Group s gender action plan (GAP) trust fund has financed a series of programs to promote gender equality by empowering women to compete in key markets: land, labor, agriculture, finance and the private sector. Work and family: Latin American and the Caribbean women in search of a new balance offer new analysis of how household decision-making and allocation of resources affects female labor market outcomes in the region. This project summarizes over half a decade of gender-related activities, training, research and results in Latin America and the Caribbean. All of the GAP-funded cases chosen for this project provide succinct policy lessons that were: innovative
results-driven (impact was measured or documented)
policy relevant (clear indications for policy makers)
methodologically strong
have potential for scaling up or replication. The chapters present policy lessons organized around four themes of vital importance to women and their families: (A) access to labor markets
(B) improved workplace conditions, (C) entrepreneurial and income-earning opportunities, and (D) increased land titling and agricultural productivity. And this project includes five chapters: chapter one is key issues for women s economic empowerment in Latin
chapter two is boosting women s labor force participation
chapter three is good gender practices in the workplace
chapter four is promoting income-generating opportunities in urban and rural contexts
chapter five is women s productivity in agriculture.