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Latin America and the Caribbean Gender Innovation Lab (LACGIL)
Latest Report
Highlights
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Policy Brief Jun 11, 2024
The Nerds, the Cool & the Central: Peer Education and Teen Pregnancy in Brazil
In Brazil, a peer-led intervention focused on sexual & reproductive health & students' aspirations at public high schools, resulted in significantly ⤴️improved contraceptive use &⤵️decreased teenage pregnancy rates.
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Blog May 15, 2024
Dominican Republic: Five challenges to overcome
The recent poverty assessment in Dominican Republic provides a detailed snapshot of the five challenges to overcome for achieving inclusive economic growth.
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Infographic Mar 01, 2024
Six facts to understand the reality of women in Latin America and the Caribbean
Women between 25 and 35 years of age are 7 percentage points more likely to be poor than men of the same age.
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Blog Mar 01, 2024
Poverty is not gender neutral in Latin America and the Caribbean
During the life cycle, poverty among men and women evolves differently. As individuals enter productive ages, poverty drops, but it does so at a faster rate for men than for women.
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Blog Feb 06, 2024
Strategies from Peru to prevent and address gender-based violence
Andrea, like many others in Peru, endured the devastating impact of job loss in a nation heavily affected during the pandemic. Her situation worsened as she suffered violence at home.
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About the LACGIL
The LAC Gender Innovation Lab provides World Bank operational teams, policy makers, and development practitioners with knowledge to promote gender equality and drive change in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Multimedia
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Video Mar 04, 2024
Gender and poverty in Latin America, a conversation with the World Bank
LinkedIn noticias América Latina spoke with Paola Buitrago-Hernandez and Hugo Rolando Ñopo Aguilar, economists from the World Bank, about gender and poverty in Latin America.
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Infographic Mar 01, 2024
Six facts to understand the reality of women in Latin America and the Caribbean
Women between 25 and 35 years of age are 7 percentage points more likely to be poor than men of the same age.
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Video Dec 13, 2023
Addressing Gender Violence through World Bank projects
Addressing Gender-Based Violence in the Latin America and Caribbean region is critical, and this video presents the approaches and projects that the World Bank is using to end this scourge.
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Infographic Nov 28, 2023
Schools are spaces to socialize and learn, not for Gender-based violence
To achieve the high-income country status by 2030, the Dominican Republic will need to accelerate the reduction of relatively large gender gaps.