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Chile ranks 2nd globally in terms of highest number of women in mining

InvestChile - March,12,2025

Over the past decade, the presence of women in large-scale mining companies has tripled, reaching 21.8% in the first half of 2024, a figure that remained stable in the second half of the year with a total of 11,239 female employees.

Topics: Mining- Women

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BHP becomes the first mining company in Chile to exceed 40% women

InvestChile - March,4,2024

The percentage of women in operation is more than double the national industry average. Moreover, women hold 40.8% of leadership positions.

Topics: Best practices- Mining- Women

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Chile among OECD leaders for gender equality in patent applications

InvestChile - July,1,2022

Gender Report: A National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI) analysis has revealed that the proportion of invention patent applications made by Chilean women inventors rose by 5.4% compared to 2020. Ventures such as MOV are examples of women who dared to take the lead and create new things. 

Topics: Ranking- Chilean Economy- Women

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WEF highlights InvestChile’s progress in gender equity

InvestChile - March,10,2022

Data indicates that the World Economic Forum’s gender gap accelerator programme in Chile has effectively promoted female representation in member organizations, which include Accenture, Cargill, IBM, LatAm Airlines, Microsoft, Nestlé, PwC, SAP, Salmon Chile, Siemens, Unilever and InvestChile.

Topics: Chilean Economy- Women

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Four overseas companies ranked among best places to work in Chile

InvestChile - June,18,2020

The Best WorkPlaces 2020 ranking, drawn up by CompuTrabajo, positioned Santander, Zara, PepsiCo Inc. and Finning South America among the top ten places.

Topics: Foreign Investment- Best practices- Women

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Women hold 10% of the board seats in large companies

InvestChile - March,27,2020

According to the Impulsa study, only 76 of the 728 directors of the 100 largest companies are women.

Topics: Women

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Employment of women in the mining industry increases by 18.5%

InvestChile - November,4,2019

In the rolling three-month period between June and August, 21,607 women were working in the sector, accounting for 10% of its labor force. In the same period, there was also a drop in unemployment in the sector.

Topics: Talent- Mining- Women

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Chile’s reasons for promoting the Women’s Agenda at APEC during 2019

InvestChile - March,21,2019

The measures that the country will be promoting seek to increase women’s participation in non-traditional economic sectors, create indicators to identify gender gaps and draw up strategies to improve women’s access to technology.

Topics: Women

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The contribution of foreign companies to women's work in Chile

InvestChile - December,28,2018

Recruiting and retaining women, as well as people from diverse backgrounds, can make firms more productive and efficient, creating a healthier operating environment. Companies from different sectors have realized this and are promoting policies to encourage female participation.

Topics: Foreign Investment- Best practices- Women

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