reach areas throughout the nation that may not have previously had access to computer science programming for girls. Of course, we hope some of those girls will build a career at Walmart,” Canney wrote. “From data scientists to cyber security experts to UX design jobs for grocery pickup and delivery here in the U.S. and around the world – at Walmart, a line of code can change the way the world shops.”
The video highlights some of the women who have risen through the ranks at Walmart, including Latriece Watkins, senior vice president of merchandising, who started as a real estate intern in 1997, and Julie Murphy, executive vice president of people, who began her career at Walmart as a management trainee in 1985. In the blog post, the company also highlighted Lupita Guerra, who started as a store management trainee and current is a market manager who oversees more than 11 stores and 3,300 associates.
These women serve as role models for all of us. Their stories demonstrate that there are incredible opportunities at Walmart,” Canney wrote. “And more women are taking advantage of those opportunities every day. Women comprise over 60 percent of those who graduate from our Walmart Academies in our U.S. stores. Internationally, Walmart India has been recognized as one of the best places to work for women.”
Canney also noted that there is a gender gap within the tech world and announced a $3 million commitment from Walmart to Girls Who Code, which will support the organizations goal of growing to 10,000 clubs across the country. The partnership also will bring Summer Immersion Programs from Girls Who Code to northwest Arkansas for the first time. Canney noted that Walmart also is a founding supporter of Girls Who Code’s College Loops program, which works to engage the growing network of Girls Who Code alumni.
We want to help reach areas throughout the nation that may not have previously had access to computer science programming for girls. Of course, we hope some of those girls will build a career at Walmart,” Canney wrote. “From data scientists to cyber security experts to UX design jobs for grocery pickup and delivery here in the U.S. and around the world – at Walmart, a line of code can change the way the world shops.”