중남미

Although the educational attainment gender gap has improved significantly in recent years with only a 4.8% gap left globally, women’s access to economic, social, and cultural rights continues to lag behind that of men. Structural barriers, such as harmful social norms and gender stereotypes, unpaid care work, and the lack of support networks, prevent many women from participating equally in the economy. These inequalities translate into reduced autonomy, affecting in general women’s agency and ability to exercise other human rights. Moreover, these issues disproportionally affect women with other intersectional inequalities, such as age, poverty, disability, ethnicity, or race, among others.