Mar 8, 2019   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

CenturyLink celebrates International Women's Day

MONROE, La., March 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On International Women's Day, CenturyLink's (NYSE: CTL) Women Empowered employee resource group will host events around the world, including executive speakers, employee breakfasts and roundtable discussions. Additional activities will occur throughout Women's History Month, and employees will be invited to join one of CenturyLink's 10 resource groups. Throughout the month, employees will show their support by posting pictures with the hashtag #ctlherstory or #ctlinclusion on their social media channels.

The main goals of the company's employee resource groups are employee development, community involvement, and customer and shareholder support. Women Empowered is CenturyLink's largest employee resource group with more than 1,800 members in 18 states and five countries.

In addition to the International Women's Day and Women's History Month events, CenturyLink produced a series of videos, including one from Laurinda Pang, CenturyLink's President of International and Global Accounts Management. The video series provides insight into how the accomplished women of CenturyLink got their start, sheds light on their love of technology and serves as encouragement for the next generation of women pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and math. The series will be distributed internally to employees and then shared externally via social media.

Every year during Women's History Month, CenturyLink honors and celebrates the many women in our company and around the world who have impacted the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. Every day, innovative women are imagining, developing, testing and perfecting new creations.

CenturyLink's #CTLHerStory

    --  CenturyLink celebrates Women's History Month:
        https://youtu.be/BMNXT9Yh7mE
    --  Laurinda Pang kicks off CenturyLink's celebration of International
        Women's Day: https://youtu.be/fiFAzPNciD8
    --  #CTLHerStory is a video series that highlights women within CenturyLink:
        https://youtu.be/lXQif0POHJk

CenturyLink's Women in Technology Thought Leadership

    --  President - Wholesale, Indirect Channels and Alliances: Lisa Miller
    --  President - Consumer Markets: Maxine Moreau
    --  President - International and Global Accounts Management: Laurinda Pang

About CenturyLink
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is the second-largest U.S. communications provider to global enterprise customers. With customers in more than 60 countries and an intense focus on the customer experience, CenturyLink strives to be the world's best networking company by solving customers' increased demand for reliable and secure connections. The company also serves as its customers' trusted partner, helping them manage increased network and IT complexity and providing managed network and cyber security solutions that help protect their business.

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