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Sustainable financial impact

04/12/2024 Go to Evidence

3 million women in countries such as India, Indonesia, Cambodia and the Philippines benefit from the Women’s Livelihood Bond Series (WLB), issued by Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), which supports their sustainable livelihoods (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

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

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

Time use gap

04/11/2024 Go to Evidence

Three times more time is dedicated by women to unpaid domestic and care work compared to men, according to time use measurements in various LAC countries (ECLAC, 2024).

CEPAL (2024)

CEPAL, América Latina y el Caribe ante las trampas del desarrollo: transformaciones indispensables y cómo gestionarlas (LC/SES.40/3-P/-*), Santiago, 2024

Food insecurity

08/10/2024 Go to Evidence

2.4% is the gender gap in global food insecurity in 2022, with a greater impact on women than men, although the effects of the pandemic have shown signs of easing (SOFI 2023 Report).

Apoyar la transformación de los sistemas alimentarios hacia la sostenibilidad y resiliencia. Libro Blanco. PNUD

SOFI 2023

Agricultural productivity

08/10/2024 Go to Evidence

The 1% increase in global GDP from closing the gender gap in agricultural productivity and wages would reduce food insecurity by 2%, benefiting 45 million people.

Apoyar la transformación de los sistemas alimentarios hacia la sostenibilidad y resiliencia. Libro Blanco. PNUD

The status of women in agrifood systems. (s.f.). Organización de las Naciones Unidas para al Alimentación y la Agricultura. https://openknowledge.fao.org/items/1b87f67b-57b2-4951 903f-b872f0ef021c

Women in Rural Areas

20/11/2023 Go to Evidence

58 million women live together in rural areas on the continent (Guiskin, 2019).

(Guiskin, 2019).

https://opsaa.iica.int/resource-441-la-situacion-de-las-juventudes-rurales-en-america-latina-y-el-caribe