The Gender Equality Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean is a tool whose purpose is to make available official information from the countries of the region, offer resources to formulate public policies and facilitate the monitoring of international agreements on women and girls' rights.
Economic Autonomy
25 %
25% of women in the region do not have their own income, compared to 10% of men in that condition.
Physical Autonomy
21 %
21% of women between the ages of 20 and 24 were married or in a union before the age of 18 in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Autonomy in decision-making
33 %
35% of the seats in the lower houses of the national parliaments of the countries in the region are occupied by women.
Indicators
Bulletin for equality
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6 Mar 2025 | Newsletter for gender equalityGender Equality Bulletin - Nº4. Time for care in Latin America and the Caribbean: towards social and gender co-responsibility
This bulletin, prepared jointly by ECLAC and ILO, presents an analysis of the status of maternity, paternity and parental leave in Latin America and the Caribbean. It also outlines the challenge of advancing measures such as parental leave, long-term care leave and urgent leave, as well as the shortening of the working day and more flexible arrangements in terms of both hours and places of work. T...
Featured Publication
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6 Aug 2025 | ECLAC PublicationThe Care Society: Governance, Political Economy and Social Dialogue for a Transformation with Gender Equality
This document examines scenarios for achieving the care society and proposes how to effect this change, with assessments and recommendations that underscore governance, political economy and social dialogue, along with cultural change, measurement and financing, as key elements to bring about vital transformations for sustainable development with gender equality....
