{"id":45664,"date":"2026-02-13T12:48:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T11:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/?p=45664"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:17:12","slug":"breaking-biases-building-equality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fundacionmicrofinanzasbbva.org\/en\/breaking-biases-building-equality\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking biases, building equality"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to <\/span>the Global Gender Gap Report 2025 by the World Economic Forum<\/span><\/a>, at the current pace, it will take us 123 years to achieve total parity (the equivalent of 5 generations). The legal, social, and cultural norms that govern the world continue to be major obstacles to achieving real gender equality in political, economic, social, and family participation. In fact, 40% of the world’s women and girls live in countries with “high” or “very high” levels of discrimination, according to the OECD (<\/span>SIGI 2023<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

To address these challenges, the BBVA Microfinance Foundation and the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations are organizing the event Breaking Biases, Building Equality.<\/span><\/p>\n

This event is an official side event of <\/span>the 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70)<\/span><\/a>, which focuses on the priority theme of ensuring access to justice for all women and girls by eliminating discriminatory laws and practices.<\/span><\/p>\n

Streaming \u2192 here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

PROGRAMME<\/b><\/h1>\n

Opening Keynote<\/span><\/p>\n

Javier M. Flores<\/b>, CEO, BBVA Microfinance Foundation<\/p>\n

Panel: <\/span>Understanding barriers to pave the way toward equality<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Moderated by Elizabeth Prado,<\/b> Head of Strategy, Institutional Relations, BBVAMF<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n