), comprehensively examines access barriers faced by women and girls in transit who are survivors of GBV across Central America. It …. This report summarizes work conducted over two years and brings to light the multifarious barriers women and girls face in … policy recommendations that countries could implement to ensure effective and accessible GBV services for women and girls in …

gender parity, but violence against women remains a significant problem in the country. As the COVID-19 pandemic has … exacerbated the problem of gender-based violence, women's labor force participation rate reduced by 10 percentage points as well …

poor, corroborating the challenges women face in the labor market. This profile looks at gender-based violence (GBV) in … Saint Lucia, discussing the levels of gender-based violence (GBV), legal, institutional and policy environment for address …The law in Saint Lucia provides for the same legal status and rights for women as for men, requires equal pay for equal …

In Brazil, violence against women and girls (VAWG), which is a manifestation of gender-based violence (GBV), is a major … end violence against women, including health, social assistance, public security, and justice services, were stalled … concern. Intimate partner violence is the most common form of violence. The COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020 added new layers …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …