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Gender Equality in Colombia

Towards a Better Sharing of Paid and Unpaid Work

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The OECD review of Gender Equality in Colombia: Towards a Better Sharing of Paid and Unpaid Work is the third in a collection of reports focusing on Latin American and the Caribbean countries, and part of the series Gender Equality at Work. The report compares gender gaps in labour and educational outcomes in Colombia with other countries. Particular attention is put on the uneven distribution of unpaid work, and the extra burden this places on women. It investigates how policies and programmes in Colombia can make this distribution more equitable. The first part of the report reviews the evidence on gender gaps and on what causes these, including the role played by attitudes. The second part develops a comprehensive framework to address these challenges, presenting a broad range of options to reduce the unpaid work burden falling on women, and to increase women’s labour income. Earlier reviews in the same collection have looked at gender equality policies in Chile (2021) and Peru (2022).

English Also available in: Spanish

Foreword

The OECD review of Gender Equality in Colombia is the third in a collection of reports focussing on Latin America and Caribbean countries, after previous reviews that focused on Chile and Peru, respectively. It puts gender gaps in labour and educational outcomes in Colombia into a comparative context, and analyses the factors that contribute to unequal outcomes, including the uneven distribution of unpaid work. It discusses how existing policies and programmes in Colombia can contribute to improving gender equality and, in particular, increasing men’s participation in unpaid work.

English Also available in: Spanish

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