Although feminism has accumulated legal advances in the region, the rise of political and cultural resistance calls into question their effective translation into women’s everyday lives.
In Latin America, formal advances in gender equality coexist with persistent violence that continues to limit the autonomy, safety, and everyday lives of millions of women.
Although clear progress has been recorded across different spheres, structural gaps and divergent perceptions persist, revealing tensions that remain unresolved.
Gender parity has advanced from quotas to a democratic principle, but it remains fragile, uneven, and still insufficient to guarantee real equality in representation.
The care agenda is gaining ground in the regional discourse, but it clashes with a model that continues to rely on the invisible and precarious labor of women.
In Latin America, women sustain life in degraded territories, where caring for the environment is also a form of resistance to the climate crisis and to inequality.
