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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

This paper on Women’s Political Participation and Gender Parity in Decision-Making in the Caribbean has reviewed various indicators of women’s participation in parliament, in government and in the public and private sectors in the English speaking islands of the Caribbean and Cuba and the Netherlands Antilles.

This study assesses the status of gender mainstreaming in the policy framework of the 29 Caribbean member states and Associate Members of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which are also members of its subsidiary organ for the subregion: the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC). The study defines ...