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The bad news. Latin America and the Caribbean lags globally when it comes to women’s workforce participation. Covid made that worse: women were 44 percent more likely than men to suffer job losses when the pandemic hit and they’re expected to close out 2021 with labor market levels akin to those of 2008.
The good news. The region outpaces the rest of the world in terms of women’s congressional representation, and female legislators are more likely to pass bills knocking down the barriers that prevent women from gaining secure employment.
Read more about setbacks and steps forward for Latin American women amid the pandemic.
We’re looking at ways out of what’s been dubbed a “shecession,” just as AS/COA marks ten years of its Women’s Hemispheric Network. Watch videos from our October 21 conference to learn lessons from the past decade and anticipate what’s in store for the next one.
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