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The cost of gender inequality for Latin America is more than 400 billion dollars

The level of gender-based discrimination in social institutions which include laws, social norms and practices in Latin America, is 25%.

H.M. the Queen chairs a roundtable with six exceptional women who are breaking barriers in their fields

This morning, the roundtable entitled “Exceptional women: the value of an opportunity” has taken place in Madrid, under the chairmanship…

Becoming an entrepreneur out of necessity: a reality for the Latin-American female youth

On a global level, youth and women face more barriers to access the labor market. This situation becomes even worse…

BBVA Microfinance Foundation, recipient of the Corporate Citizen of the Americas 2018 award from the Organization of American States

This award, bestowed to the Foundation by the Trust for the Americas/OAS acknowledges its program to promote women’s economic empowerment…

Orange the world, #HearMeToo: a call to hear out gender violence survivors

For 16 days, the hashtag Orange the world: #HearMeToo was trending on social media. Do you want to know why?…

“Rural women, when given equal opportunities as men, achieve immediate social and economic progress”

United Nations celebrates the International Rural Women’s Day every October 15th

Rural women, central theme of the biggest global event on women’s empowerment and gender equality

“Gender parity is the greatest human rights’ challenge of our time”, declared António Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations,…

Financial inclusion is key in achieving equality

Poverty knows gender: there are more women suffering poverty and greater social exclusion. In fact, more than 1 billion women…

Rut Pelaiza: “My greatest motivation is indeed being able to motivate others”

Rut Pelaiza’s life made a 180º turn these past few years. Hailing from Abancay (Peru) and a mother of three…

Progress on gender equality “far too slow”, according to the OECD

According to the report “The Pursuit of Gender Equality, An Uphill Battle”, published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Developmen (OECD), the…

World Teachers’ Day: Teachers of today, generations with a future

“When one becomes a teacher for vocation, and teaches from the heart, even if he works for 100 years, the job…

Over 37,000 women customers of Financiera Confianza are heads of single-parent households

In 2015 Financiera Confianza supported over 58,000 mothers, 65% of whom –37,700– are heads of household; in other words, single…