Six out of ten Central American women on their way through Mexico are victims of sexual violence, according to reports from Amnesty International.
This project will identify and analyze economic opportunity policies and practices that aim to support women in Latin America by preventing violence, increasing access to justice, and empowering them economically.
Young adult men are the most visible and well-studied agents and victims of violence in urban areas. Young adult women, for their part, are the most invisible. They are relatively under-studied actors in urban violence.
The future of sustainable growth in several emerging markets rests on the ability of their young populations to find gainful employment.
As countries in South Asia move toward greater economic integration, a range of interconnected challenges to constitutional and human rights guarantees are emerging.