The Casa Condal de San Fernando, in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, hosted the meeting "Water and Equality: Women Driving the Future of Water," a forum organized by Canaragua to mark World Water Day 2026. The event brought together institutional representatives and leaders from the sector to discuss the role of water as a cross-cutting driver of development, technology, and employment in the Canary Islands.
The mayor of the municipality, Marco Aurelio Pérez Sánchez, shared an institutional table with the director of the Canary Islands Employment Service (SCE), Teresa Ortega Granados, and the president and CEO of Canaragua, José Juan González Salmah. Their remarks emphasized that water is not only a vital element, but also a key component in connecting environmental sustainability with social progress and the creation of high-value job opportunities.
Teresa Ortega Granados emphasized the need to transform water management into a specialized employment niche that attracts and empowers female talent. The director of the Canary Islands Employment Service (SCE) stressed that, in a region like the islands, professionalizing the water sector is a direct path to equal opportunities, urging that women's leadership be a fundamental pillar of technological innovation in this industry.
The event, moderated by Nayra Collado, featured two panel discussions. The first, titled "The Water Sector as a Highly Skilled Ecosystem," included María José Miranda (ULPGC), Ana María Rodríguez (Aguas de Telde), pharmaceutical expert Beatriz Pérez, and Soraya Manjón Vega (Canaragua). The second panel, "Breaking Molds, Paving the Way," brought together María de la Salud Gil (CCE), Ana Bernal, and Magüi Melián Villalobos (Domingo Alonso Group).
The meeting concluded with a call to consolidate the water cycle as a strategic ecosystem. The participating institutions reaffirmed their commitment to promoting female talent within a sector that, far from being purely primary, now demands high technical qualifications and a leadership vision essential for the archipelago's sustainable growth.
