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SIGI 2020 Regional Report for Latin America and the Caribbean

Gender equality and women’s empowerment can only be achieved if countries take action to tackle and eliminate discrimination in their legal frameworks, social norms and practices. The SIGI 2020 Regional Report for Latin America and the Caribbean provides new evidence-based analysis on the setbacks and progress in achieving gender equality between 2014 and 2019. The report uncovers discrimination in social institutions faced by Latin American and Caribbean women in various dimensions; within the family and household context, in relation to physical integrity and access to productive and financial resources, as well within the political and civil spheres. It also explores various development perspectives such as the cost of discriminatory social institutions for Latin American and Caribbean countries and the socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for women and girls. Building on the regional and sub-regional analysis of how discriminatory social institutions continue to hinder efforts toward SDG 5, the report provides a set of policy recommendations to reshape gender norms, promote women’s empowerment and build a truly inclusive society.

Published on July 20, 2020

In series:Social Institutions and Gender Indexview more titles

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
Foreword
Reader’s guide
Abbreviations and acronyms
Executive summary
Special section: The impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis on LAC women
The Social Institutions and Gender Index in the Latin America and the Caribbean region
Discriminatory social institutions: A development perspective
Discrimination in the family
Restricted physical integrity
Restricted access to productive and financial resources
Restricted civil liberties
Annexes2 chapters available
International and regional standards on women’s rights
Social Institutions and Gender Index methodology
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