63% of company employees in Argentina believe that men have more opportunities in the world of work than womenaccording to a survey carried out by IDEA (Institute for Entrepreneurial Development of Argentina) among the 1,373 people who work in its over 500 partner companies.
The survey is relevant to the size of the companies that make up the business association and demonstrates that even at company level it is necessary to follow a path dedicated to gender equality, diversity and inclusion.
IDEA’s numbers are impressive: even if 8 out of 10 women you think you have it fewer opportunities than menonly 40% of those consulted The male gender perceives this inequality.
“THE employment inequality between men and women It is an idea that remains valid for most workers in organizations. This vision is deeper among women and marks a big difference compared to their male peers, whose majority believe that this type of inequalities does not exist in the world of work”, explained Daniela Mora Simoes, leader of IDEA’s Diversity network and director of the People of the Omint Group. .
“At the same time there is also a difference in perspective on a generational level. In that line, the biggest gap is among millennials (68% perceive inequality) e baby boomers (51%),” he added.
Faced with this inequality 9 out of 10 respondents believe that it is necessary or absolutely necessary to implement policies and actions aimed at encourage diversity and inclusion in the world of work. While 75% believe that these types of measures are relevant to the success of the company.
This reaffirms the work being done by companies committed to promoting more inclusive organizations. IDEA has its Diversity Network, an environment in which professionals of different profiles from member companies share knowledge and practices aimed at generating integral, plural and equitable companies in Argentina and which, in turn, can create more competitive and sustainable businesses.
Mora Simoes stressed: “There are very encouraging data in this study: 8 out of 10 people Those who responded commented that their companies have practices related to diversity and inclusion. This shows that there are more and more companies that have this topic on their agenda. diversity as a corporate issue”.
Among the most frequent initiatives are: training on diversity and inclusion, awareness-raising actions, work with leaders, alliances with organizations, specialized working groups, intervention in selection processes and special licenses.
For 75% of the sample these measures are relevant for business success, although they believe they should not necessarily have a higher priority than other issues such as bottom line, customer satisfaction, digital transformation, sustainability and talent management.
For his part, Gabriela Renaudo, CEO of Visa Argentina and president of the 60th IDEA Colloquium, underlined: “It is an issue that must be put on the table and that the debate continues. It is true that there is a long way to go and that progress has been made, but we still have c” It’s a long way to go. According to a study by KPMG only 16% of the country’s highest-turnover companies have women on their boards“.
In this sense, Paula Altavilla, president of IDEA and VP Strategy Europe Operations at Schneider Electriche underlined: “We must work on inclusion because otherwise talent will be lost. In diversity there is talent that must be discovered and encouraged.”
Sofia Vago, CEO of Accenture Argentina said at this point: “In a world where we fight for talent, if a company does not promote gender diversity it loses 50% of the potential talent it could aspire to be an effective organization.”
In this sense, the managers asked that concrete actions be taken to increase the diversity of the teams, especially in the most senior positions. Vago underlined that in his companies the teams are currently made up of 54% women: “But it wasn’t like that before. A specific policy was needed. Awareness and decision are needed for this to take shape. And for this reason it needs to be listened to: from promotion of opportunities to accompany women in different moments of life, considering that the care tasks continue to fall largely on them.”
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Source: Clarin
