achieved by empowering women and reducing gender disparities, and by changing norms and attitudes which foster violence …"Morrison, Ellsberg, and Bott present an overview of gender-based violence (GBV) in Latin America, with special … violence and sexual coercion are the most common forms of GBV, and these are the types of GBV that they analyze. GBV has …

market in Grenada is reflective of the global situation where unemployment is higher for women than men, and female … participation is lower. Available data also shows that the majority of business- related loans go to men, and where women access … such loans, they do so in collaboration with men, rather than on their own. Together these indicators suggest that women …

This policy brief presents an update on the state of domestic violence or other violence against women in the Middle …

the gender inequality index. Guyana faces significant challenges in addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and supporting … women's economic empowerment. The pandemic has only intensified these challenges, with women facing greater financial stress …

world, men are more active in the labor force than women. The labor force participation rate for men was 70.6 percent …, compared to 59.5 per cent for women, and unemployment for women was 19.5 percent, versus 15 percent for men. The adolescent … key indicators of the status of women such as those for maternal and child health, contraceptive prevalence, and unmet …

the tourism industry. Jamaica has a high prevalence of gender-based violence (GBV), with a domestic violence rate that … recreational drugs. The Covid-19 pandemic has intensified intimate partner violence (IPV), with a higher percentage of women … increased by 15.6 percent in 2022 compared to the previous year. Exposure to violence has been found to have negative …

's progress in economic and social development has been impeded by persistent political instability, surging violence, and record …

rates of violent deaths of women in the world, by 2021, there were reported 318 violent deaths of women. Honduras is both a … source and transit country for human trafficking, with women being the most affected by it. The COVID-19 pandemic has … exacerbated the situation, resulting in an increase in reported cases of domestic and intrafamily violence …

living with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ groups. In order to address violence and discrimination against women and girls in …. Guatemala has one of the highest rates of femicide in the world, with violent deaths of women increasing from 1.3 per 100 …,000 women in 2020 to 1.6 per 100,000 women in 2021, resulting in 527 femicides reported in 2021 and 534 in 2022, and 69 …