{"id":24293,"date":"2019-03-14T09:57:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T08:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/en\/mi-trabajo-es-ayudar-a-mujeres-que-como-yo-tienen-que-superar-muchas-barreras-para-ser-independientes\/"},"modified":"2019-12-04T12:34:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T11:34:25","slug":"my-job-is-to-help-women-who-like-me-have-to-overcome-many-barriers-to-be-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/en\/my-job-is-to-help-women-who-like-me-have-to-overcome-many-barriers-to-be-independent\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMy job is to help women, who, like me have to overcome many barriers to be independent\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an event hosted by BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF) <strong>&#8220;Women as forerunners of change&#8221; about women, financial inclusion and digital transformation,<\/strong> held at the United Nations New York headquarters, Peruvian Rut Pelaiza has shared how being a loan officer for the Foundation helped her recover the self-esteem that her husband destroyed.<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/en\/rut-pelaiza-motivation-motivate-others\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI spent a long time believing that I wasn\u2019t worth anything, until I started to work and saw for myself what I was able to do\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, says Rut.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rut Pelaiza, asesora de cr\u00e9dito de la Fundaci\u00f3n Microfinanzas BBVA en Per\u00fa\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bBXT2n4zVQ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When her husband abandoned her, far from giving up, she spent two years selling clothes and food to provide for her daughters until she started to work for BBVAMF\u2019s Peruvian institution. Thanks to her efforts, her eldest, 22 years of age, studies in the university; the middle one, 16, wants to take up Business Administration and the youngest, 9 years old, is in elementary. <strong>Her story of overcoming this challenge inspires other women whom she helps, through the Foundation, so they could have access to \u00a0microcredits or a savings account.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24281\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24281\" class=\"wp-image-24281 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rut-Pelaiza-asesora-de-cr\u00e9dito-de-la-Fundaci\u00f3n-Microfinanzas-BBVA-en-Naciones-Unidas-1024x757.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rut-Pelaiza-asesora-de-cr\u00e9dito-de-la-Fundaci\u00f3n-Microfinanzas-BBVA-en-Naciones-Unidas-1024x757.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rut-Pelaiza-asesora-de-cr\u00e9dito-de-la-Fundaci\u00f3n-Microfinanzas-BBVA-en-Naciones-Unidas-180x133.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rut-Pelaiza-asesora-de-cr\u00e9dito-de-la-Fundaci\u00f3n-Microfinanzas-BBVA-en-Naciones-Unidas-768x568.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rut Pelaiza, during the United Nations CSW side event, shares how she gives training sessions to women on financial education<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the case of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/en\/las-mujeres-rurales-iguales-oportunidades-los-hombres-consiguen-mejoras-sociales-economicas-inmediatas\/\">Sandra Mendoza, a coffee grower and cattle breeder served by BBVAMF<\/a> in Colombia. She has shared how a female farmer and head of household like her can prosper despite the obstacles: <\/span><strong>\u201cIn the farm, sexism is the toughest hurdle to conquer\u201d<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>.<\/strong> With the Foundation\u2019s support, she has implemented more sustainable and cautious crop-growing techniques, aside from producing energy in a healthier way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to her determination and leadership skills, Sandra has become the first female president of the local Coffee Growers Committee and has created the Association for Female Coffee Growers. Her achievements shatter the barriers usually present in rural areas, and paves the way towards equality. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/en\/primer-banco-microfinanzas-colombia-creado-la-fundacion-microfinanzas-bbva-cumple-diez-anos-promoviendo-desarrollo-mas-1-millon-personas-vulnerabilidad\/\">As noted by Colombian vice president, Marta Luc\u00eda Ram\u00edrez,<\/a> facilitating access to financial services, financial education and skills training is key to progress,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cwith digital innovation, public policies and institutions like the BBVA Microfinance Foundation which support these women&#8217;s efforts, we shall be able to grow faster and achieve genuine peace.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Historia de Sandra Mendoza, emprendedora de Bancam\u00eda\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WXhqzsggtPk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the UN Women regional director for the Americas and the Caribbean, Luiza Carvalho,<\/span><strong> \u201cfor women to have the same rights as men when accessing a loan is essential for development, not only for these women, also for their communities and for the entire region.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For her part, Ibero-American Secretary-General, Rebeca Grynspan, has added that gender equalit<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cis not an individual struggle of each woman, but of everyone in society\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and that being in favor of such struggle is to be<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201con the right side of history\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All have agreed that Rut and Sandra are proof that women still have to rise above a lot of obstacles in Latin America, and that for the most unequal region in the world, development has to go through their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/en\/sector-development\/women-empowerment\/\">empowerment.<\/a> The event organized by the Foundation, together with the Permanent Missions of Peru and Colombia to the United Nations, Un Women and the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), has been held during the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/csw\/csw63-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63)<\/a>, the principal forum on gender equality which takes place annually in the UN.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the course of two weeks, development organizations, NGO, foundations and governments gather to discuss the advances made, as well as \u201cwhat\u201d and \u201chow much\u201d still need to be done.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> \u201cIt\u2019s important for us to be here, to address development and women issues, two concepts that cannot be understood on their own, and two pillars of the Foundation<\/strong>, which serves more than 2 million entrepreneurs in five Latin-American countries so they could progress. Half of them, women\u201d,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">confirmed BBVA Microfinance Foundation CEO, Javier M. Flores.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24278\" style=\"width: 4690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24278\" class=\"wp-image-24278 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Foto-de-familia-acto-FMBBVA-en-Naciones-Unidas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4680\" height=\"2648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Foto-de-familia-acto-FMBBVA-en-Naciones-Unidas.jpg 4680w, https:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Foto-de-familia-acto-FMBBVA-en-Naciones-Unidas-180x102.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Foto-de-familia-acto-FMBBVA-en-Naciones-Unidas-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Foto-de-familia-acto-FMBBVA-en-Naciones-Unidas-1024x579.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4680px) 100vw, 4680px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R: Financiera Confianza General Manager, Luis Germ\u00e1n Linares; Permanent Representative of Colombia to the UN, Ambassador Guillermo Fern\u00e1ndez de Soto; BBVAMF entrepreneur, Sandra Mendoza; Vice President of Colombia, Marta Luc\u00eda Ram\u00edrez; Ibero-American Secretary-General, Rebeca Grynspan; UN Women Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean, Luiza Carvalho; BBVAMF loan officer, Rut Pelaiza; BBVAMF CEO, Javier M. 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