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Fighting ‘sextortion’ in Latin America
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Voices & Views
Latin American countries are progressively incorporating a gender perspective into anti-corruption strategies. They are also developing specific tools to protect women and girls from gender-related violence. The European Union...
Americas & the Caribbean
Gender
Governance & Corruption
Violencia de género en el contexto Covid-19: buenas prácticas de la cooperación entre la UE y América Latina
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Voices & Views
Durante la pandemia COVID-19, la necesidad de intercambiar experiencias en la respuesta a las violencias de género en el actual contexto de aislamiento social se ha hecho evidente. Las instituciones gubernamentales de América...
Americas & the Caribbean
Argentina
Chile
+5Peru
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Mexico
Europe
Gender
Gender violence in the context of Covid-19: best practices from the EU-Latin America cooperation
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Voices & Views
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to share expertise on gender-based violence in the current context of social isolation has become apparent. Governmental institutions in Latin America and Europe reached out to the EUROsociAL...
Americas & the Caribbean
Argentina
Bolivia
+6Chile
Colombia
Peru
Guatemala
Mexico
Europe
Gender
Public and private sector representatives highlight benefits of public-private partnerships
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Voices & Views
At the European Development Days 2019, Capacity4dev spoke to representatives of both the public and private sector to discuss public-private partnerships (PPPs). During the European event - designed to encourage the sharing of...
Worldwide
Africa
Congo
+2Americas & the Caribbean
Colombia
Private Sector
Public Private Partnerships
Research for Private sector development and industry
+4Trade & Economic Integration
Trade facilitation
Trade Policy
Trade-related adjustment - Aid for trade
Mainstreaming gender equality in Colombia
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Voices & Views
Colombia has made a lot of progress on promoting gender equality. Here’s how the EU development cooperation has contributed to this.
Americas & the Caribbean
Colombia
Gender
Gender equality - women's rights
Gender mainstreaming
+2Gender-based violence
Women's empowerment
Facing up to gender stereotypes in Nicaragua
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Voices & Views
Women in Nicaragua face high rates of gender-based violence, with 80% of all reported acts of sexual violence being committed against girls. Tackling the problems of gender, from violence to economic exclusion, must start with the...
Americas & the Caribbean
Nicaragua
Gender
Gender equality - women's rights
Gender mainstreaming
+2Gender-based violence
Women's empowerment
SPHaïtiLab: Improving health with a national laboratory policy
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Voices & Views
For over a century, Haiti has had an ambitious – but struggling – laboratory sector. Can the new national policy, supported by an EU-funded project, be the change needed?
Americas & the Caribbean
Haiti
Health
Spotlight Initiative: Countering violence against women in Central America
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Voices & Views
One in three women is estimated to have experienced physical or sexual violence during their lifetime – a fact often hidden, and too high to be ignored. We talked to the European Union Delegations in Guatemala and Mexico about...
Americas & the Caribbean
Guatemala
Mexico
Gender
Health
Human Rights
Views from the Field: In conversation with Madeleine Onclin, former EU Head of Cooperation in Honduras
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Voices & Views
With €235 million allocated for the 2014-2020 period, Honduras represents the second largest EU portfolio in Latin America, after Bolivia. Former EU Head of Cooperation (2015-2017), Madeleine Onclin, discusses rule of law and...
Americas & the Caribbean
Honduras
Governance & Corruption
Human Rights
Forests