The Promise of Community Collaboration The pandemic has exposed racial and ethnic disparities, but has also demonstrated how community level partnership, access to quality information and good communication can quickly bolster vaccine rates. African descendants in Latin America have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, due to factors such as limited … [Read more...] about The Vaccine and me – Responses for African descendants
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The vaccine and me – the perspective of a person with a disability
Matías’s experience Many of us are waiting anxiously for the day when we can have access to a COVID-19 vaccine. People with disabilities are no different. Like everyone else, many people with disabilities want and need to be vaccinated. This is also the case for Matías Ferreyra, university professor, president of the Latin American Union of the Blind and member of the … [Read more...] about The vaccine and me – the perspective of a person with a disability
Resilience and inclusive equitable recovery
Afro-descendants in Latin America COVID-19 has been a blow to Latin-America and the Caribbean. But, for the 100-150 million African descendants in the region, that represent 20-30% of the population, the impact has been particularly grave. African descendants have been disproportionately impacted due to inequalities in labor market access, education, and health services. The … [Read more...] about Resilience and inclusive equitable recovery
Women at the center of public-private action
If there is one thing the COVID-19 pandemic has proven, it is that business as usual won’t cut it. The virus has exposed deep inequalities that have been brewing for decades in developing countries. Only new approaches, and most importantly, joint solutions that bridge the public and private sectors, will show us the way forward. Experts estimate that LAC could lose up to 14.4% … [Read more...] about Women at the center of public-private action
COVID-19: An opportunity to transform female employment
We started 2021 with social networks alerting us that the employment crisis was affecting mainly women. For example, a news item from the United States indicated that all 140,000 jobs lost during December 2020 were for women. Furthermore, the news reported that the only ones who had recovered jobs during that month had been men. Similarly, the newly elected first female vice … [Read more...] about COVID-19: An opportunity to transform female employment