Despite Gains, Women's Rights Still Denied in Latin American Countries Emilio Godoy - Inter Press Service
go to original May 17, 2013

MEXICO CITY - Latin American states are still failing to provide guarantees for women's educational, sexual and reproductive rights, according to activists from different regions of the world meeting in the Mexican capital.

"Pending issues include economics, education, violence and sexual and reproductive health," María Oviedo, the Argentine training manager for the Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defence of Women's Rights (CLADEM), told IPS.

Oviedo, together with dozens of women's rights defenders from Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa, attended the May 7-10 seminar "Incidencia en red: el desafío que los estados cumplan con los derechos humanos de las mujeres" (Networking: Challenging States to Respect Women's Human Rights).

CLADEM, founded in 1987, launched a campaign in 2011 with the slogan "For a state that fulfils its duties towards women's human rights. The time has arrived!” Financed by the European Union and the Dutch organisation Oxfam Novib, the campaign will conclude in 2015.

In Latin America, indicators on primary school education, employment and incomes have improved over the past decade, but there are still significant gaps between the status of women and men in this region with a highly patriarchal culture.

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