Amazon, Apple and Google pledge training for women in Indo-PacificUS Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo at a ministerial event during the Indo-Pacific Economic Ministerial event in Los Angeles on Thursday. (Bloomberg photo)Fourteen US companies including Amazon.com Inc and Visa Inc each pledged to provide at least 500,000 digital training and education opportunities for women and girls in the Indo-Pacific region as part of a Biden administration initiative. The programme, undertaken within the broader 14-nation Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, is focused on Brunei, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The plan is designed to promote sustainable and inclusive economic growth, while advancing competitiveness in the region, they said. “I have heard loudly and clearly from the region, particularly in the developing countries, ‘We need concrete benefits, tangible economic benefits,’” Raimondo said at the launch of the initiative on Thursday.
