By Alejandra Izquierdo | Project Manager
2021: IN THE MIDDLE OF RESILIENCE AND ECONOMIC REACTIVATION
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that global efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals have been insufficient and has unleashed an unprecedented crisis that further hinders the progress of countries and affects the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world to a greater extent. The health emergency has exposed and deepened inequalities, with impacts that are much more exacerbated among girls and women.
At Juanfe we are taking action, we are committed to continuing to BREAK CYCLES OF INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY in adolescent mothers who live in situations of poverty, extreme poverty, vulnerability, risk, and exclusion.
At the beginning of the year, we faced a great challenge related to the reconstruction of labor markets, which implied low productivity, high informality, income inequality, and few decent work opportunities, affecting the achievement and job stability of many of our adolescent mothers.
However, the economic reactivation has been a great opportunity to increase the competitiveness of our adolescent mothers in the labor market.
Finally, we feel proud to achieve the positioning of our young women in different labor sectors despite all the social, health, and educational difficulties that arose during the year.
During 2021 we achieved:
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