The United Nations (UN) has deep interest on the empowerment process of women in Peru related to financial inclusion and entrepreneurship programs promoted by the Ollanta Humala administration, Peruvian First Lady, Nadine Heredia, said Monday
Ms. Heredia stressed that nearly one million Peruvian women are being benefited from government-run social programs such as Juntos (Together) and Pension 65 and added that roughly 400,000 have debit cards and receive entrepreneurship training through financial literacy classes.
“They also receive small and micro loans from financial institutions and are able to participate of productive businesses,” she told reporters on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly’s 69th Session, taking place in New York, United States.
Ms. Heredia added, “This ongoing process has generated change on the stage of social and political representation by empowering women citizens living in rural areas across the nation’s inner regions”.
Likewise, the First Lady went on underline the rising international spotlight on the increasing role the Peruvian women are playing in the life of the nation and in securing its future through her commitment to her family, work and community.
Later today, high-level officials from the Humala administration will exchange experiences of initiatives in tackling gender-based violence, improving access to health care for women and increasing women’s political and economic participation in Peru at the Equal Futures Partnership event, in New York.
The event, which promoted by the United States government for third straight year, is to be held at N.Y.’s Waldorf Astoria later today within the framework of the ongoing UN gathering.
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Published: 9/22/2014