Women and girls around the world are making tremendous efforts to forge a more equal future and recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. They are on the front lines of the Covid-19 crisis as health workers, caregivers, innovators and community organizers.
Women leaders and women’s organizations have demonstrated their skills, knowledge and networks to effectively lead Covid-19 response and recovery efforts. They bring different experiences, perspectives and skills, and they are indispensable contributors to decisions, policies and laws that work best for all.
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, new barriers to women’s participation and leadership have emerged: increased domestic violence, unpaid care work, unemployment and poverty. Despite the fact that women constitute the majority of frontline staff, there is disproportionate and inadequate representation of women in national and global policy spaces related to Covid-19.
To uphold women’s rights and fully harness the potential of their leadership in pandemic preparedness and response, the perspectives of women and girls in all their diversity must be integrated into the formulation and implementation of policies and programs in all spheres and at all stages of pandemic response and recovery.
From Fundación Personas, Grupo Lince, Apadefim 2000 and Fundación Virgen de Llano
We join in the celebration of International Women’s Day by reaffirming our commitment to the values of equality and non-discrimination between women and men!
Our commitments in the labor field are:
- Equality in the selection and promotion processes to achieve a more balanced workforce in terms of both composition and positions of responsibility.
- Measures to prevent and act against sexual harassment and harassment based on sex, and against gender-based violence.
- Promoting the reconciliation of personal, family and work life and co-responsibility.
- Promote the use of inclusive communication and egalitarian language.
- Pay transparency measures to combat the pay gap.
Join the Equality Generationa generation of women and men demanding women’s right to decision-making in all spheres of life, equal pay, equal sharing of unpaid care and domestic work, an end to all forms of violence against women and girls, and responsive health care services.
What can you do as a woman or a man to make a difference?
#GenerationEquality
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