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Changing parenthood role models in Latin-America

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May 28, 2019

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Jorge Reyes: “ Jorge Reyes is Peruvian and a lawyer. Jorge shares parenthood roles with his wife Yhara (Medical doctor) by finding a balance between the time they spend in their own careers (both are very career driven). Jorge quit one of his jobs in order to take care of the children while Yhara finished her thesis and got the degree of a Medical Surgeon. They currently have two children and both accommodate their work schedules so they both can provide the best care for their children and continue the development of their careers ”
Jorge Reyes: “ Jorge Reyes is Peruvian and a lawyer. Jorge shares parenthood roles with his wife Yhara (Medical doctor) by finding a balance between the time they spend in their own careers (both are very career driven). Jorge quit one of his jobs in order to take care of the children while Yhara finished her thesis and got the degree of a Medical Surgeon. They currently have two children and both accommodate their work schedules so they both can provide the best care for their children and continue the development of their careers ”
Enma Marin: “Enma Marin is a single mother in Peru. She has worked really hard to become a medical doctor while caring and raising his son. Many times she had to share her role as a mother and as a Medical doctor. Also, she had to spend many weekends and nights studying for the certificates she required in order to pursue her career advancement. She is happy to make her dream come true: become the best mother and surgeon”
Enma Marin: “Enma Marin is a single mother in Peru. She has worked really hard to become a medical doctor while caring and raising his son. Many times she had to share her role as a mother and as a Medical doctor. Also, she had to spend many weekends and nights studying for the certificates she required in order to pursue her career advancement. She is happy to make her dream come true: become the best mother and surgeon”
Henry Gomez: “Henry Gomez is one of a kind. He cooks dishes from all over the world, builds (his own pizza oven and also his own house!), gardens, make his own wine, creates websites and innovative projects, works as an Engineer and he also spends time with his daughter playing around and teaching her how to make pizzas. He has recently become a dad for the second time, so he happily shares parenthood duties with his wife Letty by spending more time with his little daughter Emilie”
Henry Gomez: “Henry Gomez is one of a kind. He cooks dishes from all over the world, builds (his own pizza oven and also his own house!), gardens, make his own wine, creates websites and innovative projects, works as an Engineer and he also spends time with his daughter playing around and teaching her how to make pizzas. He has recently become a dad for the second time, so he happily shares parenthood duties with his wife Letty by spending more time with his little daughter Emilie”
Fathers at the hospital: “ We also received a picture from the hospital in the city of Huacho (Peru), who was sent by one of our followers. She told us that she was happily suprised to see more fathers bringing their children on their own to the medical doctor’s appointments! Definitely a switched from what was observed some years ago”
Fathers at the hospital: “ We also received a picture from the hospital in the city of Huacho (Peru), who was sent by one of our followers. She told us that she was happily suprised to see more fathers bringing their children on their own to the medical doctor’s appointments! Definitely a switched from what was observed some years ago”

Ekpapalek Mujeres (Ekpapalek-Women) is an organization I founded as part of my championship as a UN Women Global champion for Women’s Economic Empowerment (https://www.empowerwomen.org/en). With a team of professionals women we aim to empower women in Latin America through talks and workshops that we bring to schools and organizations (http://www.ekpapalek.com/programa-mujeres).



Also, through online campaigns, we promote awareness about gender equality. Hence, in order to open an honest discussion about the parenthood roles of mothers and fathers in LatinAmerica we decided to launch the campaign #LatinFamilies2016. With this campaign we aim to show a realistic visual representation of Latin-American parenthood in 2016. We collect pictures of fathers who enjoy great relationships with their children by spending more time with them and in turn we also show mothers that spend time working while parenting.



We think that these images must be accessible and easily disseminated so that everyone can get inspired. We would like to invite the invitation to all the community of World Pulse so please send us your photo and help us to show how Latino families (or families in your own country) are in 2016!



Here we share some examples (pictures and text below). You can also find more about our campaigns and initiatives at our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ekpapalekmujeres/)

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