The campaign “The everyday marathon“, powered by the jobs portal Zonajobsthe organization Grow – gender and work, and independent agency Vendaval Agencyrevealed that only the 16% of women reaches management positions and in 92% of organizations there are women trained to occupy these roles.
Other data showed that 7 out of 10 People who perform domestic and care tasks are women, which reflects the unequal distribution and significant obstacle to professional development of them.
In order to make this situation visible, the companies came together and invited a professional runner to participate in the Buenos Aires International Marathon with a particular smartwatch that would challenge him to perform a series of tasks.
He athlete He ran the race with this distinctive smartwatch and had to perform a series of housework and of careful that he had to fulfill while trying to achieve his desired goal.
“Go to the grocery store”, “Prepare a costume, tomorrow’s school event”, “Take dad to the doctor”, and others “interruptions“constants that they delayed to the runner and it took more than six hours to reach the finish line. Meanwhile, other competitors with less preparation managed to finish the race earlier.
Raise awareness to change
“The campaign accurately reflects what happens in the lives of many professionals: while they rush towards their goals, they are forced to attend to other multiple responsibilities that delay their progress. So that more women can reach leadership positions, we need to be aware of this reality and consider how we can begin to change it,” she explained. Carolina MolinaroHead of Marketing at Jobint.
Some solutions and alternatives that they propose are the expansion of paternity leaves and promote co-responsibility and support to employees who have these commitments so that they are not sanctioned for fulfilling this role.
“This campaign gave us the opportunity to demonstrate that creativity and the resilience not only apply to our work, but also to the way we build our lives,” he said. Victoria Fernandez VillarAccount Director at Vendaval Agency.
Inequality in management or leadership positions
In it 92% of organizations In Argentina there are women qualified to occupy leadership or managerial positions, however, 74% perceive that men have an easier time advancing, according to a study carried out by Glass ceiling.
Regarding the expectations about his own job growth, 52% of women believe that they could only reach a position of assistant either analystwhile the 45% of men consider that they could reach a position of manager either manager.
This inequality raises the question of why management positions are occupied by men. He 73% of working people consider that the reason is that historically these positions have been assigned to men, the 13% He believes it is because men tend to dedicate themselves almost exclusively to his workwhich facilitates its promotion; and the 4% He maintains that it is because they are less emotional.
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Glass Ceiling
The wage gap
In the world of work, inequalities are not only limited to the possibilities of obtaining a position or promotion, but are also manifested in the wages. Latest Boomeran Labor Market Index indicated that in Argentina, the wage gap favors men with a difference 5.21%.
He salary average required by men is $1,168,889 per month, while the amount requested by women is $1,111,006 per month. The gender gap according to segments: the junior represents 3.18%, with average salaries of $812,857 and $787,813 per month for men and women respectively: and the semi senior level and senior reaches 4.88%.
The highest wage gap is observed in positions of supervisor either bosswhere a difference of one 8.65% with salaries of $1,542,245 and $1,419,517 per month.
Source: Ambito
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