Sustainable Employment for Long-term Inclusion

The Employment and Opportunities Center of the Juanfe Foundation is responsible for:

• Create partnerships with city businesses to promote labor incersion for vulnerable teen mothers.

• Experiential experience in the facilities of the Juanfe with the directors of the companies, called Juanfe Tour.

• Business breakfasts with potential allies and current allies to achieve an exchange of experiences that motivates the achievement of new alliances.

• Visits to companies with the adolescent’s mothers so that they know the work dynamics and are motivated to redefine their life project and the steps that will come for the achievement of their goals through their formal economic autonomy.

• Lead projects where employability is sought, provide the Foundation with analysis on the work session to make adjustments in planning and training

During 2022, we strengthened our alliances and generated new business contacts, with the aim of generating job opportunities for our young women.

EMPLOYMENT:

Active adolescent’s mothers: graduates who continue to receive the benefits of the Foundation through CEO: employment, training, accompaniment, events, others: 810 young people

Adolescents mother’s employees 2022: 177 (60% have retention longer than 3 months)

Jobs managed: 222

These jobs correspond to:

58% to permanent jobs

11% to permanent jobs

31% to temporary jobs.

COMPANIES:

• Total partner companies:262

• Companies sensitized in the year: 180.

• New alliances: 50

• Vacancies managed: 291

• Jobs managed:222.

• Employer sectors: Jobs are mainly in the service sector in companies such as restaurants, hotels and beauty centers.

• Positions occupied by adolescent’s mothers: waitresses, waitresses, service assistants, manicurists, beauty assistants, among others.

FORMATIONS:

Adolescents mothers trained in complementary areas for employment: 261

Courses taken: 10

Workshops held: 12

Topics covered: Trends to improve the skills directly related to the technical work programs pursued, as well as soft skills that are indispensable when providing each of their services.

• The satisfaction of the adolescent’s mothers in relation to the trainings is qualified from 1 to 10 through an evaluation regarding the thematics and the trainer, it can be evidenced that 90% of the expectations are met and 31% of the trained mothers were employed after completing the trainings.

EVENTS

A business breakfast was held with new companies from the productive sector, interested in social and economic development; 14 employers participated.

We achieved 2 job fairs; where it was possible to keep in mind the active job offers of partner organizations.

In addition, we are carrying out activities aimed at graduates who make an important contribution to their employment and development, including:

2 work closet; participation of 102 young people in the first and 68 young people in the second between graduates and students.

1 annual meeting of graduates; attendance of 161 young people.

On the other hand, it was possible to manage and obtain items to be donated to graduates by allies among whom were: beauty kits by Esika; washing by Maizena; milkshakes donated by HND; antiseptic alcohol donated by Distanco S.A.S; bed linen from the Hotel Almirante; ice cream from Crepes and Waffles, among others.

In Colombia, recently the inclusion of women in the labor market has been a problematic issue. In fact, according to DANE, in the April-June 2022 quarter, the unemployment rate for women was of 14.0% while for men it was of 8.9%. There was an unemployment gap of 5.1 percentage points, with women being the most affected. Also, Cartagena, according to DANE, is consider as the first city in Colombia with the highest gap of unemployment rate.  

 However, among women, there is a weaker segment: vulnerable teenage mothers. Indeed, according to the report Women and Men: Gender Gaps in Colombia written by DANE and UN Women, the number of children that women have significantly affects their Global Participation Rate (TGP). Among non-mothers, 74.0% participate in the labor market. With a daughter/son, the rate drops 2.5 percentage points; with two sons/daughters, the difference is not important, but among those with three children it is reduced to 65.2%.   

 Even though the situation has endured over time we, as a foundation that seeks the inclusion of adolescent mothers in the formal productive system, have learned many lessons and as a resultduring the months of April to June:   

• We achieved better encounter between the labor demand and the capacities of young women. This was possible thanks to our Employment and Opportunities Center (CEO) efforts on expanding knowledge of the current labor market and consolidating feedback information in all phases of the labor insertion process, through permanent dialogue with companies and young graduates. 
• We strengthened our partnership management and achieved 31 new employers. 
• We carried out 149 labor follow-ups ensuring job retention.  

• We developed 9 Workshops for strengthening skills, 212 had have benefited in these workshops. 
• We carried outthe job fair with the participation of Public Employment Service Agencies and 11 companies focused on the start of internships and employments.  
• We made the first two work closets of the year. One in Cartagena and Medellín, where we had the participation of more than 200 adolescent mothers. In this activity our graduates received training in effective image, work attitude and assertive communication and had have the possibility of acquiring clothing in excellent conditions for their working life.   
• In May we closed the first year of operation of the CREO Social Impact Bonus where more than 380 people found employment. La Juanfe participated as an operator and investor, contributing experience in the care of young adolescent mothers. 

 Finally, we will continue to work hardly so our teenage mothers manage to structure their life projects and have all the facilities to integrate into the labor system.