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What COVID-19 Tells Us About Gender Inequality in Latin America

By Eugene Zapata-Garesché , Luciana Cardoso

Increased violence and separate lockdown orders are turning up the volume on the plight of women in the region.

In the midst of social and economic unrest, the COVID-19 pandemic appears as an uninvited guest to an already crowded cocktail of Latin American headaches. Prevailing rates of poverty and an already weak economic outlook place the region in a fragile position to face the more than 100,000 cases confirmed through April. The virus has landed on fertile ground to expose and aggravate pre-existing social disparities and divisions that characterize much of Latin America.

The virus has highlighted...

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