United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Women and Development Unit

Major Changes and Crisis

The Impact on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Dated September 1992...

New contributions to the analysis of poverty

methodological and conceptual challenges to understanding poverty from a gender perspective

This publication outlines major methodological and conceptual challenges to understanding poverty from a gender perspective. While Latin America is th...

The Challenge of Gender Equity and Human Rights on the Threshold of the Twenty-first Century

This document reviews progress and challenges in two areas of analysis: gender equity - the basis for a fair and equitable society, and human rights a...

Institutionality of Gender in the State

New Analytical Perspectives

This paper examines the emergence of a new social subject, women, at the national and regional levels. That process brings into question current conce...

Violence Against Women in Couples

Latin America and the Caribbean : a Proposal for Measuring Its Incidence and Trends

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The Collective Memory and Challenges of Feminism

This publication was presented at the panel on Equity and Human Rights, held in Peru in February 2000, in conjunction with the 8th regional conference...

Part-time Work in Chile

Is it Precarious Employment? : Reflections from a Gender Perspective

Based on the Survey of Socio-economic Characteristics of Chile for 1994....

Democratic Governance and Gender

Possible Linkages

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In Search of Work

International Migration of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean : Selected Bibliography

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A Methodological Approach to Gender Analysis in Natural Disaster Assessment

A Guide for the Caribbean

The Caribbean region is highly prone to natural disasters. These bring about the loss of lives, property, and employment, and damage to the physical i...