Ndondomeko za zokopa alendo, udindo wamaphunziro, komanso njira zopititsira patsogolo utsogoleri wa amayi, inali mitu yomwe idafotokozedwapo pamalingaliro a cholinga chokwaniritsa kufanana pakati pa amuna ndi akazi pazokopa alendo.
Msonkhano wa 63 wa UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas, yokonzedwa ndi World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) ndi National Tourism Secretariat ya Paraguay (Asunción, 12-13 April 2018), adawonetsa kufunikira kopititsa patsogolo kuyanjana pakati pa amuna ndi akazi muzokopa alendo kuti gawoli ligwiritse ntchito mphamvu zake zonse pofuna chitukuko chokhazikika. “Kupatsa Mphamvu kwa Amayi mu Gawo la Zokopa alendo” unali mutu waukulu wa semina iyi yapadziko lonse, yomwe inachitikira pamodzi ndi misonkhano ina ya unduna.
Monga gawo lomwe likukula mosalekeza kapena kupitilira chuma cha padziko lonse lapansi, ndikuwerengera mpaka 10% pantchito yapadziko lonse lapansi, zokopa alendo zili ndi mwayi wopititsa patsogolo kufanana pakati pa amuna ndi akazi komanso kupatsa mphamvu amayi.
"Timatenga nawo mbali mwachindunji komanso mwanjira ina pafupifupi mbali zonse zazachuma ndi anthu. Mphamvu zathu ngati gawo lazachuma zimatikakamizanso kukhala ndi udindo wosamalira anthu," adatero UNWTOndi Secretary-General. Zurab Pololikashvili adakumbukiranso kuti "kutenga nawo mbali mwachangu kwa amuna ndi akazi" ndikofunikira "kupititsa patsogolo kulimbikitsa kwa akazi pazachuma komanso kupezeka kwawo kwakukulu pazosankha".
Latin America ndi Caribbean amatsogolera dziko lapansi ndi akazi ambiri pantchito zokopa alendo, ngakhale izi zimangokhala pantchito ndi maudindo oyang'anira (62%), poyerekeza ndi akatswiri ndi oyang'anira (36%), pomwe azimayi amalandila pakati pa 10% ndi 15% yochepera kuposa amuna anzawo. Komabe, pali azimayi azamalonda opitilira kawiri kuposa azigawo zina (51%).
Paraguay, dziko lomwe lakhala nawo pamsonkhano wa 63 wa CAM, ndi chitsanzo cha ntchito yabwinoko, mabizinesi ndi mwayi wotsogolera womwe zokopa alendo zingapatse azimayi, monga akuwonetsera ndi Minister of Tourism of Paraguay, Marcela Bacigalupo, potengera chitsanzo cha dzikolo zoposa 200 zogona alendo, 95% yomwe imayang'aniridwa ndi amayi. "Izi zidachitika chifukwa chofuna kukhazikitsa chitukuko, ndipo sizinangothandiza kuti azipezera ndalama azimayi, komanso kudzutsa chikhulupiriro ku zokopa alendo ku Paraguay," adatero.
Pamsonkhanowu panali zochitika zomwe zalimbikitsidwa mderali kuwonetsa zokopa alendo ndi mapulojekiti otsogozedwa ndi azimayi, komanso maphunziro owonetsa momwe madera angalimbikitsire popititsa patsogolo mfundo zakuyanjana pakati pa amuna ndi akazi komanso ndalama zogwirira ntchito zokomera amayi.
Msonkhano wa 64 wa UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas idzachitika ku Guatemala kotala lachiwiri la 2019.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- Paraguay, host country of the 63rd meeting of the CAM, is an example of the better employment, entrepreneurship and leadership opportunities that tourism can offer to women, as highlighted by the Minister of Tourism of Paraguay, Marcela Bacigalupo, citing the example of the country's more than 200 tourism inns, 95% of which are managed by women.
- Msonkhano wa 63 wa UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas, yokonzedwa ndi World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and the National Tourism Secretariat of Paraguay (Asunción, 12-13 April 2018), highlighted the importance of advancing towards greater gender equity in tourism so that the sector can deploy its full potential in favour of sustainable development.
- As a sector that is constantly growing on par with or outpacing the global economy, and accounting for up to 10% of the world's employment, tourism is ideally positioned to contribute to greater gender equality and the empowerment of women.
