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As well as Conversations for Leadership – which will be holding further encounters in 2020 on the role of women in relevant areas, within the framework of the Women’s Leadership Network – other initiatives are also being promoted. These include the In-house Women’s Encounters, whose aim is to share experiences and listen to the voice of women within MAPFRE, so as to identify opportunities for enhancing gender equality, a Female Leadership Development Program, the promotion of STEAM professions among girls, and an active presence in forums.
The meeting was attended by over 200 employees from MAPFRE, and was streamed live over the intranet to nearly 11,000 members of the company’s workforce in Spain
director general of the VOCENTO GROUP magazine division
“The important thing is to look to the future and have discussions like this. We’ve started down this road and there’s no turning back.” “The phrase ‘I don’t care about the money, the important thing is to learn’ absolutely applies to women.” “We held a round table discussion on work-life balance with a group of men and the conclusion is that they don’t manage it either. There’s a long way to go yet.”
journalist, presenter and president of 50&50 Gender Leadership Advisory
“Over 70 percent of journalism students are female, but this is not reflected later in managerial positions at media outlets.” “For many years the recurring question for a female executive was “how do you balance your work and home life?” “Instead of work-life balance, I prefer to talk about joint responsibility, which is all about sharing our roles equally.”
journalist, presenter and writer. Columnist for The Luxonomist
“To achieve change, it’s vital to apply a proportionality quota for women. Once equality is achieved, the quotas can be removed.” “We women don’t sell ourselves well, we don’t appreciate our true worth and we find it hard to assert ourselves.” “If we share a constructive dialog between men and women, we will understand each other better.”
