7 STEPS TO SMART CONSUMPTION

El consumo

  In this article, we would like to highlight seven steps for smart consumption, extracted from the work developed within the framework of the Agreement established between the Ministry of Education, the Bank of Spain and the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores for Financial Education at School. The objective of this initiative is to […]

ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION: ORIGIN AND CAUSES

La eliminación de la discriminación racial

  The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was celebrated on March 21. We might believe that with the passage of time racial discrimination is something we should no longer worry about, because society has evolved positively, but the truth is that it has worsened in recent years. In the International Convention on […]

WORLD WATER DAY: DO YOU KNOW ITS VALUE?

El Día Mundial del Agua

World Water Day was created on March 22, 1993 at the UN Conference on Environment and Development and is celebrated every year on this date with a fundamental objective: remind us of the importance of this liquid for the survival of all species and for the development of social and economic activities. All those fortunate […]

CASH: ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

El dinero en efectivo

  Cash refers to paper money, metallic money, bearer bank checks and everything that has been conceived to be used as a means of payment. Focusing on paper money, which we call banknotes and metallic coins, we can say that just as there are many countries on the planet, we can also find different types […]

POMODORO METHOD: ORGANIZE YOUR TIME

El Método Pomodoro

  Italian Francesco Cirillo used a kitchen timer in the late 1980s, during his university days, in order to create an effective technique to increase his productivity in the studio. He called this technique the Pomodoro Method (tomato in Italian), which is now used in companies, in universities and schools, in sports training and also […]

4 SKILLS FOR GENDER EQUALITY

La desigualdad de género

Historically, women have been educated and socially constructed in a discriminatory manner and, although international norms recognize men and women as equal and with the same rights, gender inequality continues to exist today. That is why International Women’s Day is a day that serves to make visible and demand equal rights for women in all […]

WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR US TO SAVE MONEY?

El ahorro

  To be financially healthy, saving is necessary. Keep track of income and expenses and try to save month by month to achieve financial security. Savings is the part of our income that we do not spend. The more income we have, the more savings capacity we have.  But in order to save, even if […]

UNDERSTANDING THE GENDER WAGE GAP

La brecha salarial

  “The gender wage gap is one of the main problems for the development of society and is an obstacle to equal opportunities. To address this issue, it has been shown that the most effective measures are based on knowledge of its causes.” This is explained in the good practice guide Effective Measures for Equal […]

THE EFFECTS OF STRESS ON THE SKIN

Los efectos del estrés en la piel

We have talked about how stress affects our emotional and physical health, with consequences that we end up normalizing such as anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, digestive problems, migraines, tiredness, fatigue, etc. But do you know the effects of stress on the skin? The skin is the largest organ of the human body and there is […]

FOOD INTOLERANCE

La intolerancia alimentaria

Food intolerance is a digestive enzymatic deficit. In other words, it occurs when the body lacks the enzyme responsible for metabolizing a certain food. Therefore, the body is not able to digest it and it can cause digestive problems that are bothersome and in the long term have a negative impact on the health and […]