Ñuble Impacta Mujeres brings together women entrepreneurs and highlights their contribution to the productive development of the region
About 50 entrepreneurs gathered at the Ñuble Impacta Mujeres event, an initiative of Corfo and the Regional Government of Ñuble.
About 50 women entrepreneurs gathered at the Ñuble Impacta Mujeres event, an initiative of Corfo and the Regional Government of Ñuble that seeks to highlight the role of women entrepreneurs and their contribution to regional productive development.
The second agreement between Corfo and the Regional Government of Ñuble allowed the opening of Reactivation Support Programs – PAR and Active Investment, for the entire region. In the case of PAR, 605 projects were awarded, for a total of 2,392 million pesos, of which 950 million were allocated to projects led by women.
In the case of Activa Inversión, co-financing was provided to 132 projects, for a total of 2,426 million pesos, of which 575 million were directed to projects presented by companies led by women.
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“We are taking important steps in terms of equity, but we still have a long way to go to achieve equality. We have seen the reduction of gaps in access to our support programs, but we need to move forward with measures that point to elements of greater sustainability to contribute to women’s economic autonomy,” emphasized the regional director of Corfo, Macarena Dávila.
She added that, “along these lines, we are working with greater awareness of the barriers they face and the role that women entrepreneurs, just because they are women, have in our society.”
The activity included presentations by the businesswoman from the Los Lagos Region, Pamela Silva, owner of Vivo en Pass, a supra-recycling company, created in 2016, which is dedicated to recovering waste and transforming it into high-value products; engineer Margarita Quiroz, an entrepreneur from the Ñuble Region, who works in the IT area, who recounted her experience in one of the most masculinized areas in Chile; and singer and entrepreneur Marcela Avendaño.
In addition, the projects of Loreto Alarcón, from Viña Mujeres in the commune of Ránquil; Julissa Matus and her Agrotourism venture in San Fabián; Sandra Monsalvez, de Cecinas San Patricio de Bulnes; Gladys Ponce, from Viña El Quillay in Portezuelo; María Rosa Vidal, from the Llanquiray Cabins in Quillón; María Josefina Mas, from Bloomseeds in San Nicolás; and Rosa María Lama, from Ecobox Andino de Las Trancas.
“Many times women cannot make decisions in their homes because they are financially dependent on their husbands and many of them are victims of abuse and violence. We are aware of this reality and we believe that it is key to promote their economic independence, for which entrepreneurship is a path that we must promote and support,” said the seremi of Women and Gender Equality of Ñuble, Constanza Sánchez.
Meanwhile, the regional director of Corfo, Macarena Dávila, said that “We are taking important steps in terms of equity, but we still have a long way to go to achieve equality. We have seen the reduction of gaps in access to our support programs, but we need to move forward with measures that point to elements of greater sustainability to contribute to women’s economic autonomy.”
She added, “Along these lines, we are working with greater awareness of the barriers they face and the role that women entrepreneurs, just because they are women, have in our society.”
“We want to reaffirm the commitment we have in economic matters, particularly with each one of you. With Corfo we have already approved an agreement of about 14 billion pesos for the coming years, which considers a dimension of gender equality, so the opportunities for you and hundreds of other women to invest and grow your business is more real than before,” said the regional governor of Ñuble. Óscar Crisóstomo
“It has been proven that companies led by women have a different way of working, with a differentiating treatment of employees. The more female leaders are incorporated into decision-making, the more we see how realities change in favor of society,” Crisostomo concluded.