Group s gender action plan (GAP) trustfund has financed a series of programs to promote genderequality by empowering women to compete in key markets:land, labor, agriculture, finance and the private sector.Work and family: Latin American and the Caribbean women insearch of a new balance offer new analysis of how householddecision-making and allocation of resources affects femalelabor market outcomes in the region. This project summarizesover half a decade of gender-related activities, training,research and results in Latin America and the Caribbean. Allof the GAP-funded cases chosen for this project providesuccinct policy lessons that were: innovative;results-driven (impact was measured or documented); policyrelevant (clear indications for policy makers);methodologically strong; have potential for scaling up orreplication. The chapters present policy lessons organizedaround four themes of vital importance to women and theirfamilies: (A) access to labor markets; (B) improvedworkplace conditions, (C) entrepreneurial and income-earningopportunities, and (D) increased land titling andagricultural productivity. And this project includes fivechapters: chapter one is key issues for women s economicempowerment in Latin; chapter two is boosting women s laborforce participation; chapter three is good gender practicesin the workplace; chapter four is promotingincome-generating opportunities in urban and rural contexts;chapter five is women s productivity in agriculture.
PDF
download
878987797
028-85220240
