The Coquimbo Regional Customs Directorate and the National Service for Women and Gender Equality (SernamEG) have joined forces on Wednesday (05/22/2024) to promote the Good Labor Practices with Gender Equality (BPLEG) Program.
The National Customs Service of Chile detailed in a statement that the BPLEG Program aims to contribute to the reduction of inequalities and gender gaps through the mission of achieving substantive cultural changes in the work of labor organizations.
For this reason, the Regional Customs Directorate “marks a significant milestone” by becoming the first customs institution at national level to actively participate in said program, the entity stated.
“We know that both public and private institutions face a variety of gaps and barriers that prevent women from working under equitable conditions and that is why we are starting a path with them, which we hope will be very fruitful, to improve conditions in “that women enter the labor market and especially in Customs, which is usually a traditionally masculinized work space,” explained the regional director of SernamEG, Priscilla Olivares Verasay.
This achievement is also framed within the Gender Equality Policy of the National Customs Service, in force since the end of 2022, reflecting the institutional commitment to establishing management with gender equity.
About, Jorge Hernández Real, regional director of Customsmentioned “we set ourselves this challenge, based on the needs of our service to grow, advance and develop these issues, to educate and make it transversal in the organization, not only focused on women, this has to do with people.”
“It was mentioned that in the past photos of this Customs and all Customs at the national level, the presence of men prevailed, not today, just look at what we are as a region, where we have a staff strengthened by the incorporation of women within of decision-making positions, women who lead,” she added.
The implementation of the BPLEG model promotes concrete measures to eradicate gender gaps and barriers in employment, encouraging the adoption of tools such as Chilean Standard 3262, on gender equality and reconciliation of work, family and personal life.
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