Resilience Business in Latin America and the Caribbean
Boosting Business in the new Scenario. Opportunities for Woman
The “Win-Win: Gender Equality means Good Business” programme is hosting a series of activities, in cooperation with companies and businesses’ networks of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Uruguay, which aim at the creation, launch and empowerment of the Women Entrepreneurs Network for Latin America and the Caribbean to support women successfully grow there business.
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Backround
“Win- Win: Gender Equality means Good Business” is a programme jointly implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UN Women, funded by the European Union. Through the promotion of a “business case”, the Programme encourages gender equality, women economic empowerment and women leadership as the basis for a sustainable, inclusive, and equitable growth.The Programme seeks to accelerate the reduction of gender gaps in women participation in the labour market and their access to employment opportunities. Despite the considerable progress made towards realizing the business case for gender equality, the COVID-19 pandemic presents a threat to these gains. As ILO constituents navigate the current crisis, it is crucial to safeguard these gains achieved on gender equality and women's empowerment and enable businesses to support their female talent.
This event is the first step to explore what actions companies have implemented in the workplace to continue their activities in COVID-19 context. Specifically, it aims to learn if companies have developed gender equality actions or initiatives, and the government measures and policies they need to enable their possibilities to do so.
During the meeting, four CEOs from Latin-American companies will share the initiatives and actions they have applied in their businesses to continue carrying out their activities, and what steps they are planning to execute when they resume their operations. Likewise, the CEOs will comment on what gender equality initiatives or policies will be useful in this new scenario.
Agenda
• 9.30 - 9.40 hs. Palabras de bienvenida:- Vinícius Pinheiro: Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Maria Rosa Sabbatalli: Head of the Regional Partnership Instruments Team for the Americas, EU.
- Roberto Suárez Santos, International Organisation of Employers Secretary General
• 9.40 - 10.35 hs. Panel with 4 CEOs from our Latin-American companies
- Martin Berardi: Ternium
- Agustina Faringuersch: Wolox
- Laura García: Global News Group
- Sylvia Escovar: Terpel
- Hugo Sigman: Grupo Insud
Moderator: Sara Smok
• 10.40 - 10.50 hs. Closing remarks and launching of the online survey
Join us
To attend this Virtual Launch please register on the Zoom platform at the following link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwuc-CgrDssHtB9mM4Kgh-Kfy6mXIDPxVQmDate: August 5th.
8:30 hs. de Costa Rica
9:30 hs. de Perú, Ecuador, Colombia, Jamaica, México
10:30 hs. de Chile
11:30 hs. de Argentina, Brasil y Uruguay
The meeting will be held in Spanish, but interpretation into English and Portuguese will aslo be available.
Please register in advance as there are limited places for the sessions.
For more information, please visit the following link: https://www.ilo.org/americas/eventos-y-reuniones/WCMS_752713/lang--es/index.htm