In the last decade, several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have been actively working on building and strengthening care systems. This has represented a paradigm shift as it has required a broader perspective, placing the care needs of families at the center and organizing public policy responses around them. One of the main pillars of a care system is the … [Read more...] about Quality: A Key Condition When Talking About Care
María Caridad Araujo
Chief of the Gender and Diversity Division at the IDB, where she leads efforts to improve access to quality services, economic opportunities, and strengthen the voice and representation of women, indigenous peoples, Afro-descendants, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ. + community. As chief economist in the IDB's Health and Social Protection Division, she worked on child development and poverty reduction programs. She was a professor at Georgetown University and worked at the World Bank. Maria Caridad has a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
Portraying LGBTQ+ Pride is Celebrating Inclusion
June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Each year we commemorate efforts to eradicate discriminatory practices based on gender identity or sexual orientation. The Latin American and Caribbean region has seen uneven progress on that journey, but it has also taken very important steps to ensure that LGBTQ+ people live, work, develop and dream on equal terms. For example, 40% of countries … [Read more...] about Portraying LGBTQ+ Pride is Celebrating Inclusion
Women’s Leadership Programs: Why Do We Create Them and How?
The power of online courses or MOOCs Several years ago, I was visiting a Bank project in a very small locality near Huancavelica, in Peru. While waiting for the rest of the team in the central square, a woman who seemed to know me approached me. Affectionately, she asked me: "Miss, are you the teacher from the IDB?" For a few seconds, I was somewhat confused and … [Read more...] about Women’s Leadership Programs: Why Do We Create Them and How?
Three Areas of Work for the Elimination of Gender-Based Violence
When we talk about gender-based violence or violence against women in Latin America and the Caribbean, the numbers are significant. Significant in the prevalence of the issue: 25% of women in the region have been victims of physical or sexual violence by their intimate partners. If we include violence outside of intimate relationships, this number increases to 34%. The numbers … [Read more...] about Three Areas of Work for the Elimination of Gender-Based Violence
Five Ways to Integrate Indigenous Identity into International Development Projects
"From there" - that's what the first part of the word "Indigenous" means. The suffix "genus" means "born" or "originated." In essence, this term, derived from Latin, means "originated from there." The origins, the "from there" of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean, are diverse. There are more than 800 cultures present in the region. This "from there" … [Read more...] about Five Ways to Integrate Indigenous Identity into International Development Projects