Women dedicated to construction advocate that a special project created in 2023 by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) be replicated together with the executing unit of the Ministry of Public Works that in the rehabilitation of road works, of 50 works in 11 It had to be assigned to women and the rest were committed to having women within the work team.
The president and vice president of Mupymecon, Erminda Decena and Joselin A. Rodríguez, explained that if inclusive clauses are not created from the tender, women will continue to be excluded from them, since they do not compete with the levels of economic support and requirements that are asked of them.
They highlighted that the participation of women in the construction area in public tenders is minimal because they are small and micro companies, but they are evaluated and must meet requirements like large companies.
Decena indicated that in statements and on paper it sounds very nice that more women participate in public contracting, but in reality the numbers are minimal.
He assured that the quota established in Law 488-08 was not being met, which establishes a regulatory regime for the development and competitiveness of MSMEs, which provides that 20% of public procurement be allocated to certified MSME companies, and This quota, 5% is awarded to suppliers.
