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http://hdl.handle.net/10469/22357| Type: | Libro |
| Title: | Latin American Women: compared figures |
| metadata.dc.contributor.cordinator: | Valdés, Teresa Gomariz, Enrique |
| Issue: | 1995 |
| Publisher: | Santiago de Chile : FLACSO Chile : Instituto de la Mujer |
| ISBN: | 9562050823 9562050440 |
| Citation: | Valdés, Teresa y Enrique Gomariz, coords. 1995. Latin American Women: compared figures. Santiago de Chile: FLACSO Chile / Instituto de la Mujer. |
| Keywords: | MUJERES AMÉRICA LATINA PARTICIPACIÓN DE LAS MUJERES TRABAJO DE LA MUJER EDUCACIÓN DERECHOS DE LAS MUJERES |
| Format: | 199 páginas |
| metadata.dc.description.sponsorship: | FLACSO Chile : Instituto de la Mujer |
| metadata.dc.description.tableofcontents: | TABLE OF CONTENTS | Acknowledgements 7 | Researchers and Institutions 8 | Foreword 11 | Introduction 11 | Map of Latin America 14 | Economics 17 | Domestic Production 20 | External Sector 24 | Prices, Wages and Social Public Spending 28 | Income Distribution and Poverty 32 | DEMOGRAPHY 35 | Population 38 | Ages of the Population 40 | Fertility 44 | Physical Distribution 48 | Indigenous Population 51 | Marital Status 54 | Family and Heads of Household 60 | WORK 63 | Participation in the Economy 66 | Employment Structure 78 | Unemployment 87 | Working Hours and Underemployment 90 | Employment and Level of Education 91 | Wage Differences 93 | Informal Sector 94 | EDUCATION 95 | Illiteracy 95 | Schooling 96 | Pre-school Education 102 | Primary Education 103 | Educational Achievement 104 | Women in School Textbooks 105 | Secondary Education 106 | University Education 108 | Coverage provided by the Educational System 111 | Women Teachers 112 | HEALTH 113 | Life Expectancy 115 | Health Conditions and Health Systems 117 | Mortality and its Causes 119 | Morbidity 129 | Reproductive Health Pregnancy and Delivery 130 | Maternal Mortality 131 | Abortion 132 | Birth Control 133 | Desired Number of Children 134 | LEGISLATION 135 | Political Rights and Constitutional Guarantees 137 | Family Law 140 | Penal Law 145 | Labor Law 150 | Reproductive Rights 155 | SOCIOPOLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN 157 | Citizenship 159 | Executive Branch 161 | Legislative Branch 164 | Judicial Branch 167 | Political Parties 169 | Social Organizations 171 | Women's Organizations and Movements 172 | Popular Women's Organizations 178 | Labor Unions 179 | Peasant Women's Organizations 179 | Native Indian Organizations 180 | Black Women 180 | Human Rights Organizations 180 | The Feminist Movement 181 | Women's Movement 182 | The Regional Domain 183 | Action Aimed at Women 185 | Governmental Action 185 | Non-Governmental Action 187 | Action Aimed at Violence against Women 191 | Action by the First Ladies 193 | Action of International Organizations 194 | REMARKS ON METHODOLOGY 195 | Notes and Symbols 199 | |
| metadata.dc.coverage.spatial: | ECU |
| Description: | Latin American Women. Compared Figures is the final result of the first systematic attempt to make a bailable an integral picture of the situation of Latin American women, in comparison to that of men. This is a multivaried Continent in terms of colors and geographies although it is crossed by painful political, social, ethnic, cultural and economic conflicts. |
| Rights: | openAccess Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Ecuador |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10469/22357 |
| Appears in Collections: | FLACSO Ecuador |
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