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 …

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 …

interventions aimed to promote positive health and social behaviors have mixed or harmful effects on gender-based violence, and … investigated the relationship between a lottery-based incentive and gender-based violence among female sex workers in Dar es Salaam …-to-treat analysis was conducted to estimate differences in physical and sexual gender-based violence (overall), and intimate partner …

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 …