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El trabajo, tanto remunerado como no remunerado, es la llave maestra de la igualdad y el desarrollo sostenible en la región, dijo hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante el Foro Mujeres Protagonistas de la Reactivación Económica pos-COVID-19, liderado por Marta Lucía Ramírez, Vicepresidenta de Colombia, junto con la Coalición internacional para el empoderamiento económico de las mujeres.
Para una recuperación económica sostenible, con un firme horizonte de igualdad, es imprescindible analizar la realidad de los distinto…
24 Nov 2020, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:26
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The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) expressed its concern today over the persistence of gender-based violence against women and girls in the region and high rates of femicide, or feminicide. According to the latest official data reported to the Commission’s Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEO), in 2019, 4,640 cases of femicide were recorded in 24 countries (18 in Latin America and 6 in the Caribbean).
The situation of women and girls has been aggravated under confinement and the restrictions on movement ordered by countries in th…
The Caribbean subregion is exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. Vulnerability is a key multidimensional concept at the heart of resilience building, relating to each country’s multiple spatial and socioeconomic risks and conditions. In fact, due to its geographical location and concentration of population and activities in low-lying coastal areas, the Caribbean is the second most hazard-prone region in the world...Moreover, impacts of extreme weather events on Caribbean small economies are of national proportions. For example, in the hurricane s…