mothers earn lower wages than women with no children, the results for Latin America do not show a homogeneous impact of …

Over the last decade, Latin America has witnessed unprecedented gains of more than 50 percent in the number of women in … power. This paper explains these gains and discusses factors that fuel and help forecast the continuing growth in women … and the barriers women must overcome so that their share in the political ranks gets closer to their share in the …

Does early childbearing restrict women's social and economic opportunities? These questions are explored by examining … the effects, first on marital status and family formation, and second on women's employment options, earnings and poverty … and the nature of women's economic participation provide the common ground to assess consequences of adolescent …

This article discusses the plight of poor women around the world and the feminization of poverty. The evidence is … imperfect, but current trends suggest that women account for a growing proportion of those people who are considered poor on the …

programs and policies to prevent and deal with violence. This note focuses on domestic violence against women. The author …

This technical paper reviews existing empirical evidence to track the effects of women's paid work on their own and … labor markets and women's labor force participation. It then explores women's occupational health risks and mentions some … effects of paid work on women's health and child health. The paper ends with policy recommendations. …

international women's rights law in domestic courts, thus enhancing their ability to treat cases of violence against women and … ensuring greater protection for women's rights in the region. The purpose of this report is to distill the findings and …