Nuevo León increased the total number of self-employed women by 32.7% in the last 5 years: Coparmex


Monterey, NL. The number of women who have decided to work on their own in New Lion increased from 130,993 to 173,831 in the period from 2017 to 2021, with an increase of 32.7%, indicates an analysis of the Employer Confederation of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex) Nuevo León, based on the Occupation and Employment Survey of the inegi.

At the national level, the number of women who decided to work on their own in the entire country increased from 4 million 402,972 (in 2017) to 5 million 261,345 (in 2021), which represented an increase of 19.5 percent.

On the other hand, the states with the highest number of self-employed women in 2021 are: the State of Mexico (705,192); Mexico City (430,962); Veracruz (379,598); Puebla (307,887); Oaxaca (305,855); Jalisco (293,080); Chiapas (240,659); Guanajuato (224,312), among others.

One of the reasons why the number of women who decide to start a productive activity is increasing could be because a single income in the family is not enough and women want to contribute to improving the quality of life from their family, or seek their independence and self-sufficiency, said Cecilia Carrillo Lopez, director of Coparmex Nuevo León.

“This number will continue to grow, because society is advancing in terms of inclusion and diversity, in addition to the fact that the active presence of women in economic, professional, family and social life is notoriously improving,” the directive pointed out.

He considered that the government should support the inclusion in the economy and the development of women by providing and expanding quality nursery and child care services, as well as full-time schools, for mothers or heads of families.

“Women need a support network to be able to carry out the activities to which we commit ourselves and that society expects us to carry out, a key piece is the support of the federal government” with the aforementioned infrastructure.

The directive urged the provision of public programs that support business training and education for all women who decide to start a business so that they start or transition to formality.

“In Mexico, most companies, even formal ones, are micro and are managed by a single person and/or employ up to 10 people. But, our country needs these micro-enterprises to endure and become small, then medium-sized and become large companies, employing more than 250 workers”, he pointed out.

It is a pity, he added, that the federal government has eliminated financing for childcare centers, that they do not open more daycare centers and the fund is canceled MSMEs through which many women had basic support to work, undertake and get ahead.



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