According to projections by the United Nations regional organization, 175 million people were living in situations of poverty in late 2015 in Latin America.
Comparing years of schooling, women can earn up to 25.6 percent less than their male peers in similar conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to data released today by ECLAC.
En reunión celebrada en la CEPAL, las representantes acordaron diseñar en conjunto con el organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas una estrategia para implementar los compromisos asumidos por los gobiernos en esta materia.
Ministers for Women’s Affairs, specialists and representatives from the civil society gathered at ECLAC posed the need for concrete plans and programs to guarantee gender equality in the framework of the 2030 Agenda.