Forty-five years ago, the first Regional Conference on the Integration of Women into the Economic and Social … Development of Latin America was held (Havana, 1977), as an intergovernmental platform for the region following the World … Conference of the International Women’s Year (Mexico City, 1975). This meeting culminated in the adoption by the governments of …

The last decades have witnessed an unprecedented increase in women's economic independence through higher educational … in the literature concerning how this increase in independence has translated into women's living standards, measured … it. The analysis unfolds three stories regarding the relationship between increasing economic independence for women …

This study investigates whether including women in peace negotiations has facilitated lasting peace. We argue that … female negotiators and the action of women's civil society groups that advocate for gender-related provisions strengthen … equal societies that, in turn, makes peace more stable. This study applies a new approach in its analysis by linking women …