In Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), women spend more than twice as much time as men on unpaid care work, including domestic or household tasks as well as care for people at home and in the community...
Youth who are neither in school, nor employed, nor in training (NEET), remain a sizeable and vulnerable group in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), especially among female youth. There is a long-term effect...
While in many countries in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), the share of firms with a woman among the principal owners has been increasing, female entrepreneurs are more likely to be necessity entrepreneurs...
Secondary school dropout is higher among boys in Latin America if compared to girls. Dropping out of school has negative implications for overall human capital accumulation and for future labor market...
La ciencia, la tecnología, la ingeniería y las matemáticas (STEM, por sus siglas en inglés) son vitales para la prosperidad económica y social de los países. Las sociedades que comprenden los temas relacionados...
A pesar de una tasa que ha ido disminuyendo lentamente (en comparación con otras regiones), América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) sigue teniendo la segunda tasa más alta de embarazo adolescente luego de África...
In Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), gender gaps persist across multiple dimensions of job quality and in earnings. Women tend to be concentrated in less productive jobs, run enterprises in less productive...
Land and property ownership confers direct economic benefits as a key input into agricultural production; as a source of income from rental or sale; and as collateral for credit that can be used for either...
Adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995 committed governments and the international community to increase resource allocation to support gender equality. Governments have used public financial...
Adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995 committed governments and the international community to increase resource allocation to support gender equality. Governments have used public financial...
Among all regions of the world, Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) has the second-highest teenage pregnancy rate after Sub-Saharan Africa and the rate is declining at a much slower pace than in other regions...
Land and property ownership confers direct economic benefits as a key input into agricultural production; as a source of income from rental or sale; and as collateral for credit that can be used for either...
Youth who are neither in school, nor employed, nor in training (NEET), remain a sizeable and vulnerable group in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), especially among female youth. There is a long-term effect...
In Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), women spend more than twice as much time as men on unpaid care work, including domestic or household tasks as well as care for people at home and in the community...
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are vital to the economic and social prosperity of countries. Yet, women and girls continue to be underrepresented in STEM careers, although there...
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is widely recognized as an impediment to the social and economic development of communities and States and the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs)...
Secondary school dropout is higher among boys in Latin America if compared to girls. Dropping out of school has negative implications for overall human capital accumulation and for future labor market...
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is widely recognized as an impediment to the social and economic development of communities and States and the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs)...
In Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), gender gaps persist across multiple dimensions of job quality and in earnings. Women tend to be concentrated in less productive jobs, run enterprises in less productive...
While in many countries in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC), the share of firms with a woman among the principal owners has been increasing, female entrepreneurs are more likely to be necessity entrepreneurs...