If you have ever watched a beehive, you would have noticed that it operates through coordination. Each bee plays a role in a system based on communication, cooperation, and a shared purpose. In a similar way, institutional responses to violence against women require coordination and a comprehensive approach. Based on this promise, the 2025 Regional Policy Dialogue entitled … [Read more...] about Five Priorities for a Coordinated and Comprehensive Approach to Violence Against Women
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.
Celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride Month: What did we discuss at our event?
The IDB's LGBTQ+ Pride Month event, "Pride in Being Who We Are: More Inclusive Societies for LGBTQ+ People," was an opportunity to open valuable and necessary conversations about LGBTQ+ inclusion. In the first panel, "Identifying and Removing Barriers," public sector authorities from Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador joined two specialists from the IDB group to address the … [Read more...] about Celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride Month: What did we discuss at our event?
What If There Were 100 Women in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Eight years ago, the IDB tried to illustrate what Latin America and the Caribbean would look like if it was populated by only 100 people. This exercise gave us a perspective on many aspects of the living conditions of the population in the region: from how diverse it is, to the lack of access to basic services that a substantial percentage of it suffers. On this … [Read more...] about What If There Were 100 Women in Latin America and the Caribbean?