International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day March 8 The Coca-Cola Company celebrates through its initiative to advance women’s economic empowerment around the globe. In honor of International Women’s Day here in the United States and the Company is highlighting its progress through a partnership with the Adelante Movement presented by Coca-Cola.


Adelante, founded by Nely Galán is a grassroots movement designed to unite and empower Latinas in the U.S. economically through inspiration and motivation with training and resources on entrepreneurship. The organization is part of the Company’s initiative that aims to empower 5 million women entrepreneurs across the Company’s value chain by 2020.

Adelante may be a valuable and pioneer partner not only on The Coca-Cola Company’s path to empowering 5 million women across the world but also here reception through its efforts to advance the Latina businessmen , who are the emerging market within the U.S.,” said Alba Adamo, Group Director of Hispanic Marketing, The Coca-Cola Company. Adelante provides skills training to help Latinas make a positive impact on their local economies and their families’ future

The work of Adelante and its members are particularly important as both the Latina population and Latina-owned businesses still grow.


  1. The U.S. Latina population is expected to increase from 16.4 percent today to 25.7 percent in 2050.

  2. There has been a nearly 200-percent increase in Latina-owned businesses over the past decade.

  3.  As of 2013, 1 in 10 women-owned businesses in the U.S. is owned by Latinas, with receipts totaling $65.7 billion.


Adelante trained thousands of women in 2014 alone in business, finance, and marketing to support their entrepreneurial dreams, and expects to train more than 25,000 women over the next three years. The organization offers an online hub of business tools, in-person and online training, events in multiple cities each year and connections to Hispanic organizations across the country



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