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gender equality in tourism twins Rick
and Eric of abundant a family owned the
hotel in a small coastal town they grow
up under the same conditions and drink
together about the future
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the world was an open playground for
them Enric wanted to teach and travel
the world Rica dreamed about the
business came here and hope to take over
the family business one day once the
school years were over they had to make
decisions about their futures as the
father was to walk around the hotel he
handed it over to his son Erica to
forget his dreams about being a teacher
and exploring the world Rita helped her
mother to keep the hotel clean worked in
the service and the restaurant after
school he knew justice still the same
and your parents didn't let you leave
home to study while she was working she
realized that 70% of the employees were
female and most of them were performing
on a low paid jobs such as cleaning
cooking and service understanding more
about gender equality issues she learned
that this situation applies to the
global tourism sector and general
Pollock and empowering women is one of
UN sustainable goals
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meanwhile the situation at the hotel
didn't go well
Erik was not interested in running the
company in their business started
failing he had to ask Rita for help so
she took over the hotel Erik was finally
able to make his dream true and created
an online teaching platform to travel
and work at the same time Rita was happy
to run the company for her business she
wanted to contribute to women's
empowerment provide equal opportunities
for men and women and improve the
working conditions of their employees
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for her passion and hard work should
used any qualities and involved women in
decision-making processes making the
hotel successful many women finally got
the chance to apply their knowledge and
experience and receive the opportunity
to create a career fair wages and equal
opportunities highly increased
motivation of the hotel employees women
and the company are no longer afraid to
go on maternity leave and lost their job
we still can be a part of the workforce
even after having a child retain the
hotel are one of the best examples of
women empowerment in tourism in
implementing gender equality on national
and global levels
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