63% of company employees in Argentina consider that men have more opportunities in the world of work than women
, according to a survey carried out by
IDEA (Institute for Business Development of Argentina)
among 1,373 people who work in Argentina. its more than 500 member companies.
The survey is relevant due to the size of the companies that make up the business association and shows that even at the corporate level, a journey must be made in pursuit of gender equality, diversity and inclusion.
The IDEA numbers are striking:
although 8 out of 10 women
believe that they have
fewer opportunities than men
, only
40% of
male respondents perceive this inequality.
“
Labor inequality between men and women
is an idea that remains in force for a large part of the workers in organizations.
This view deepens among women and marks a great difference compared to their male peers, whose majority considers that this type of inequalities do not exist in the world of work," explained Daniela Mora Simoes, leader of IDEA's Diversity network and director of Omint Group People.
“At the same time, there is also a difference in perspective at the generational level.
Along these lines,
the largest gap is between millennials
(68% perceive inequality) and
baby boomers
(51%),” he added.
Faced with this inequality,
9 out of 10 respondents believe that it is necessary or very necessary to carry out policies
and actions aimed at
promoting diversity
and inclusion in the workplace.
While 75% think that these types of measures are relevant to the success of the business.
This reaffirms the work carried out by companies committed to promoting more inclusive organizations.
IDEA has its Diversity Network, an environment where professionals of different profiles from member companies share knowledge and practices aimed at generating integral, plural and equitable companies in Argentina and that, in turn, can achieve more competitive and sustainable businesses.
Mora Simoes highlighted: "There is a very encouraging fact in this study:
8 out of 10 people
who responded commented that their companies have practices linked to diversity and inclusion. This shows that there are more and more companies that have the issue in their agendas to
diversity as a business issue".
Among the most frequent initiatives are: training on diversity and inclusion, awareness-raising actions, work with leaders, alliances with organizations, specialized work groups, intervention in selection processes and special licenses.
For 75% of the sample, these measures are relevant
to business success, although they consider that they should not necessarily have a higher priority than other issues such as economic results, customer satisfaction, digital transformation, sustainability and customer management. talent.
For her part,
Gabriela Renaudo, CEO of Visa Argentina
and president of the 60th IDEA Colloquium, pointed out: "It is an issue that must be put on the table and the debate continue. It is true that there is a long way to go and that progress has been made. "But we still have a long way to go. According to a
KPMG study, only 16% of the companies with the most turnover in the country have women on their board of directors
."
In this sense,
Paula Altavilla, president of IDEA and VP Strategy Europe Operations of Schneider Electric
, highlighted: "We must work on inclusion because otherwise talent will be lost. In diversity there is talent that must be discovered and encouraged."
Sofía Vago, CEO of Accenture Argentina
said at this point: "In a world where there is a fight for talent, if a company does not promote gender diversity it is losing 50% of the potential talent that could aspire to be an organization. efficient".
In that sense, the executives called for concrete actions to be taken to increase the diversity of the teams, especially in the highest positions.
Vago highlighted that in his companies the teams are currently made up of 54% women: "But this was not like that before. A specific policy was needed. There has to be awareness and a decision for this to take shape. And for this needs must be listened to: from promoting opportunities to accompanying women in different moments of life, considering that care tasks continue to fall mostly on them."
S.N.