United: Working Women Worldwide On Gender Inequality

Yolaina Chavez Talavera, Nicaragua

Firefighter

‘In my early days as a female firefighter, men, my team-mates, thought that I would not last long in the organisation due to the hard training. However, in practice I showed them that I am able to take on tasks at the same level as men. I think women must fight to break through in all areas, in the midst of the machismo that still persists in Nicaragua and in Hispanic countries’