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…
More than 80% of entrepreneurs from the BBVA Microfinance Foundation in Chile are women In a country where microentrepreneurs represent a quarter of the labor force, the BBVA Microfinance Foundation promotes the economic and…
Women, household ‘superheroines’ Banco ADOPEM has celebrated Mother’s Day with over 750 women guests to raise awareness on the role of ‘Supermum’, whose hard…
Rosa’s bricks: clay, sun and courage Ever since she started, 17 years ago now, Rosa saw the business opportunity in making bricks: “I started with a…
Not just a business, this is a refuge for underprivileged children Norma lives in Soacha, a town 20 kms. from Bogota, one of the most marginal areas in the country and…
On board ‘La Josefina’, dreams can come true Diana Céspedes is one of thousands of entrepreneurs in this country who grows guineo, the typical Dominican banana, and exports…
Strawberries that grow dreams María is the owner of two plots of land with 5,000 and 10,000 strawberry plants, respectively. Her first crop was…
BBVAMF women: entrepreneurs in a present with a future Latin America is a place with great difficulties for women, especially in financial inclusion, development, participation in the labor market…
The challenging path of rural women Guaranteeing rural women access to productive resources empowers women and contributes to reducing hunger and poverty in the world, according…
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…
Advances in gender equality would accelerate the eradication of poverty Only 30% of the world’s businesses are in the hands of women, and their companies are usually the smallest. Gender…