Empoderamiento Femenino: Una mirada desde la igualdad de género y la empleabilidad en universidades peruanas

Jeymi Fabiola Arias Hancco; Luis Enrique Espinoza Villalobos

doi:10.31637/epsir-2025-619

Authors

Jeymi Fabiola Arias Hancco Escuela de Posgrado Newman https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3769-1776
Luis Enrique Espinoza Villalobos Escuela de Posgrado Newman https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5908-8826

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2025-619

Keywords:

Gender equality, Employability, Female empowerment, University, Academics, Teaching, Equity, Power

Abstract

Introduction: In many parts of the world, women have historically been marginalized in many areas, such as education, work, politics and a host of other aspects. This fact has triggered cultural barriers and brakes that have prevented their economic and social independence, which has shortened their opportunities and increased the gender gap. Methodology: A field study was carried out with a sample of 100 female academics who, at the time of data collection, were working as professors in public or private Peruvian universities in the departments of Tacna, Moquegua, Arequipa, Lima and Trujillo. Results: The results show that gender equality and employability have a significant influence on the female empowerment of female academics in Peruvian universities, with a significance level of less than 0.05. Discussion: The historical inequalities that women have faced continue to have intergenerational impacts that reach current children. However, female empowerment does not only favor women, it enriches society as a whole. Conclusions: The results reflect the consensus of academics regarding gender inequality in labor issues.

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Author Biographies

Jeymi Fabiola Arias Hancco, Escuela de Posgrado Newman

Jeymi Fabiola Arias Hancco, is a Commercial Engineer, Master in Business Administration and Doctor in Administration. Currently, she is a research professor at the Newman Graduate School, in the research lines of: Business, human resources, education, administration and business.

Luis Enrique Espinoza Villalobos, Escuela de Posgrado Newman

Luis Enrique Espinoza Villalobos, is a Doctor in Administration, MBA and engineer, founder and CEO of Alpamayo Consulting SRL. Director at Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre Grohmann, and research professor at Newman Graduate School, where he has directed several graduate programs. Author of articles and book chapters on business and processes. With a solid experience in the industry, he has led educational, technological and industrial projects, in addition to participating in various business consultancies.

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