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The present document is a tool for measuring the incidence of violence against women in intimate relationships, as well as the main characteristics of the phenomenon. The first part describes how the...

Recent pension reforms in Latin America have not contributed to solving the problem of social security for women but have in fact, made individuals more vulnerable in terms of social safety nets. This...

This study analyzes to what extent part-time work constitutes precarious employment and examines whether the precariousness of employment affected men as much as women. Part-time Work in Chile...

This report is intended to facilitate the exchange and dissemination of information on gender and economics. It contributes to the research and analysis of recent trends in globalization and economic...

This study was presented as background material at a meeting of experts on globalization, technological change and gender equity held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in November 2001. It shows how restrictions...

This report takes a look at globalization from a political-institutional standpoint and emphasizes the role played by a whole range of agents involved in the different global dynamics that drive...

Poverty affects men and women in a different way. What is Poverty, how to measure it and how to tackle it, are the three questions to which this document responds, on the basis of the theoretical...

This publication reviews progress and challenges in two areas of analysis: Gender Equity - the basis for a fair an equitable society, and Human Rights and Peace for Latin America and the Caribbean...

Women’s migration differs from that of men in terms of its features and implications. For instance, women find themselves confined to precarious jobs characterized by a high degree of exploitation...

Across the centuries, the international division of labor has included a variety of translocal circuits for the mobility of labor and capital, many of which still exist today. This paper examines the...

This publication outlines major methodological and conceptual challenges to understanding poverty from a gender perspective. While Latin America is the main focus of analysis throughout the paper...

The purpose of this document is to present an overview of the social and institutional changes unfolding in the region and the relationships that exist between democratic governance and the reform of...

This study is intended to provide an analysis of pension reform in Latin America that expressly seeks to avoid the omissions, conceptual traps and logical inconsistencies from which the conventional...

This publication was written by the philosopher Amelia Valcarcel and presented at the panel on Equity and Human Rights. The collective memory and the challenges of feminism are reflected in the author...

There has been a longstanding debate on the meaning and role of gender mechanisms. This publication examines the emergence of a new social subject, women, at the national and regional levels. It takes...

Since the 1990 ‘s Latin American and Caribbean countries, have advanced in the process of setting up national mechanisms for the advancement of women and have managed to carve out a formal space in...

The member countries of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean have called for an integrated approach to development. They have recognized that to achieve development with equity...

This document demonstrates the importance of understanding and taking into account gender inequalities as a step towards achieving a more equitable society in Latin America. It examines economic...