The British Embassy in Montevideo celebrated the fifth edition of its International Women's Day activity.
The aim of 'Leader for a Day' is to promote the participation of women in leadership roles by linking young women with leaders within Uruguayan society.
Sixteen leaders, including Vice President Carolina Cosse, Minister for Defence Sandra Lazo, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Valeria Csukasi, and British Ambassador Mal Green, participated in this activity in which they shared a day of work with a young potential leader during the month of March.
At the opening of the launch event held on 7 March at the British residence, Ambassador Green said:
We have to eliminate the barriers that prevent women from achieving leadership positions by acting together with society. Just to mention one example, that is relevant to me personally: caregiving tasks still fall on women, and this hinders their career development.
Defence Minister Sandra Lazo said:
When we talk about gender inequality, we are talking about rights that are violated for a very large part of society. The fact that all these young women are here today and that there are men concerned about a fairer world and society can only make us happy.
The Director of UN Women in Uruguay, Magdalena Furtado, pointed out how valuable these activities are for young women who are starting their professional careers, and how comforting it is for more experienced professionals to hear later on how they were able to support or encourage them by sharing their knowledge.
The event was also attended by winners from previous editions, who shared their experiences with the participants this year. The aim is for all of them to keep in touch and take part in future embassy activities to further strengthen their personal and professional networks.
Winners of 20025 Leader for a Day
Winners of this edition and the leaders they have been connected with:
Rocío Guerra - Carolina Cosse, Vice-President
Carolina Scoz - Mal Green, British Ambassador to Uruguay
Romina Cáceres - Sandra Lazo, Minister of Defence
Maite Pezzatti - Carmen Sorger, Canadian Ambassador to Uruguay
Juliana Pacheco - Blanca Rodríguez, Senator for the Frente Amplio
María Emilia Coirolo - Valeria Csukasi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Luana Rodríguez - Magdalena Furtado, Director of Programmes, UN Women Uruguay
Sofía Maynard - Francisco Benavides, UNICEF Representative in Uruguay
Evangelina Lapitz - Silvia Emaldi, President of UTE (acting)
Florencia Cavallaro -Jeny Caraballo, FAU Officer in the rank of Major
Rosario Goñi - Pablo Ruiz Hiebra, Coordinator UN Uruguay
Manuela Satragno - Erna Frins, President of the Uruguayan Scientific Committee
Mercedes Giménez - Mariana Chilibroste, Co-founder of Sellin
Camila Pérez - Gregorio Iraola, Executive Director of Kinzbio
Lucía Lamela - Virginia Marotta, General Director of Hogarth
Lucía Wallusche - Lucila Pizzarulli, Head of Office, IOM Uruguay
