The 20th Provincial Fair of Women Entrepreneurs (FEPME) is held from Friday, October 23 to Sunday, October 25 at the Patio de la Diputación de Sevilla, with free admission. It brings together 37 exhibitors from 32 municipalities and a recognition event for five businesswomen.
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Photo: Diputación de Sevilla
Update of October 23, 17:05
The fair has already opened its doors this Friday and the Diputación has held the opening ceremony with the presentation of awards to the five recognized businesswomen. At the opening, data on female leadership was highlighted: women run 37.9% of businesses registered as sole proprietorships, 36.9% of business initiatives and nearly 40% of senior management positions.
The president of the Diputación, Javier Fernández, has called for promoting talent and female leadership as a strategic priority and has warned against a "new concept that seeks to return women to household care," against which he spoke of "regression." After touring the stands, Fernández and the deputy María Encarnación Fuentes received the new Board of Directors of the Asociación de Mujeres Empresarias Hispalenses, headed by Mariló Caro, with Mercedes Núñez and María del Rocío Inmaculada Cano as vice presidents.
The note sets a visiting and sales schedule: from 16:00 to 20:00 on Friday, from 11:00 to 20:00 on Saturday and from 11:00 to 18:00 on Sunday. However, the dates it indicates for those days (Friday 14, Saturday 15 and Sunday 16) do not match the calendar of the published news item (October 23, 24 and 25).
The Provincial Fair of Women Entrepreneurs (FEPME) is celebrating its twentieth anniversary with 37 exhibitors from 32 municipalities in the province. It can be visited from Friday, October 23 to Sunday, October 25 in the Patio de la Diputación de Sevilla, free of charge and continuously throughout the weekend.
What you can find
The participants offer products and services for direct sale from very different sectors: tourism and leisure, fine arts, textile creativity, decoration, crafts, services and agri-food products, flamenco fashion, organic products, cultural projects, fashion and accessories, personal care, natural cosmetics and training. Over the three days there will be presentations of products and services aimed at the public.
The fair is completed with training, business and leisure activities, as detailed by the Diputación de Sevilla.
Recognition for five businesswomen
On Friday an institutional event is held for the 20th anniversary, hosted by the journalist and writer María Iglesias, at which awards will be presented to five businesswomen:
—Mercedes Campos, from Cantillana, for her career and artisanal legacy in shawls and mantillas.
—Susana González Sosa, from Producciones Agasa S.L. (Guillena), for her business career.
—Sara Gallego Valle, from Agroganadera Galyval S.L. (San Nicolás del Puerto), as a sustainable company.
—Ana María Baus González, Rocío Figueruela Fernández and Marián Sillero Reyes, from La Herradura Terapias Ecuestres S.Coop. And. (Dos Hermanas), for social commitment.
—Sofía Fuentes, from Zahr Cerámica (Tocina and Los Rosales), for young entrepreneurial initiative.
After the event there will be a tour of the participants' stands.
How to visit it
The fair is open to the public with no ticket or prior registration, in the Patio de la Diputación de Sevilla, from Friday, October 23 to Sunday, October 25. Information about the event is available at the fair's listing in the YaSevilla agenda and on the Diputación's page.
The awards will be presented by the president of the Diputación, Javier Fernández; the deputy for Social Cohesion and Equality, María Encarnación Fuentes; the general director of the Area of Social Cohesion and Equality, Elena Marín; the president of the Asociación de Empresarias Sevillanas, Mariló Caro Cals, and the president of the Asociación de Mujeres Cooperativistas de Andalucía (AMECOOP), Carmen Perea Moreno.
