Strategic Note Latin America and the Caribbean | 2023 — 2025

The advance of anti-rights groups and the impact of the crisis on national accounts may negatively affect the Machineries for the Advancement of Women (MAMs) in two areas: On the one hand, it may affect the institutionality of the entity, promoting a more "family" centered approach, undermining its capacity to influence the State to promote laws, public policies, and budgets focused on achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment. On the other hand, it may further reduce the budget to which the MAMs have access, making it even more challenging to finance specific programs aimed at closing gaps.