A series on Women Economic Empowerment brought to you by Georgetown University's Latin America Leadership Program and the Inter-American Commission of Women of the Organization of American States.
The crisis derived from the COVID-19 pandemic is having a different impact on women. Various analyzes are looking at the deepening of gender inequalities, being the gaps linked to the participation of women in the economy and their economic empowerment those that present a worse outlook for their advancement.
Join these conversations from academia and politics with a gender lens. The Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM/OAS) and the Latin America Leadership Program (LALP) of Georgetown University invite you to two online dialogues on the challenges surrounding the economic empowerment of women in the region.
The paralysis of economic activity has particularly hit sectors with a high labor force participation of women, such as the tourism and services sector (accommodation, food), as well as small…
Latin American women seem to face worse conditions during this crisis. They have a lower labor force participation, and unemployment affects them more than men. In addition, women labor is mostly…
