Rosemary Thorp Professor Maria Magdalena Camou Professor Silvana Maubrigades
This book presents evidence of the evolution of the gender inequalities in Latin America during the twentieth century, using basic indicators of human development, namely education, health and the labour market. There are very few historical studies that centre on gender as the main analytical category in Latin America, so this book breaks new ground. Using case-studies from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay, the authors show that there is evidence of a correlation between economic growth and the decrease in gender inequality, but this process is also not linear. Although the...
This book presents evidence of the evolution of the gender inequalities in Latin America during the twentieth century, using basic indicators of human...
