The LAC region has the highest levels of inequality in the world, with wide gaps in living standards cross countries, regions, sectors, and socio-economic spheres. COVID-19 could push 15.9 million more people in the region into extreme poverty, bringing the total number of people living in poverty to 214 million or 34% of the entire population in LAC. Women, girls, and LGBTIQ+ people will be some of the most affected, especially those from at-risk and marginalized groups.
This Rapid Gender Analysis draws on the rich body of intersectional feminist work in the region to help humanitarian actors and CSOs deepen their analysis and response of the COVID-19 crisis. It focuses on many of the broad themes already identified by international humanitarian actors and CSOs as important for addressing the gendered impacts of COVID-19 in LAC, and then furthers this analysis by offering concrete, practical, recommendations for gender equality in humanitarian programming.
Read the full report here.