• The Spanish employers of the Social Economy adhere to the requests to achieve effective equality between men and women and will work to materialize them both in Spain and abroad.
• CEPES recalls the existing parity in the Social Economy, where 49% of jobs are filled by women.
• In addition, the positions of women managers are 38% in the Social Economy, compared to 9% in the rest of companies.
Madrid, March 7, 2018.- The Spanish Business Confederation of the Social Economy (CEPES) supports the requests for equality made on the occasion of the celebration of International Women's Day today and shows its commitment to continue working to realize the equality of gender and opportunities between men and women.
The visible and invisible barriers that women encounter must become challenges and opportunities for business organizations that strongly believe in Equal Opportunities between women and men.
For this reason, CEPES will work both in Spain and abroad, in supranational institutions and through Development Cooperation, to guarantee full equality between men and women in all areas of society.
CEPES also reminds that labor parity is a possible goal, as demonstrated by the Spanish Social Economy, in which 49% of the jobs are performed by women.
In addition, 38% of leadership positions in Social Economy companies are occupied by women, compared to 9% in the rest of business formulas, according to the study made public by the employment platform 'Infojobs'.
In addition, the Social Economy also generates stable and quality employment, since its companies do not relocate and 80% of the jobs are indefinite. It also facilitates the incorporation of young people into the labor market (45% of jobs are under 40) and creates opportunities for groups at risk of exclusion, especially through Special Employment Centers, insertion companies and social initiative cooperatives.
CEPES, on such a significant day in which society begins to be aware of the need to address the problem of inequalities between men and women, supports and sympathizes with all measures and proposals that are carried out to achieve effective equality.
