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¿Que opina de las condiciones que tienen los trabajadores en las factorias de de ciertos paises de asia? De empresas como Nike y Reebok.
We are improving that, every time there is better conditions, and age of working higher. The minimum age of the countries changes in every country.

Hola, un saludo especial, cual es la clave del exito para una mujes en un mundo machista
Women if they know the same as men is equal for me.

Que fa la seva empresa a favor dels eixos tematics del forum (pau, sostenibilitat i diversitat cultural)? Que n'opina del fet que algunes multinacionals tinguin més poder que els governs de molts paisos?
I go into different corporations, and I ask questions about they are doing. I talk with them about sostenibility, right development....
I finished onw book about combination about being women and my expierience in work, and what I did to get to my goals.
There ara possiblities, comunications are getting better and better. Ben & Jerry´s, when they started they didn´t know anything about ice-creams, now they are one of the biggest with a different esquema of company

Por qué te fuiste de Nike y Reebok?
When I started I tried hard to do a lot to get them better, to change the system. I left to BCO.

"Sweatshop" is a good name to nike shoes?
In Nike they have a lot challenge, they made a lot of improvements.

Have you visited the Forum Site? Which exibition do you like the most?
Just a little bit so far. I want to see it more. I really like Voices.

¿Como explica los cambios de liderazgo en las marcas, se hunde reeb y renace adidas?
They did good products and also they explain why they are good.

How powerfull are brands like Nike?
They have a high image. Is not the larger company, but the image made them bigger.

Will woman change companies point of view?
Yes, I think so. In this century every time women have more important positions. The companies get everytime more consumer related. Men are more focused in product result.

¿Qué piensas sobre la globalización? ¿Es positivo o negativo?
It is both. There is possitive: many more people have improvement of living, better healthcare... Negative: enviromental destruction, erosion of cultures, too much consumism. We have to find a balance between the good and bad things of globalitzation, it.

What do you think about the Forum?
I´ve only been in the Dialogues, and they are useful, we can work together as a planet. It is great.

Qué hay de las acusaciones a Nike de explotación infantil en el \"Tercer Mundo\"
In the 90´s they were accused of it. But as I said they are making improvements, and they are showing that they are not hiding anything like this at this moments. If the consumer doesn´t buy it is the end of them, so they want the consumers to know they a

What do you do now?
I do a lot of things. I´m writing my second book. I work with companies to show them ways of doing, I try to help them to find a good way of developing their products and their way of acting.
My second book explains how i achieved my dream. I want to say that when you accomplish your dreams you are really happy, like happened to me.

Which are the aspects to change in actual companies?
There are four principals: tell the truth, (lies destroy everything), make partners (world is small and we need suporters, we have to share ideas), make mistakes (when you mistake you learn from that, risk is important to improve), fourth: live with your.
I always tell the people I work with this principals before starting to work with me, then is easy to work together with them.

Can consumers decide something?
Almost everything, if we don´t buy the product, the company has nothing to do. If some consumers agree to make a complot against some product the company has to do whatever to make them happy again.

Which kind of companies respect better the workers rights?
There are perfect organitzations, examples for us.
I will continue writing and make companies better, I want to enjoy a peacefull life.