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Gender Equality in Peru

Towards a Better Sharing of Paid and Unpaid Work

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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. Particular attention is put on the uneven distribution of unpaid work, and the extra burden this places on women. It investigates how policies and programmes in Peru can make this distribution more equitable. The first part of the report reviews the evidence on gender gaps and on what causes these, including the role played by attitudes. The second part develops a comprehensive framework to address these challenges, presenting a broad range of options to reduce the unpaid work burden falling on women, and to increase women’s labour income. The final part discusses the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and considers how the policy priorities of the government will have to change to address these. An earlier review in the same series has looked at gender equality policies in Chile (2021).

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The compounding effects of COVID‑19

This chapter provides an overview of the health social and economic well-being impacts of the COVID‑19 pandemic in Peru. It finds that COVID‑19 and the lockdown have dramatically exacerbated gender inequalities at least temporarily. The chapter starts with a discussion of the educational effects of school closures and a review of labour market developments. The pandemic has led many Peruvian women to stop working without searching for re‑employment because they took on additional caring work. In addition to higher labour market inactivity, the pandemic also led to an exacerbation of stress and mental health problems and an upsurge of episodes of violence against women. The chapter then reviews the measures that the Peruvian Government has taken to mitigate these adverse consequences and advances a set of policy insights for continued government efforts to support women, particularly the most vulnerable.

English Also available in: Spanish

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