Recently, Latin American countries have had to face the challenges of improving social inclusion and economic redistribution while consolidating democratic institutions after long periods of authoritarian regimes in many of them. Addressing pressure for social inclusion was all the more difficult, since these societies are characterized by some of the worst income disparities in the world and high degrees of labor market informality.
After the 70’s, the massive explosion of social demands in the transition to democracy transformed the region into a social laboratory aiming to promote social in…
Los jóvenes latinoamericanos sufren en la actualidad de un alto grado de desempleo, bajos niveles de cobertura de seguridad social y una participación en el mercado laboral caracterizada por la poca productividad y salarios bajos, señaló el Oficial a cargo de la Oficina de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Argentina, Martín Abeles, en el Encuentro Internacional Inclusión: Juventud y Género y IX Foro de Ministras y Ministros de Desarrollo Social de América Latina, celebrados en el Palacio San Martín de Buenos Aires del 16 al 18 de septiembre y …
The present document offers a comparative study of the legal child protection codes and practices in Latin America and the Caribbean, both in terms of the legal grounds for establishing a Comprehensive National Child Protection System (NCPS) and as a basis for examining current child-protection practice, institutions, functions and powers established within such legal frameworks.
The study also includes an analysis of the status of implementation and start-up of NCPSs in compliance with national mandates in four countries of Latin America and the Caribbean: Uruguay, representing the Southern C…