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Note for Equality Nº 17: Femicide or feminicide as a specific type of crime in national legislations in Latin America
By 2015, 16 countries in Latin America had modified their laws to include a specific type of crime referring to the murder of women under the name of femicide or feminicide, or as an aggravating circumstance of homicide.... -
| 29 Aug 2014 | InfographicsWomen’s Participation in Politics
Five female presidents govern today in Latin American and Caribbean countries, and the number of women legislators, judges and mayors has increased in recent years. But these leaders represent no more than 26% of the total, on average, according to data from ECLAC’s Gender Equality Observatory. The Commission provides here the latest data on women’s participation in different spheres of political ... -
| 1 Jul 2014 | ECLAC PublicationThe software and information technology services industry: An opportunity for the economic autonomy of women in Latin America
The objective of this report is to understand the rationality that underpins public and business policies for promoting the IT and SIS industries and to determine whether they incorporate gender equality and/or provide incentives for women’s participation. The report also explores how this group of women is symbolically constructed within the firms, what issues are emphasized by the women themselv... -
| 15 Oct 2013 | Notes for equalityNote for Equality N° 12: In Latin America and the Caribbean 5 out of 10 women of working age are out of the labor market
Today, half of Latin-American and Caribbean women are still out of labor market. Only five out of ten women of working age participate in the labor force, as opposed to eight in ten men.... -
| 28 Jul 2013 | Notes for equalityNote for Equality N° 8: Maternity in adolescents: inequality in different dimensions
Pregnancy and maternity in adolescents are an expression of social, cultural, gender, ethnic/race inequities, among others. The persistence of teenage pregnancy is especially problematic because although occurring in all social levels, remains concentrated in groups with a lower socioeconomic and educational level.... -
| 27 Jul 2013 | Notes for equalityNote for Equality N° 7: The state of legislation on abortion and voluntary interruption of pregnancy in the region
Abortion is permitted in three countries of Latin America; in 11 countries it is realized under certain circumstances....
