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Verónica Montúfar

Equalities Officer

veronica.montufar@world-psi.org

Verónica Montúfar is a sociologist and a political scientist with a master’s degree in Political Sociology. PSI's Gender Equality Officer.

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Professional background:

Gender History Research (1989-1991).
Human Rights as the executive secretary of Amnesty International in Ecuador (1991-1996).
Trade Union educator at the Ecuadorean National Trade Union Center-CEOSL (1997-2001).
Started working for PSI in 2002, as Project Coordinator for the Andean Region in the field of educating and organizing women. Since 2015, was appointed as the Gender Equality Officer.

Women worldwide earn approximately 77 cents for every dollar earned by men for work of equal value, indicating a gender pay gap of 23% - this disparity means that, on average, women effectively work unpaid for about 83 days each year. On International Equal Pay Day, PSI World Women’s Committee assesses advances, identifies limitations, and outlines new goals.

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