An Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) study projects that by 2050, more than one in five individuals in The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago will have a disability. The increase of 5.9 percentage points from the 2020 projection is significant. Given the fast-aging population, this demographic shift highlights the need for urgent … [Read more...] about Disability in the Caribbean: What We Know and How to Promote Inclusion
María José Martínez
María José Martínez is a specialist in the Gender and Diversity Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), where she supports the design and implementation of initiatives that promote gender equality and the inclusion of diverse population groups in the Caribbean. Previously, she worked on gender and diversity mainstreaming in the Innovation for Citizen Services Division. Before joining the IDB, she worked at the Ministry of Women and Gender Equity of Chile, leading international and regional cooperation projects for Latin America and the Caribbean on gender and human rights. She also supported the formulation of public policies and the investigation of cases of gender-based discrimination and discrimination against diverse population groups in government agencies in New York. María José is Chilean, a lawyer from the Adolfo Ibáñez University in Viña del Mar, holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Columbia University in New York, and received a Columbia Law School Public Interest and Government LL.M. Fellowship.