Towards Equal? Women in Central America

Towards Equal? Women in Central America

Central America lags the rest of Latin America in outcomes related to women. The countries of Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama) have taken important steps toward increasing the inclusion of women...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
AGENCY
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
MATERNAL MORTALITY
TEENAGE PREGNANCY
EDUCATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
GENDER GAP
JOB QUALITY
WAGE GAP
ACCESS TO FINANCE
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
GENDER ROLES
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/940661534521240623/Towards-Equal-Women-in-Central-America
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30398
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spelling okr-10986-303982021-09-17T05:10:47Z Towards Equal? Women in Central America World Bank Group AGENCY VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN MATERNAL MORTALITY TEENAGE PREGNANCY EDUCATION UNEMPLOYMENT GENDER GAP JOB QUALITY WAGE GAP ACCESS TO FINANCE WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS GENDER ROLES FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION Central America lags the rest of Latin America in outcomes related to women. The countries of Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama) have taken important steps toward increasing the inclusion of women and improving their social and economic outcomes. This report takes stock of this progress as well as continuing challenges faced by women in the region. It assesses women's legal rights and protections, access to endowments and economic opportunities, and manifestations of agency. A crucial message of this report is that the persistence of gender norms that limit women's roles and voices remains a key obstacle to increasing economic and social inclusion. 2018-09-11T16:28:28Z 2018-09-11T16:28:28Z 2018-08 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/940661534521240623/Towards-Equal-Women-in-Central-America http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30398 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Women in Development and Gender Study Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean Central America
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topic AGENCY
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
MATERNAL MORTALITY
TEENAGE PREGNANCY
EDUCATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
GENDER GAP
JOB QUALITY
WAGE GAP
ACCESS TO FINANCE
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
GENDER ROLES
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
spellingShingle AGENCY
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
MATERNAL MORTALITY
TEENAGE PREGNANCY
EDUCATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
GENDER GAP
JOB QUALITY
WAGE GAP
ACCESS TO FINANCE
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
GENDER ROLES
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
World Bank Group
Towards Equal? Women in Central America
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Central America
description Central America lags the rest of Latin America in outcomes related to women. The countries of Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama) have taken important steps toward increasing the inclusion of women and improving their social and economic outcomes. This report takes stock of this progress as well as continuing challenges faced by women in the region. It assesses women's legal rights and protections, access to endowments and economic opportunities, and manifestations of agency. A crucial message of this report is that the persistence of gender norms that limit women's roles and voices remains a key obstacle to increasing economic and social inclusion.
format Report
author World Bank Group
author_facet World Bank Group
author_sort World Bank Group
title Towards Equal? Women in Central America
title_short Towards Equal? Women in Central America
title_full Towards Equal? Women in Central America
title_fullStr Towards Equal? Women in Central America
title_full_unstemmed Towards Equal? Women in Central America
title_sort towards equal? women in central america
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/940661534521240623/Towards-Equal-Women-in-Central-America
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30398
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