Gender equality in Peru / / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814778003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Paris, France : , : OECD Publishing, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 9789264670648
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (104 pages)
• Disciplina: 305.8924073
• Soggetti: Sex role; Sexual division of labor
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Executive summary -- Main recommendations for reducing barriers to sharing paid and unpaid work more equitably -- Main recommendations for making women's paid work pay more -- Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic -- 1 Gender gaps in Peru: An international and sub-national comparison -- Gender gaps in education and labour market outcomes -- Education -- Employment -- Drivers of gender gaps in outcomes -- Unpaid work -- Gender-based stereotypes and attitudes -- Institutions and laws -- Care and physical infrastructure -- References -- Notes -- 2 A holistic policy framework for achieving a balanced sharing of paid and unpaid work -- Reducing barriers to sharing paid and unpaid work equally -- Creating a more comprehensive care system -- Policy insights -- Expanding parental leave in the formal and informal economy -- Policy insights -- Reducing the transmission of gender stereotypes through the education system -- Policy insights -- Strengthening the access to safe and secure public transports -- Policy insights -- Making women's paid work pay more -- Ensuring access to quality education for all -- Policy insights -- Promoting women in non-traditional careers and leadership positions -- Policy insights -- Increasing women's integration in the formal labour market -- Policy insights -- Supporting women's entrepreneurship -- Policy insights -- Fighting violence against women outside the home -- Policy insights -- ; References -- 3 The compounding effects of COVID-19 -- Women and COVID-19 in Peru: Review of impacts and challenges -- School closures -- Labour market developments -- Mental health -- Violence against women -- Gender sensitive policy responses to support economic security -- Measures to support SMEs and employment -- Protecting incomes -- The fight against gender-based violence -- Policy insights.; References.
• Sommario/riassunto: The OECD review of Gender Equality in Peru: Towards a Better Sharing of Paid and Unpaid Work is the second of a series focusing on Latin American and the Caribbean countries. It compares gender gaps in labour and educational outcomes in Peru with other countries.