Alejandro Alegría and Braulio Carbajal
Newspaper La Jornada
Thursday March 9, 2023, p. eleven
To materialize the efforts in pursuit of gender equality, all corporate directors, subsidiaries and affiliates of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) must open spaces for women, the general director of the state company, Manuel Bar-tlett, said on Wednesday. Diaz.
In the context of the commemoration of International Women’s Day, Nimbe Durán Téllez, head of the Gender and Inclusion Unit (UGI), indicated that a year ago the percentage of women in command positions had increased from 6 to 13 percent. .
In 2023 the number of female personnel in management positions is 15 percent, which, he assured, shows progress, but not at the required speed
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He indicated that the CFE has a responsibility with the new generations that seek to join the ranks of the national electricity industry.
Women in Mexico are being trained in the areas of engineering, science and technology, therefore, the CFE sows a seed of hope in young women.
He stressed that March 8 implies commitment and recapitulation to know what remains to be done. It’s picking up the pace because women’s rights don’t deserve to wait
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Meanwhile, the corporate director of Administration, Rubén Cuevas Plancarte, stressed that the company will continue with the prevention and elimination of gender violence.
Separately, the Mining Chamber of Mexico (Camimex) pointed out that around 66,000 women work in the Mexican mining-metallurgical industry, which represents 16.3 percent of the total workforce in the sector throughout the country.
In a statement, the body that brings together the largest mining companies in the country highlighted that in the past five years the proportion of women who work directly in the mining-metallurgical industry has grown on average 0.5 percent each year.
One of the great positive transformations that mining has undergone is the growing participation of women in the sector.
pointed out the general director of Camimex, Karen Flores.
More and more women are joining the mining workforce, which represents an important advance in the change towards gender equality and labor inclusion. It is a fact that women are breaking stereotypes and showing that they can do any job
pondered.
For its part, on March 8, the Employers’ Confederation of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex) urged the eradication of violence against women to build an egalitarian country with economic development.
He recalled that last year 67,318 women were victims of intentional injuries in Mexico, the highest annual figure since records have been kept.
Eradicating violence, harassment and bullying will be a decisive factor for Mexico to become an inclusive country, with economic and social development, where equal opportunities for all prevail.
