EastWest puts the spotlight on mom leaders who enjoy the best of both worlds

There’s something about women that enables them to take on the challenge of having a career and family life at the same time. Women—especially mom leaders who play important roles in the companies they work for—possess an inner strength and the sheer determination to be happy and successful both at work and at home.

While all women are definitely valid, professionals who are also moms certainly have a more challenging time, as they need to juggle homemaking and having an active career. These mom leaders thrive because of their solid support system, such as the one they get from working at a supportive organization like EastWest. 

To illustrate their success, here’s a peek at how three of EastWest’s mom leaders have managed to both climb the corporate ladder and raise a happy family.

Providing access to the gatekeepers of the family’s finance: GCash empowers Filipino women to be included in the financial landscape

For Filipinos, mothers are considered to be their light of the homes. They provide direction, clarity in difficult situations, and they manage the everyday lives of the Filipino family.

Women also play as the gatekeepers of the finances of Filipino homes. Typical in the Philippines, the husbands give their salaries to the wives, who then distributes the total household earnings to the daily needs and occasional wants of each member of the family.

Given this, it comes at no surprise that women are much more included in the local financial landscape, according to data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Based on the latest central bank survey on financial inclusion, 38.9 percent of women in the Philippines have formal bank accounts, while only 30 percent of adult men hold savings accounts.