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"Gender equality" funds

04/12/2024 Go to Evidence

Only 1% of "gender equality" funds from governments go to women's organizations (ECLAC, 2024).

CEPAL, 2024

M. Williams and A. Constable, “Climate change financing in the Caribbean: an analysis from a gender perspective”, Gender Affairs Series, No. 165 (LC/TS.2024/104), Santiago, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 2024

Economic growth in decline

03/12/2024 Go to Evidence

0.9% was the average annual growth rate of Latin America and the Caribbean between 2015 and 2024, less than half of the 2.0% recorded during the lost decade of the 1980s (ECLAC, 2024).

CEPAL (2024)

Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Panorama Social de América Latina y el Caribe, 2024 (LC/PUB.2024/21-P), Santiago, 2024.

Financial inclusion

03/12/2024 Go to Evidence

980 million women are estimated to be excluded from formal financial systems (ECLAC, 2024).

CEPAL, 2024

M. Williams and A. Constable, “Climate change financing in the Caribbean: an analysis from a gender perspective”, Gender Affairs Series, No. 165 (LC/TS.2024/104), Santiago, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 2024

Financial gap

03/12/2024 Go to Evidence

9% is the gender gap in financial access in developing countries (ECLAC, 2024).

CEPAL, 2024

M. Williams and A. Constable, “Climate change financing in the Caribbean: an analysis from a gender perspective”, Gender Affairs Series, No. 165 (LC/TS.2024/104), Santiago, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 2024

Informality and gender gap

03/12/2024 Go to Evidence

55% of women entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean work in the informal sector, which limits their ability to grow in size and profits (ECLAC, 2024).

CEPAL, 2024

M. Williams and A. Constable, “Climate change financing in the Caribbean: an analysis from a gender perspective”, Gender Affairs Series, No. 165 (LC/TS.2024/104), Santiago, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 2024

Degraded land

02/12/2024 Go to Evidence

40% of the world's land is degraded, reducing its productivity and negatively affecting climate, biodiversity and people's livelihoods.

La desertificación y la degradación del suelo afecta a 3000 millones de personas en todo el mundo

https://news.un.org/es/story/2024/12/1534741

Company issues

14/11/2024 Go to Evidence

42% of companies do not transparently report their progress towards net zero and Scope 3 emissions targets, while 17% have experienced an increase in emissions rather than a decrease.

Informe sobre el estado de la industria alimentaria del país en 2024

https://foodfoundation.org.uk/publication/state-nations-food-industry-report-2024