{"id":8958,"date":"2025-03-10T18:12:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T22:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artejoven.org\/?p=8958"},"modified":"2025-03-10T18:45:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T22:45:41","slug":"womens-leadership-in-the-caribbean-cultural-industries-the-experience-of-the-young-art-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artejoven.org\/en\/liderazgo-femenino-en-las-industrias-culturales-del-caribe-la-experiencia-desde-el-fondo-de-arte-joven\/","title":{"rendered":"Women's leadership in the cultural industries of the Caribbean: the experience of the Youth Art Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 7, we discussed the challenges and potential that women who lead projects encounter during the panel \"Women who create the future: the potential of women entrepreneurs in the cultural and creative industries in the Caribbean,\" organized by Transcultura, a program implemented by the UNESCO Regional Office and financed by the European Union, in the context of the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting, held at the F\u00e1brica de Arte Cubano (FAC), was also part of the workshops of the \"Women by Eyeife\" festival, which in this edition made female creativity and its exponents in Cuba visible through theoretical sessions and concerts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together with the researcher Dayma Echevarr\u00eda; the representative of the <em>Network of Women Entrepreneurs<\/em> y <em>Quota,<\/em> Katia P\u00e9rez, as well as Gabriela Rom\u00e1n, co-founder of Mentoras Creativas; Leidys Hern\u00e1ndez, founder of <em>Oralitura Havana<\/em> and Yadira Vargas, leader of the venture <em>Free Curl, <\/em>we explore topics that impact the work that women do at the head of companies, entrepreneurships and personal projects, such as access opportunities and testimonials of women who lead entrepreneurships and initiatives in the creative industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artejoven.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-Women-by-Eyeife-Panel-UNESCO-scaled.webp\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/artejoven.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-Women-by-Eyeife-Panel-UNESCO-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artejoven.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-Women-by-Eyeife-Panel-UNESCO-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/artejoven.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-Women-by-Eyeife-Panel-UNESCO-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/artejoven.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-Women-by-Eyeife-Panel-UNESCO-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/artejoven.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-Women-by-Eyeife-Panel-UNESCO-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/artejoven.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/03-Women-by-Eyeife-Panel-UNESCO-2048x1365.webp 2048w, 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entrepreneurship, as well as creating references of successful models of entrepreneurship that are able to generate and legitimize, considering that they are a powerful force for inclusive growth and sustainable development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artejoven.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/02-Women-by-Eyeife-Panel-UNESCO-scaled.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/artejoven.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/02-Women-by-Eyeife-Panel-UNESCO-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artejoven.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/02-Women-by-Eyeife-Panel-UNESCO-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/artejoven.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/02-Women-by-Eyeife-Panel-UNESCO-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/artejoven.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/02-Women-by-Eyeife-Panel-UNESCO-768x512.webp 768w, 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System (UNS) in Cuba, as well as representatives of the diplomatic corps based in Havana and UNS agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 7, we discussed the challenges and potentialities that women who lead projects encounter during the panel \"Women who create the future: the potential of women entrepreneurs in the cultural and creative industries in the 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