(November 13, 2014) Nearly 30 % of young women in Latin America become mothers before 20 years of age and the majority of them are socioeconomically underprivileged, which fosters the intergenerational reproduction of poverty, hinders women’s autonomy and their life projects, and underscores the need for sex education and reproductive health services to be made a public policy priority, according to a new report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
The study Reproduction in adolescence and its inequalities in Latin America (only available in Spanish), publish…
(13 de noviembre, 2014) Casi 30 % de las jóvenes en América Latina ha sido madre antes de cumplir los 20 años y la mayoría de ellas pertenecen a los niveles socioeconómicos más desfavorecidos, lo que fomenta la reproducción intergeneracional de la pobreza, compromete la autonomía de las mujeres para emprender sus proyectos de vida y evidencia la necesidad de que la educación sexual y los servicios de salud reproductiva sean una prioridad para las políticas públicas, según un nuevo informe de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
El estudio La reproducción en la adolesc…
The implementation of the Cairo Programme of Action in the Caribbean over the period 1994 to 2013 is evaluated and recommendations are made for the further implementation of the programme beyond 2014. Recent trends in growth, poverty and inequality in the Caribbean include: the negative impact of the global economic crisis on the Caribbean; declines in extreme poverty; the persistence of poverty measured against national poverty lines; and high levels of inequality. Social, labour market and economic policies all need to target reductions not only in poverty, but also in inequality.…
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