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More women hold jobs but still juggle work and family life

Latin America: More Women Hold Jobs But still Juggle Work and Family life

Women in the region have made huge strides towards closing the education, health and labor gaps, but still struggle to balance work and family life, a new report has found.
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Colombia: sewing machines help the displaced weave brighter futures

Colombia: sewing machines help the displaced weave brighter futures

Imagine that one day you are forced to leave your home with only the clothes on your back. The only thing you have left is your will to survive and to protect your family.
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Boys Out of Risk

Regional Caribbean Initiative on Keeping Boys Out of Risk

This initiative seeks to address the emerging cross-cutting problem of boys at risk in Latin America and the Caribbean as a gender issue related to development challenges.
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South South LearningThe Benifits and Challenges of South South Learning:
The Regional Caribbean Initiative on Keeping Boys Out of Risk was showcased at the World Bank's Annual Meetings as a promising South-South learning and knowledge exchange. Video clips featuring the coordinators as well as beneficiaries were produced to address benefits, challenges and lessons learned of the knowledge exchange.
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Boys Out of Risk Resource Kit
The Kit provides stakeholders across sectors with useful information for their work related to the cross-cutting development challenge of keeping youth out of risk. It draws upon existing knowledge and innovative best practices in the region, as well as the outcomes of the May 2009 Regional Caribbean Conference on Keeping
Boys Out of Risk.
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Economy of Care Research Program
The increasing need for care comes from both, the withdrawing of the State and the lack of social protection mechanism; and the demographic changes taking place in several middle-income countries.
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Firm Certification Models on Gender Equality
for the Private Sector Seminar
On June 12, 2008 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the World Bank, together with the National Institute against Discrimination from the Ministry of Justice in Argentina organized the international seminar: Firm Certification Models on Gender Equality for the Private Sector. More than 100 representatives from private firms....
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Childcare Policies and Gender Equality
Exchange of Approaches and Experiences between Europe and Central Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean Regions. Adequate childcare provisions are a key issue for development, not only for the well being of children, but also for their relation with women's productive and reproductive time allocation possibilities. + more...

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Topic Brief
Gender Team Brief

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Gender and EconomicsGender-Based Violence
Rural Development
Health
Gender Equity

Boys out of Risk

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Gender Assessments
Poverty Assessments
Gender Assesments in LAC (Resources)


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Women's Economic Opportunities in the Formal Private Sector in LAC
In English In Spanish

Gender Equity Promotion
in the Private Sector in
Mexico

En Breve - Domestic
Violence is a Public Affair

En Breve - CHILE -
Reconciling the Gender
Paradox

Other Publications

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Boys Out of Risk Resource Kit
Data Boys Out of Risk
Video

The Power of Creating
Economic Opportunities
for Women


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Presentation of 2 New Reports: "Women's Economic Opportunities in the Formal Private Sector..." and "A Business to Call Her Own..." (July 2010)


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Gender Action Plan
Gender Data
ECLAC Gender Site



Last updated: 2010-05-06




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