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More women in decision-making roles

50a50 is a non-profit association arising from the Woman, Company and Economy Observatory (ODEE in its Catalan initials) of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce and founded in the year 2017.

At present it is made up of more than a hundred women in business, directorial, pre directorial and entrepreneurial roles, and it works as a pressure group in order to bring forward the compliance of Objective 5 of the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations, relating to the full and effective participation of women and to equal opportunities for leadership in all decision-making sectors in public, economic and political life.

At 50a50 we work towards placing value on female talent and achieving 50% female representation in decision-making roles within institutions, agencies and companies, because we want a more equal and fair society.

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What we do

LOBBY

VISIBILITY

TRAINING

AWARENESS

We lobby to achieve 50% female representation in decision-making roles, and specifically, we support women candidates throughout institution and agency selection processes

We make female talent visible within the economic, business, institutional and media worlds through the participation of our members in forums, talks and spaces of public opinion

We offer workshop and training sessions on leadership to facilitate the empowerment of women in business, professional and directorial roles, and we organise activities related to networking and professional promotion of our members

We put in place awareness campaigns for a fairer world, led by both women and men, with an equal share of domestic tasks, where girls have the same opportunities as boys, and we promote STEM careers amongst women, which are key for the future of the country

Updates

Partners of the new European project “Off the Beaten Track”

Partners of the new European project “Off the Beaten Track”

Association 50a50 is one of the partners of the consortium that leads the Erasmus+ project "Off the Beaten Track", aimed at training women in the tourism and cultural industries to improve their job opportunities.

The communication and audiovisual sector fail the Violet Thermometer of equality

The Violet Thermometer of the communication and audiovisual sector, released by the Association 50a50 to measure the degree of compliance with the Equality and Parity Law in organizations, makes clear the low participation of women in the decision-making positions in this sector.

Plain language, key to improving written communication

Laia Terrón has given a skills workshop for the #Lideratge50a50 cycle, focused in this case on professional writing. Under the title "Your writing defines you", it has been a very practical session in which the participating members have ended up very satisfied.

The value of the members of 50a50

At the Association 50a50 we start a 2022 full of projects and hopes, aware of the strength and drive of our members. But firstly we have made a recap of the 2021.

The Hypatia Cycle points to society as the cause of the worsening of women’s mental health

The second session of the Hypatia Cycle, entitled "The impact of the pandemic and the crisis on mental health from a gender perspective", denounced the invisibility that is being given to this serious problem increased by the triple crisis of Covid-19 .