Grenada has made important progress
towards gender equality over the past two decades in
different aspects. However, the Coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic...
Type: BriefReport#: 168963Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
When looking at human endowments, El
Salvador performs relatively well in terms of women’s health
outcomes, but gender gaps remain in education. In terms of
economic...
Type: BriefReport#: 168964Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
In 2021, Suriname climbed from rank 77
to 51 on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap
Index, making it one of the three countries that most
reduced its...
Type: BriefReport#: 168949Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Although Belize scores comparatively
well on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) economic
participation sub-index, the gender assessment highlighted
that employment rates...
Type: BriefReport#: 168988Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Antigua and Barbuda have made progress
towards gender equality in health and education over the
past decades. Although women perform better than men in
educational attainment...
Type: BriefReport#: 168990Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
The burden of unpaid care work,
including child and elder care, as well as care of family
members living with disabilities, disproportionately falls
on women and girls,...
Type: BriefReport#: 167275Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Mossman,Lindsay Suzanne
Haiti’s progress towards gender equality
has been limited over the past two decades. Many of the
indicators show signs of deterioration, which can be
exacerbated by...
Type: BriefReport#: 168960Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
While Saint Lucia shows a strong
performance in equality of economic opportunities, more
needs to be done to strengthen women’s voice and agency and
some disparities...
Type: BriefReport#: 168951Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Peru has made significant progress in
advancing gender equality over the past two decades,
particularly in access to education and health,
outperforming many Latin American...
Type: BriefReport#: 168953Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Bolivia has made significant strides
towards gender equality especially in terms of education and
political representation. Despite these efforts and advances
towards...
Type: BriefReport#: 168987Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
The November research newsletter focuses
on patterns of intergenerational educational mobility in
several low-income countries that help to illuminate
existing patterns...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 166511Date: December 1, 2021
Despite significant improvements towards
gender equality in human capital outcomes over the past few
decades, the persistence of disparities in terms of
women's participation...
Type: BriefReport#: 168947Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
While there has been some progress in
the past decade in tackling gender disparities, gaps remain
in several monetary and non-monetary measures of well-being.
Women...
Type: BriefReport#: 168957Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Nicaragua is doing relatively better in
terms of education. Women in Nicaragua are facing
considerable inequalities in the labor market when compared
to men. One of...
Type: BriefReport#: 168956Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Ecuador has made some progress towards
gender equality in the past decade, but gaps between women
and men remain in several monetary and non-monetary measures
of well-being....
Political representation in parliament
exceeds the average for Latin America and Caribbean (LAC).
The proportion of seats that women held in parliament
increased from...
Type: BriefReport#: 168967Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
Paraguay has made important strides
towards gender equality in the last years. However,
significant gaps persist in the areas of health, education,
economic opportunity,...
Type: BriefReport#: 168954Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
The shortage of formal wage employment
affects women disproportionally, especially those with low
levels of education. The health insurance system in
Guatemala covers...
Type: BriefReport#: 168962Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
In 2018, International Finance
Corporation’s (IFC’s) shareholders authorized a capital
increase of 5.5 billion dollars, the largest increase in its
history. The capital...
Type: BriefReport#: 167197Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Narayanaswamy,Meera
Colombia has made progress towards
gender equality in health and education over the past
decades, but significant challenges remain in access to
economic opportunities....
Type: BriefReport#: 168984Date: December 1, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Galeano Servian,Diana Maria
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