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Artificial Intelligence with real biases: New challenges for gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

In a region marked by deep inequalities, artificial intelligence reflects and amplifies society’s gender biases, turning a technological challenge into a human development problem.

Mothers sustain, fathers disappear: the impunity of child support debtors

Alimony debtors leave thousands of families unprotected in Latin America. Structural failures and cultural complicity deepen inequality.

Gender parity and gender equality: are they the same?

Latin America has advanced with parity laws, but real gender equality requires breaking structural barriers beyond representation.

Four-day workweek: more burden on women?

Reducing the workweek can improve work-life balance, but without a gender lens, it risks increasing women’s domestic and care workload.

The impact of female leadership with a Latin American accent at the United Nations

In 2026, the UN has the historic opportunity to elect a woman as Secretary General for the first time, breaking 80 years of exclusion. Latin America has qualified leaders who can bring legitimacy, equality and transformative leadership.

Why we must not dismantle women’s ministries

The dismantling of women's ministries in Latin America reveals a dangerous sign: gender equality is being relegated to a dispensable issue.