But Galindo remained in the position until the seventh month of pregnancy, dispelling her boss’s prejudices that her desires to be a mother did not have to mean an obstacle to carry out her activities.
“When a woman says that she is pregnant, from my personal experience, they start to treat you differently. But, I thought ‘I’m pregnant, not sick’”.
What happened to your boss at that time it recurred in the second pregnancybut she once again showed that motherhood and responsibilities within corporate environments can go along the same lines.
The study “Labor participation of women in Mexico”, carried out by the world Bankpoints out that, culturally, the figure of the mother continues to have a “a great weight” in the care and upbringing of sons or daughters, in all social strata.
The above ends up having an impact on companies and his vision regarding women when they are pregnant, since there is the idea that it is a limitation for day to day work.
“From the finance area, I have been business partners of many vice presidencies of human resources, and I have heard it said: ‘such a person got pregnant, it’s time to start looking at who is the backup her’. But when a man has an accident, no one says anything like that, rather he thinks about when he is going to return, ”adds Galindo.
A regional bias
Galindo’s story took place in a region where women’s labor participation is low compared to men’s. A study by the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness indicates that in the country, seven out of 10 men work, while the proportion in women is only four in 10. In Venezuela and Chile it is similar, while the world average is five out of 10.
Galindo adds that the perception of pregnancy within companies changes a lot in Latin America, compared to other first world economieswhich he considers a cultural issue where “it is very necessary to work.”
Today, Galindo serves as the global CFO for Teamcore, a retail technology company. Before he worked in seven other companies, including Telefónica, Deloitte, Terra and Siigo.
Galindo has three children and emphasizes that at home there has never been a lack of shared responsibility for caring, both for the children and for the home.
A World Bank study indicates that in order to increase the labor participation of women, it is necessary to launch communication campaigns “promoting and recognizing the participation of men in raising and caring for children as a vital element in the formation of citizenship ”.
“Let’s not educate girls who want to be princesses and who want to get a king to maintain them. They don’t need it. That they marry a man who is there to share the responsibilities, ”he asserts.