This publication aims to present a series of dimensions, standards and indicators of quality that will enable entities that provide career guidance, training and job placement services to youth under the NEO initiative to review their processes, assess their services and develop improvement plans that take into account identified constraints and the proposed objectives.
Be discreet, smile more, soccer is for boys, play with this doll, don’t raise your voice, be a lady, eat a salad, girls are better at reading. Although women in Latin America and the Caribbean have advanced a lot in the past quarter century – gaining equal access to schooling and increasing their participation in politics and the labor market – kids are still raised with stereotypes about what a girl should be and do.
On the first day after winter break, my four-year-old son comes home from daycare joyful and happy that he’s back again to play with his friends and his favorite teachers. To see him so content makes me grateful for the luck we had finding a high-quality kindergarten where children are being positively stimulated and can thrive in their early years.
Questions we may ask ourselves as we age might include: who’s going to care for us? How will we afford that care? Will we become a burden for our loved ones? Should we spare them and explore retirement home options? None of these questions are easy. They’re especially difficult in societies where people tend to feel more alienated. But in some cultures, where family ties are strong, the dynamics of care may be clearer even despite the challenges in aging.
Dependency in Costa Rica
We all have an elderly relative, friend or neighbor who requires additional support. Sometimes, we may even have to decide whether sending them to a retirement home is the right thing to do. But we know little about conditions in these places. Oftentimes, the institutionalized end up being invisible and vulnerable.
Como transversalizar o tema de gênero nas atividades de planejamento urbano? Conheça o novo programa de João Pessoa com olhar inclusivo. Assine nosso blog! https://blogs.iadb.org/ideacao/
No Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento trabalhamos para melhorar vidas na América Latina e no Caribe. https://www.iadb.org/pt
It is expected that by the year 2050, one out of every five people in the region will be over 65 years old. How will this trend affect workers in our region? Find out in our series “The future of work in Latin America and the Caribbean”: https://www.iadb.org/futureofwork - Subscribe to our blog! https://blogs.iadb.org/trabajo
At the Inter-American Development Bank we work to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. http://www.iadb.org
Beyond robots and artificial intelligence, technological progress is bringing us new types of work. Should we fear the Fourth Industrial Revolution? Or is it an unsurmountable opportunity for the region? Follow our series “The future of work in Latin America and the Caribbean” and learn more: https://www.iadb.org/futureofwork - Subscribe to our blog! https://blogs.iadb.org/trabajo
Education and health professionals represent a considerable and growing proportion of workers in Latin America and the Caribbean. What will happen with their jobs in the context of the fourth industrial revolution? Find out in our series “The future of work in Latin America and the Caribbean”: https://www.iadb.org/futureofwork - Subscribe to our blog! https://blogs.iadb.org/trabajo
We often tend to remember and pride ourselves on our great gender mainstreaming victories and forget our losses or missed opportunities, understandably. Despite great progress throughout the Latin American and Caribbean region, thousands of development projects ranging from agriculture to science and technology are prepared every year by public, private, nonprofit and multilateral entities with NO gender considerations; not to mention the intersectionality of gender and disability, race, ethnicity or sexual orientation.