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Gender equality is an essential human right and it is important to maintain the balance of a democratic society and cultivate a relationship of peace, prosperity and collaboration among citizens. This right is guaranteed when women and men enjoy equal opportunities in all sectors of society.
By providing women and girls with access to medical care, decent jobs, economicautonomy and participation into taking political decisions, we are promoting a humanisticvision that benefits societies.
It is important to ensure that girls and women have freedom, and that they receive the information and support they need to make decisions that affect them. Fighting for gender equality will break the cycle of discrimination and violence, support the development of girls, and challenge harmful gender norms.
Although all Latin American countries have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, gender inequality and violence against women persist. This violence is particularly prevalent in indigenous and Afro-descendant communities, who suffer from intersectional discrimination.
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), he pointed outthat by 2023 at least 3,897 women were victims of femicide in 27 countries and territoriesin Latin America and the Caribbean.
This represents at least 11 gender-based violent deaths of women every day in the region.
According to UN Women, in Latin America and the Caribbean, only 37% of women feel safe walking alone on the streets of their neighborhoods during the night. For their part, the crises of democratic institutions, migratory and related to racketeering have a differentiated impact on women, exposing them to the risk of different manifestations of violence.
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