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gender
violence
lnterview with the head
of Human Resources at FCC
Question: What questions or doubts have
been posed on the incorporation in the
company of women who have been vic-
tims of gender violence?
Answer. Initially, I had some doubts about
the confidentiality that I should keep in con-
nection with their personal situation and the
treatment given to these candidates. These
doubts were resolved by those responsible
for the project as well as by the job candi-
dates.
Q. Tell us about the experience of incor-
porating women in the workforce who had
been victims of gender violence? Should
Human Resources have a new approach
on hiring these women?
A.The experience has been positive. The
profiles selected for the job vacancies are in
line with the competency and professional
profiles required by the business. The exci-
tement of these workers at all times in their
jobs far exceeds the initial expectations
when they were recruited.
Q. What difficulties did you encounter and
how have you resolved them?
A. I did not encounter any type of difficulty.
Q. Would you recommend this experience
to other colleagues in Human Resources
Departments? What would you tell them?
A. I would recommend that candidates
who have suffered gender violence should
be offered the opportunity of joining the
workforce. Their search for job and per-
sonal stability enables them at all times to
develop their communication capabilities,
teamwork, and their focus on specific ob-
jectives. There is no difference with respect
to other workers, except their great appre-
ciation for work and for the opportunity that
they are offered.
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DlEClSElS
She had to leave the table after stumbling
with the trash bin when she hung up the
phone. On the other side of the line, the
faltering voice of her colleague had made
her nervous at first, and then she beca-
me exasperated as soon as she realised
what was happening. It was like an electric
shock, a kick in the stomach, and only then
could she react, sitting up and reaching the
door of her office without first tripping over
the stupid trash bin.
The details were still confused but downs-
tairs, at the personnel office, they were
already hurrying up and processing all the
papers fast and diligently, which made her
feel uncomfortable without really knowing
why. Perhaps she was upset by the effi-
cacy with which she coldly handled the re-
quired processes, putting aside the tragic
essence of the affair to treat is just like any
other monotonous administrative task, or
perhaps she felt that they were taking away
the possibility of putting more on her part
to contribute to solving any of the problems
that could arise.
Whatever it was, she found nothing better
to express her frustration than to shout,
Damn it! Isn’t there anyone who is going to
give me the address? Everybody suddenly
stopped looking at the screens and one of
her older colleagues got close to her to offer
to accompany her to the car, which she vi-
gorously rejected and after asking again for
the dam address, she wrote it down on pa-
per with the conviction that she would get
there without further instructions.
On her way, amidst a sea of traffic lights
which seemed unending, she remembered
how many years they had worked together,
ANONYMITY CLAUSE:
In this interview, we have maintained the anonymity of
the party interviewed, legally recognised as a victim of gender violence, due to
their own express desire so as not to encroach on their right to privacy, honour,
and their own image as well as to avoid any additional risk of aggressions.
The identity of the head of the team was also kept secret to avoid any indirect
identification of the victim of gender violence.