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People

Jorgelina Arnaudo // Head of the construction project for 297 homes in Tres Cantos, Madrid.

Architect // Working at FCC since December 2001 // Has worked at projects such a the Permanent Circus in Madrid and several homes in Alcobendas and Tres Cantos, both in Madrid.

On construction work: It is important to enjoy your job, every day is a new challenge and you need to have a lot of character and like the project, if not, it is impossible, it has to become a passion.

Her motto: Women have a lot of empathy. We are a team and if you give the best of yourself and know how to transmit your passion, you always get a response.

even implementing, among other measu-res, an equality plan in 2008.

In short, there is no sector just for men. Even though the presence of women at project sites is still limited, let us hope that in a few years this will no longer be a no-velty.

Women are well represented in certain felds, especially in professions requiring high levels of qualifcations, such as in ar-chitecture or civil engineering. There is a shortage, however, of good female workers in manual occupations and other construc-tion ancillary sectors.

Twenty years ago, the presence of women in technical careers was very limited. Now, however, an increasing number of women are studying at technical schools and uni-versities. It should be borne in mind that the incorporation of women in the workfor-ce is quite recent. Many of our mothers are housewives. This takes time, requires a learning process, Jorgelina told us. She is the project manager for four building blocks in Tres Cantos in northern Madrid.

Despite these diffculties, all professionals in our company with whom we have spoken said they had never suffered any discrimi-nation or were treated differently just be-cause they were women. The barriers are those that we erect on a personal level. Joregelina told us that she had never been discriminated at work because of her sex.

Marta Cuesta, production manager at the International Convention Center in Madrid.