The new ? focuses on three strategic objectives: end gender-based violence and elevate human capital, expand and enable economic opportunities, and engage women as leaders.?
Within these areas, the LACGIL carries out both ¡®inferential studies¡¯ to identify gender gaps and their drivers and ¡®impact evaluations¡¯ to test solutions to these gaps.
Examples of our work in the three strategic objectives can be found below.
1. Foundational wellbeing: End Gender-based Violence & Elevate Human Capital
BRAZIL: The Nerds, the Cool, and the Central: Peer Education and Teen Pregnancy in Brazil (Forthcoming)
HONDURAS: Mapping Childcare Programs and Gaps in Provision in Areas with Employment Opportunities for Women in Honduras (Forthcoming)
URUGUAY: Facilitating the School to Work Transition of Young Women ( & (November, 2022)
2. Economic participation: Expand and Enable Economic Opportunities
GUATEMALA: Investing in Digital Technology to Increase Market Access for Women Agri-preneurs in Guatemala ( & ) (March 2022)
MEXICO: (May 2021)
LAC: The Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 on the Labor Market in Latin America and the Caribbean (, , & ) (January, 2021)
3. Leadership: Engage Women as Leaders
LAC: Unleashing Aspirations While Ensuring Opportunities could Help Reduce Teenage Pregnancy in Latin America and the Caribbean (Forthcoming)
PERU: Reducing Gender Gaps in Access to Management Positions: Experimental Evidence from Peru (Forthcoming)
MEXICO: Women Entrepreneurs in Mexico: Breaking Sectoral Segmentation and Increasing Profits ( & ) (October 2020)
More of our publications below:
