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Industry Group Unanimously Agrees that Outsourced Offshoring Empowers Women

A group of more than 100 senior executives from the IT and contact center industries attended a forum held in Melbourne. The forum is part of the two-day program called Asia Pacific Breakthrough which was orgnanized by the Green Group and sponsored by the Victorian Government. The forum had a unique debate topic: Outsourced Offshoring – Does It Empower Women? The BPO and IT executives unanimously agreed that the movement and transfer of jobs to developing nations from Australian-based organizations not only provide employment opportunities but also financial independence to women. In addition to this, the empowerment that outsourced job opportunities give to women also substantially affects these women’s local communities.

Attendees of the forum included representatives from big BPO firms such as Optus, Telstra, Transurban, Drake, Adecco and HSBC. Offshore outsourcing itself is a highly controversial topic in the local Australian business community. However, the forum as well as the entire program chose to focus on the rarely communicated social implications of offshore outsourcing to other countries. Attendees – who are normally competitors in the BPO sector – shared stories of how their firms contribute to the economies and societies of other countries where they outsource jobs.




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