Democratic theory and women's participation in politics: the Chilean case

Gender, the environment and the sustainability of development

Abstract In view of the close relationship that exists between environmental problems and those of economic and social origin, it is impossible to separate the human and environmental dimensions of development, which are linked both by the aggregate effect of social relations and actions as they influence the natural ecology and by the impact of environmental changes on society. There is a perception that, as the century draws to a close, global society is witnessing the exhaustion of a development style that is harmful to natural systems and fosters inequality among people. It is becoming inc…

The institutionality of gender equity in the State: a diagnosis for Latin America and the Caribbean

The urban female labour market in Latin America: the myth and the reality

Latin America has partly overcome the short-term adjustment stage following the external debt crisis and is now in a stage of restructuring marked by opening up to external markets. These changes, which have included the reorganization of production processes, with the incorporation of new technologies, have altered the composition of the labour market and had a strong impact on Women's labour participation. One of the most noticeable effects has been what is known as the 'feminization of the labour force' . The broad structural trends, at times magnified by the crisis and adjus…

A gender-based approach to the urban informal sector: the case of Mexico

Reflections on the use of labour market indicators in designing policies with a gender-based approach

The profound transformations undergone by the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean in recent decades have combined with a massive increase in the number of economically active women to produce significant changes in the labour market. Nonetheless, the indicators used to measure and describe this market have remained unchanged, despite the fact, which it is important to bear in mind, that they were designed for circumstances distinct from today's, with different participants and requirements in policy terms. Although the importance of measuring the share in economic activity accoun…

Anuario Estadístico de América Latina y el Caribe 1997 = Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean 1997

The 1997 edition of the Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean contains a selection, updated to the end of December, of the main statistical series available on economic and social trends in the countries of the region. It represents a systematic effort of the ECLAC Statistics and Projections Division to harmonize the figures and make them internationally comparable. Part one consists of derived social and economic indicators (growth rates, ratios or coefficients) which provide an overview of each area of interest, along with the background material needed to make the inform…

Gender-based violence: a human rights issue

Abstract While it is true that human rights violations are committed against men as well as women, their impact clearly differs depending on the sex of the victim. Studies of the subject indicate that all acts of aggression against women exhibit some characteristic or other that provides a basis for their classification as gender-based violence. This means that such violence is directly related to the unequal distribution of power and to the asymmetrical relationships that exist between men and women in our society, which perpetuate the devaluation of women and their subordination to men. What…

Las mujeres en América Latina y el Caribe en los años noventa: elementos de diagnóstico y propuestas = Women in Latin America and the Caribbean in the 1990s: diagnostic elements and proposals

Selected statistical indicators of Caribbean countries: vols. VIII and IX

Digest of selected demographic and social indicators 1960-1994 for CDCC member countries

Integration of the feminine into Latin American culture: in search of a new social paradigm

La evaluación social de proyectos y la estimación del impacto ambiental: un puente teórico necesario pero complicado = Social project appraisal and environmental impact assessment: a necessary but complicated theoretical bridge

Feminization of the informal sector in Latin America and the Caribbean?

CEPAL Review no.49

Women and the visual arts in Chile: a case study

Women in development bibliography

Major changes and crisis: the impact of women in Latin America and the Caribbean

La vulnerabilidad de los hogares con jefatura femenina: preguntas y opciones de política para América Latina y el Caribe = The vulnerability of households headed by women: policy questions and options for Latin America and the Caribbean

Examina cinco preguntas de importancia para la investigación y formulación de políticas: utilidad del concepto de jefatura de hogar femenina, importancia o significación social de la tendencia a la jefatura de hogar femenina, relación entre jefatura de hogar femenina y pobreza, efectos en materia de bienestar, y dilemas y opciones de política.…

Women and new technologies

Analiza el efecto que las nuevas tecnologías puedan tener en la situación de la mujer, en las dimensiones productiva y reproductiva.…