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Débora Campos chosen by Forbes Portugal to mark Women´s Day

Our EWA 2020 alumni Débora Campos, PhD, Founder & CEO at AgroiGrIN Tech. was selected by Forbes Portugal for the Women´s Day with an article that focuses on the gender equality within the labour market in Portugal.

24 Apr 2023
EIT Food South

Débora Campos, PhD, Founder & CEO at AgroGrIN Tech, is one of the first women entrepeneurs that participated in the first edition of EWA (Empowering Women in Agrifood) Programme lead by EIT Food.

AgroGrIN Tech delivers sustainable solutions for a sustainable world with tangible, eco-friendly and cost-effective processes by promoting efficient management of fruit waste, avoiding environmental and economic issues. developed an innovative and eco-friendly process to transform the industrial fruit waste into functional food ingredients, valorising all the waste.

In addition, the company has a patent technology that enables to separate natural functional ingredients, which is fundamental to carry out AgroGrIN Tech process.

'We are still a little far from cutting the goal of parity, but we cannot give up'

- Débora Campos

It the article written by Débora, it is mentioned that in 1975 United Nations officially implemented International Women's Day, which is celebrated on March 8. It is remarkable that 48 years later full parity between women and men had already happened in Portugal society. 'A lot of way has already been traveled, but no, it's still up to us to cut the goal.' suggested Débora.

'As a society we must promote the neutralisation of the gender pay gap associated with our companies and industries, looking for professional profiles regardless of gender. Reducing the gender pay gap in families will also make it possible to neutralise the differences in effort rates associated with invisible work (domestic and family).' points out Débora.

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