Tackling gender inequality
Latin American countries have some of the largest gender gaps in paid and unpaid work in the world. The hours women spend caring for family members severely limit their ability to engage fully in the labour market and in society. A more gender-equal sharing of paid and unpaid work is good for the well-being of families and its individual members. It could also benefit the economy and society as a whole, as a better allocation of labour market resources can spur higher economic growth.
“The Latin American and Caribbean Region is home to many democracies that value human rights and the rule of law. The countries of the region are committed to multilateralism and actively engage with the OECD, which, for its part, benefits from this co-operation. The OECD Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Programme has been very successful in strengthening the links between the OECD and the region. Since its inception, the Programme has fed in OECD expertise to support sustainable growth and progress in many areas of interest for both sides – such as improving the business climate, greening the economy, or governance and integrity. Across all these issues, gender equality gets particular attention and is mainstreamed throughout the Programme. Germany strongly supports the Regional Programme’s objectives. They correspond with Germany’s aims to step up co-operation and mutual learning and to expand joint networks in order to promote shared values.”
The OECD is a global leader in producing internationally comparative data on gender inequalities. The OECD Gender Initiative examines existing barriers to gender equality in education, employment, and entrepreneurship. Highlights of LAC involvement in this work include:
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Martin Hanz, Ambassador of Germany to the OECD Social Institutions and Gender Index
SIGI 2019 Global Report TRANSFORMING CHALLENGES INTO OPPORTUNITIES Over the past decade, the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) has consistently shown that governments need to look at discriminatory laws, social norms and practices to achieve gender equality and promote women’s empowerment. This 2019 global report provides an overview of the main outcomes of the SIGI in relation to women and the family, their physical integrity, access to productive and financial resources and their civic rights. Building on these outcomes, this report provides a set of policy recommendations to enhance governments’ efforts to deliver their gender-equality commitments through a three-pronged approach: starting with legal reforms and transformative gender policies, enforcing laws through community mobilisation and empowerment, and learning about the efficiency of policy through monitoring.
SIGI 2019 Global Report TRANSFORMING CHALLENGES INTO OPPORTUNITIES
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2019 report Enabling Women’s Economic Empowerment: New Approaches to Unpaid Care Work in Developing Countries features a detailed case study of Brazil. Overall, the report brings together existing knowledge of policy options for unpaid care work across regions, in four policy areas: infrastructure, social protection, public services and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household.
Social Institutions and Gender Index
Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) is a unique tool for measuring gender-based discrimination in 180 countries, including 29 from the LAC region. The SIGI looks at gaps that discriminatory legislation, social norms and practices create between women and men in terms of rights and opportunities. It focuses on four dimensions: discrimination in the family, physical integrity, access to productive and financial resources and civil liberties.
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