One of the most important and historical dates of March is International Women’s Day. Through this commemoration, Peruvians and Peruvians aware of the barriers faced by women to access better labor, educational and economic resources opportunities. According to the latest quarterly report of the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), the average monthly income […]
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Almost 78% of women in Peru work in informality
In Peru, informality continues to affect women. According to the statistical yearbook of Latin America and the Caribbean 2024, prepared by the ECLAC77.5% of Peruvian workers are in informality, a figure higher than that of men, which reaches 71.8%. This places the country among the five with the greatest female informality in the region, only […]
Only 30% of women postulates headquarters for fear of rejection and sexual division of labor
According to the last report of the Peru 2024 labor market of Bumeran, leading employment portal in Latin America, the distribution of gender applications varies according to the position level. At the junior level, women represent 46.10% of applications, while men reach 53.90%. For senior and semi -senior levels, female participation is 32.34%, compared to […]
Lenacapavir, a 100% effective drug in preventing AIDS in women
A clinical trial demonstrated 100% efficacy in preventing HIV in more than 5,000 women through the half-yearly supply and injection of lenacapavir, according to the results presented this Wednesday by the Zimbabwean scientist Linda-Gail Bekker in the framework of the 25th World AIDS Conference in Munich (southern Germany). Germany). The test, entitled ‘Purpose 1’, offered […]
Men in rich, gender-equal countries eat more meat than women
Men tend to eat meat more frequently than women. womena difference that increases in countries with higher equality levels gender, social development and economic development, according to a study published this Thursday in Scientific Reports. The authors of the study, led by Christopher Hopwoodof the University of Zurich (Switzerland)attribute this difference to the fact that […]
Poverty reached 57.2% of Peruvian families led by women
The recession expanded the universe of nuclear households headed by a woman, as it shot up from 42%, in 2019, to 57.2%; while with respect to 2022, the increase was 3 percentage points (54.2%), according to the latest report from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). Thus, “The photograph of the poor home […]
INEI: The number of households headed by women increases
According to the report on the evolution of poverty in Peru carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), poor nuclear households headed by women presented an increase of three percentage points compared to 2019, reaching 57 .2% in 2023. It is also observed that within these nuclear households led by women, […]
OAS begins drafting a model law on gender equality in politics
The Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) marked this Thursday the beginning of the process of preparing a “Inter-American Model Law” on gender parity in public and political life in search of “strengthen the democracy parity in the region.” The secretary general of the Organization of American States, Luis Almagro, participated in the forum; the permanent […]
Without women, there would be no fishing: 90% of the workforce in pre-capture and post-capture is female
The belief that artisanal fishing is an activity carried out solely or mainly by men is a response to the lack of visibility of the role of women in the sector, despite representing 90% of the workforce in the pre-capture and post-capture. Likewise, the importance of their work is highlighted in both stages, in which […]
Only 18% of Peruvians are banked
Peru has improved slightly in terms of financial inclusion by gender, and climbed two positions in the list of countries with the highest proportion of banked women, placing it in fifth place, according to a report by Credicorp and Ipsos. Argentina (38%), Panama (33%), Chile (31%) and Ecuador (27%) lead the regional table; and we […]