Gender Gaps in Chile : An Overview
This review of gender issues aims to uncover the main gender gaps in the country, and to identify potential policy recommendations that could help closing them in the coming years.The note is an input to the development of a Gender Action Plan for...
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okr-10986-318232021-05-25T09:24:33Z Gender Gaps in Chile : An Overview World Bank GENDER GAP LEGAL FRAMEWORK WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AGENCY GENDER EQUALITY VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN SOCIAL NORMS FERTILITY MATERNAL MORTALITY TEEN PREGNANCY ENROLLMENT EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT DROPOUT FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION EMPLOYMENT FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS ACCESS TO FINANCE This review of gender issues aims to uncover the main gender gaps in the country, and to identify potential policy recommendations that could help closing them in the coming years.The note is an input to the development of a Gender Action Plan for the Andean Countries under the Gender Analysis Work Program. The note lays out a descriptive overview of gender gaps in endowments, economic opportunities and agency the explanation of the observed situation is outside the scope of this note.This note applies the analytical framework devised by the WDR 2012 on Gender Equality and Development. Chapter one covers the legal and institutional framework and the issue of the agency of women – e.g. political representation and violence against women, time use, and attitudes towards women; Chapter two provides an overview the situation with regards to the main endowments of health and education; and Chapter three deals with the existing gender gaps in economic opportunity – labor force participation and unemployment, the quality of employment, earnings, entrepreneurship and access to finance.The draft review is the result of the first stage in the assessment process. The note mainly reflects an initial descriptive exercise, and will be revised after the completion of stakeholder consultations in the countries; the results of such consultations will not only help identify additional literature and research on specific issues, but also help prioritize the key gender gaps to be addressed based on the way discussions on the issue are currently taking place in the country. 2019-06-11T16:40:40Z 2019-06-11T16:40:40Z 2018-12-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/762641558607622994/Gender-Gaps-in-Chile-An-Overview http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31823 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Women in Development and Gender Study Latin America & Caribbean Chile |
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This review of gender issues aims to
uncover the main gender gaps in the country, and to identify
potential policy recommendations that could help closing
them in the coming years.The note is an input to the
development of a Gender Action Plan for the Andean Countries
under the Gender Analysis Work Program. The note lays out a
descriptive overview of gender gaps in endowments, economic
opportunities and agency the explanation of the observed
situation is outside the scope of this note.This note
applies the analytical framework devised by the WDR 2012 on
Gender Equality and Development. Chapter one covers the
legal and institutional framework and the issue of the
agency of women – e.g. political representation and violence
against women, time use, and attitudes towards women;
Chapter two provides an overview the situation with regards
to the main endowments of health and education; and Chapter
three deals with the existing gender gaps in economic
opportunity – labor force participation and unemployment,
the quality of employment, earnings, entrepreneurship and
access to finance.The draft review is the result of the
first stage in the assessment process. The note mainly
reflects an initial descriptive exercise, and will be
revised after the completion of stakeholder consultations in
the countries; the results of such consultations will not
only help identify additional literature and research on
specific issues, but also help prioritize the key gender
gaps to be addressed based on the way discussions on the
issue are currently taking place in the country. |
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Gender Gaps in Chile : An Overview |
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