The Aboitiz Group, in partnership with Connected Women and SM Supermalls’ SuperMoms Club, has announced its commitment to empower women by providing technology upskilling and meaningful income generation opportunities. The partnership was revealed during the International Women’s Day (IWD) Celebration, which focused on advancing the visibility, participation, inclusion, and rights of women in digital, technology, and innovation fields. Connected Women’s award-winning Elevate AIDA program will provide women beneficiaries with training in Artificial Intelligence and Data Annotation (AIDA), granting them access to long-term, flexible work and livelihood opportunities.
The announcement was made by Connected Women Founder and Head of Special Projects Gina Romero, UN Women’s WeEmpowerAsia Philippines Country Program Manager Rosalyn Mesina, SM Supermalls President Steven Tan, and Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV) First Vice President and Chief Reputation and Sustainability Officer Ginggay Hontiveros. The partnership aims to create more opportunities for Filipino women in tech and provide remote work options for inclusive and diverse workplaces, building a more innovative and sustainable workforce for the Philippines’ digital future.
Women in the Philippines have faced challenges in accessing economic opportunities due to family commitments and a lack of flexible job options. However, Connected Women and its partners recognize that technology and digital adoption are critical for women’s empowerment and national economic growth and recovery.
The SM SuperMoms Club, a digital community for Filipino mothers with over 240,000 members, has partnered with Connected Women to provide income-generating opportunities through tech upskilling and remote work options. Interested SM SuperMoms members can benefit from the Elevate AIDA training program, which has trained over 55,000 women with the support of like-minded partners such as AboitizPower, UnionBank, and Aboitiz Data Innovation. Connected Women provides its members with opportunities to work on advanced services such as data handling, language annotation, and image annotation for ADI’s Data Science and Artificial Intelligence projects.
The recent partnership with Aboitiz Foundation builds on the Aboitiz Group’s corporate social responsibility legacy as it embarks on its Great Transformation to become the Philippines’ first Techglomerate. The Group is leveraging technology and a renewed entrepreneurial mindset to drive change that creates a better world, supporting education and entrepreneurship initiatives that have a meaningful impact on the lives of all Filipinos.
