It will take 200 years to eliminate the gender pay gap: Concanaco-Servytur

In Mexico, around 40 percent of the country’s workforce are women; However, it dominates an enormous wage gap that will take 200 years to eliminate, which is dramatic, indicated Octavio de la Torre, president of the Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism of the United Mexican States (Concanaco-Servytur).

When presenting the Second International Congress of Women and Business Leaders, to be held on April 18 and 19 in Ciudad Juárez, the representative of the organization pointed out that women are pillars of society, so during the next three years of her mandate They will implement measures to reduce the gender gap.

One of the key points, she said, is to encourage more women to be business owners and entrepreneurs, since the fact is that currently the majority work in the informal sector, where there are no job benefits and access to credit, fundamental elements for the development of any worker. .

One of the elements that prevents, not only women, but the population in general, from starting a business, is the large number of procedures needed to register a company, which is why, said De la Torres, in In the coming weeks he will meet with the Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece), with the aim of finding solutions to eliminate overregulation in Mexico.

Daniella Martínez, vice president of Business Women of Concanaco-Servytur, announced that the Congress will have the participation of different speakers, including Eugenia Campos Galván, governor of the State of Chihuahua; Bisila Bokoko, UN Ambassador; Ana María Salazar Slack, Analysis Without Borders; Mari Carmen Obregón, Wow Effect; Dr. Yasmin Darwich Darwich, International Women’s Rights Activist; Piedad Hernández Obando, President of the Medellín Chamber of Commerce.

Women in Mexico make up about 40 percent of the total workforce and a large majority are employed in the commerce and services sector.