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Latin American and Caribbean Report: LACWHN looks at six Latin America and Caribbean countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic – Cairo +20, 2012
2013In 1993 the Latin American and Caribbean Women’s Health Network (LACWHN) convened the first meeting on 'Women and Population Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean', attended by 70 women from 18 countries, setting the tone for the feminist debate in the region, and initiating the full incorporation of their membership into the process leading up to the InternationalDocumentLAC investment in China: a new chapter in Latin America and the Caribbean-China relations
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2014In a 2012 report, Pathways to China: The Story of Latin American Firms in the Chinese Market, the IDB took a first step towards better understanding the dimensions and drivers of investment from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in China.DocumentRethinking Social Protection Using a Gender Lens
Overseas Development Institute, 2010The role of gender in social protection is complex, shaping the types of risks tackled, how they are tackled, public buy-in and programme implementation practices. However, the extent to which gender has been integrated into social protection approaches has been uneven at best.DocumentThe effectiveness of climate finance: a review of the Amazon Fund
Overseas Development Institute, 2013This working paper looks at the effectiveness of the Amazon Fund, the largest dedicated fund supporting efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation in the Amazon.Document#16Days: Cecilia Sardenberg on gender-based violence
BRIDGE, 2013As part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence campaign, the BRIDGE programme spoke to Cecilia Sardenberg about her work in Brazil and why she is getting behind the campaign. Cecilia is a Brazilian feminist, teacher and director of the Nucleus of Interdisciplinary Women’s Studies (NEIM) at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Brazil.DocumentScholarships: the impact and effectiveness for disadvantaged children and girls
Health and Education Advice and Resource Team, 2014This report outlines a number of different scholarship, stipend and cash transfer programmes (CCTs). Evidence on the effectiveness and impact is mixed. Most programmes increase enrolments, but the impact on learning is less clear.DocumentAnticoncepción de Emergencia: católicas y católicos a favor, obispos en contra
Catholics for Choice, 2011Catholics for Choice y el Consorcio Internacional sobre la Anticoncepción de Emergencia anuncian el lanzamiento de la versión en español de su publicación, <<Anticoncepción de Emergencia: católicas y católicos a favor, obispos en contra>>.DocumentSexuality, Culture and Politics - A South American Reader
2013Although mature and vibrant, Latin American scholarship on sexuality still remains largely invisible to a global readership. In this collection of articles translated into English from Portuguese and Spanish, South American scholars explore the values, practices, knowledge, moralities and politics of sexuality in a variety of local contexts.DocumentRape Victims as Criminals: Illegal Abortion after Rape in Ecuador
Human Rights Watch, 2013This 26-page report found that Ecuador’s criminal code limits women’s and girls’ reproductive rights by prohibiting abortion with few exceptions, even in the case of pregnancies that result from sexual violence. The criminal code imposes penalties including prison terms ranging from one to five years for women and girls who obtain abortions.DocumentReligious-Based Political Parties and Groups Continue to Resist Women’s SRHRs in Brazil
Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2013What abortion legislation currently exists in Brazil? What role have religious groups played in advancing or impeding women’s rights in Brazil?Pages