Company Tries to Bring Gender Equality Into Mexico's Construction Industry Agencia EFE
go to original April 23, 2016

In five years, a construction company in Mexico was able to raise the participation rate of women in its workforce to 8 percent.

"Through a program of motivating construction leaders and a recruitment program, we achieved a record share of female labor," Caetano Rocha, who is in charge of the construction of Latin America's largest petrochemical complex, Etileno XXI, told EFE.

In Mexico, only 3.5 percent of people working in construction are women, according to government figures.

"We set specific goals for percentages of women within our ranks. It was necessary to train the women for them to join the workplace in a safe way," Rocha said.

The program included the installation of 28 mailboxes at the work site and in neighboring communities to respond within 20 days to any complaints or reports of harassment.

This led to the resolution of disputes, including cases of labor or sexual harassment against women, and the removal of the men responsible for improper or offensive behavior.

The project also recruited college-trained professionals.

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