If there is one thing the COVID-19 pandemic has proven, it is that business as usual won’t cut it. The virus has exposed deep inequalities that have been brewing for decades in developing countries. Only new approaches, and most importantly, joint solutions that bridge the public and private sectors, will show us the way forward.
Every year, International Women’s Day is a moment to celebrate the contributions and achievements of women and take stock of how far women have come in the fight for gender equality and inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean, and around the world.
This occasion also reminds us how much more work we have to do in order to create the conditions so women can recover from the impact of COVID-19, sustain progress, and keep moving forward.
COVID-19 has exposed the heavy burden on female heads of household or women responsible for caring for children or other family members. One of the main obstacles continuing to impede women’s access to labor markets is the cultural expectation on their role as caregivers. In Latin America and the Caribbean, as in other regions of the world, the work of caring for and raising children falls mainly to women.
The findings of the Man Box Jamaica study highlight that the Man Boxa set of socially reinforced rules about what “real men” should dois alive and well in Jamaica. Being inside the Man Box causes young men and others around them real harm, specifically in terms of violence and mental health. Men who live inside the Man Box appear to feel significantly less in control of their livesin terms of both everyday activities and larger life decisions. Not expressing emotions and being self-reliant are core elements of the Man Boxs pillars of perceived self-sufficiency and toughness.
The findings of the Man Box Jamaica study highlight that the Man Boxa set of socially reinforced rules about what “real men” should dois alive and well in Jamaica. Being inside the Man Box causes young men and others around them real harm, specifically in terms of violence and mental health. Men who live inside the Man Box appear to feel significantly less in control of their livesin terms of both everyday activities and larger life decisions. Not expressing emotions and being self-reliant are core elements of the Man Boxs pillars of perceived self-sufficiency and toughness.
En este toolkit encontrarás una serie de herramientas que nuestro equipo ha seleccionado y desarrollado para apoyar la transformación digital de los sistemas educativos, y promover el diseño y la implementación de modelos de educación híbrida.
Las herramientas se organizan en base a cinco ejes temáticos:
Colombian case study summary, website “Panorama of Aging and Long-term Care”.
We started 2021 with social networks alerting us that the employment crisis was affecting mainly women. For example, a news item from the United States indicated that all 140,000 jobs lost during December 2020 were for women. Furthermore, the news reported that the only ones who had recovered jobs during that month had been men.
As users of forest products and guardians of traditional knowledge, women have always been involved in forestry. Nevertheless, their access to forest resources and benefits and participation in forest management is limited compared to mens despite the fact that trees are more important to women, who depend on them for their families food security, income generation and cooking fuel.