Claudia Goldin, a professor at Harvard, became the first woman ever to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences individually, without co-winners, on October 9, when the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences held up her work as generating "the first comprehensive account of women's earnings and labour market participation through the centuries." Goldin's pioneering studies, … [Read more...] about A Nobel Prize on Women in the Labor Market that Speaks to Latin America and the Caribbean
Monserrat Bustelo
Monserrat Bustelo es Especialista Senior de la División de Género y Diversidad del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID). Desde su ingreso al Banco en 2011, Monserrat ha liderado proyectos de investigación en el área de empoderamiento económico de las mujeres, relacionados con la prestación de servicios integrados, la paternidad activa, la transmisión de la violencia intergeneracional, la participación femenina en el trabajo y el futuro del trabajo (entre otros). ). Antes de unirse al BID, trabajó para el Banco Mundial en proyectos relacionados con la pobreza y los mercados laborales en América Latina y el Caribe. Monserrat tiene un doctorado en Economía Aplicada de la Universidad de Illinois en Urbana-Champaign y una maestría en Economía de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.
Do You Want Your Research to Help Close the Gender and Diversity Gaps? This Call for Proposals Is for You
The Latin America and the Caribbean region still has a long way to go when it comes to closing the gender and diversity gaps. One of the biggest challenges is closing existing knowledge gaps on the inequalities facing women, indigenous peoples, persons of African descent, persons with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ persons. Which interventions contribute to closing gender gaps in the … [Read more...] about Do You Want Your Research to Help Close the Gender and Diversity Gaps? This Call for Proposals Is for You