Inside the company, Johnson & Johnson is dedicated to empowering women. Today, women make up more than a third of its corporate executive base and many are actively involved in programs like the Mentoring Edge, which provides mentors for employees. The company also offers flexibility for parents and a generous parental leave policy, including 17 paid weeks off for new moms based in the U.S.
Outside the company, Johnson & Johnson is committed to fostering the next generation of female leaders. A major supporter of the Girl Up—the United Nations Foundation’s adolescent girl campaign—Johnson & Johnson is working to help empower girls and help them transform their communities. The company also donates sanitary products to girls and women in developing countries to ensure their periods don’t prevent them from attending school or going to work. Other initiatives, such as STEM2D, aim to increase the number of undergraduate women enrolling in and declaring majors in the critical STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields.
For over 130 years, Johnson & Johnson has worked to improve the lives of women. Through its pioneering products, forwarding-thinking company policies, and its giving, the company continues its tradition of investing women and girls around the world to help them reach their full potential.
Because women make more than 80 percent of a family’s healthcare, STEM2D seeks to increase the number of women practicing medicine and developing the technology and products that keep people healthy.
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