Gender equality in the pacific alliance: Promoting women's economic empowerment
The equal inclusion of women in economic life is a key driver of economic growth throughout the world, including the Pacific Alliance countries of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Talent is lost, and future growth suffers, when women do not have the same opportunities as men to reach their full potential in the labour market. All countries of the world have work to do to advance the equality agenda, and Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru have much to do. This report sustains that while girls and women in the Pacific Alliance are progressing on the path to gender equality and inclusive growth, significant roadblocks remain. Gender gaps stubbornly persist in labour force participation rates, in the distribution of domestic and unpaid care work, job quality, earnings, poverty status and post-secondary education and training.
DOI: 10.1787/9789264262959-en