Better opportunities
Paula Cristi: General Manager of Despegar Argentina
“Being part of the technology industry, the place I occupy is important as it paves the way for more women in leadership and decision-making roles in a sector that is largely made up of men.
I am very proud to have been the first to obtain a regional position of this magnitude, which involved sitting at the table as the only woman and, thus, marking the beginning of a change”.
Thinking about the challenges to guarantee equality at work, Paula identifies two ways forward, on the one hand, with practices that equate care tasks: “in our case we have extended family leave for both primary and secondary caregivers.
And, on the other hand, working so that more women approach the STEM world where there are more and better job opportunities”.
inclusion time
Victoria Bernardi: singer, songwriter and actress
"I never had musical or artistic insecurity (linked to gender competition) but from the commercial side and from commercial ties I always saw myself at a crossroads since they generally tend to sexualize women or underestimate their capabilities according to beauty archetypes."
Change, for Victoria, involves everyone: “we took the first step to get out of inequality, now is the time to include.
We cannot go around clarifying all the time how and what is best for a just society, because there we will be reducing it to just our problem and not a retrograde social conflict that is holding society back.
All social beings are interdependent.
Society as a whole is the vehicle to break down these polarizations”.
The challenge is to stop thinking in binary.
The new generation
Nicki Becker: climate justice activist
“In the youth movement, not only in Argentina but throughout the world, since we are all girls who were born with feminism on the surface, that is in our identity and it means that there are many more women leading.
We are a generation that does not understand the struggles for the environment and for gender equality as two separate things, they go hand in hand, ”Nicki explains that in 2019 she started“ Youth for the Climate ”inspired by Greta Thunberg with friends.
“When you think about solutions to the climate crisis, for example, leaving the car and using public transport or a bicycle, you cannot think of it as a public policy without thinking about gender equality, that today going home alone on public transport as a woman Depending on the area you live in, it's dangerous."
collective effort
Camila de Pamphilis: Director of Data and Patient Experience at Mamotest
“Our goal is that all women, regardless of their economic situation or geographic location, can decide about their health, with education, emotional support, and access to treatment.
It is about accompanying us among women, making them feel that despite their illness they can stay healthy and that they are not alone in their recovery.
The position of men today touches unimaginable places, where pregnant women with breast cancer, for fear of being left by their partner and being left in an even more vulnerable economic position, keep quiet about their illness”.
Gender equality is achievable, but it will take time: “There were many years of macho construction and reinforcement.
There are millions of microbehaviors that we have to denature and reverse.
I trust in the collective effort, in a root understanding,
believe in us
Ailín Pérez: martial artist
At 28 years old and a 5-year-old son, she is the only Argentine to compete in the UFC.
She started practicing kung-fu at the age of 12, then she added sanda, kick boxing, boxing, wrestling, jiu jitsu and at 24 she was already a professional in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).
“One of the reasons why I chose to be an MMA athlete is because it makes me feel free and allows me to express who I am and what I feel.
Every day I overcome challenges and battles in a field where men are the majority”, says Ailín.
“I see more women on the mats and in the gyms doing what for many was prohibited or impossible.
Today we are more women who get up and believe in ourselves, that is a great change.
I think that the women who go out to live their lives is because they catch it from others who have been able to do it”.