About Maribel López

Directora Ejecutiva de la Entidad Mexicana de Acreditación, A.C. ema, desde su fundación hace 22 años. www.ema.org.mx Vicepresidenta de la Cooperación Internacional de Acreditación de Laboratorios ILAC. Promotora del Grupo Mujeres del Sistema de la Infraestructura de la Calidad @Mujeres_SNIC Twitter: @MILMMaribel Linkedln: lidnkedin.com/in/maribel-lópez-7a1301187 correo: maribel.lopez@ema.org.mx

Women in the Quality Infrastructure System

Gender inequality is still present throughout the world

The world is equally composed of women and men. However, gender inequality is still present throughout the world. As published by the United Nations in October 2020, only 47% of working-age women participated in the global labour market, while for men, the percentage was 74%. This gender gap has remained relatively constant since 1995, i.e., the difference between men and women employed worldwide has not changed in the last 25 years.[1]

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