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Through a regional office and a number of country and multi-country offices in the region, UN Women implements programmes tailored to individual countries, in close collaboration with governments, the UN system and civil society.

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Argentina
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Bolivia
Bolivia Country Office
Brazil
Brazil Country Office
Multi-Country Office – Caribbean
Covering the English and Dutch speaking Caribbean, the UN Women Multi-Country Office – Caribbean, works with governments, civil-society organisations and regional inter-governmental bodies, such as the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) in the development and implementation of innovative approaches aimed at achieving gender equality, women’s empowerment and national growth and development.
Colombia
Colombia has achieved important victories in the last two decades regarding the promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment, although there are still significant gaps to reduce.
Ecuador
Ecuador is a country characterized by its inter-cultural makeup; it has a population of 14.5 million, 50.4% of them women and 49.6% men. Ecuadorean people self-identify as 65% mestizo, 13% of indigenous origin, 7.2% as afro-descendant, 7.4% as Montubios and 19% as white.
Guatemala
Women in Guatemala represent 51.2% of the total 15.8 million, estimated for 2014. After the signing of the Peace Accords in 1996 several mechanisms specifically for women were created (DEMI and SEPREM); laws were issued (women’s comprehensive development, domestic violence, sexual violence, trafficking and exploitation, femicide and other forms of violence).
Haiti
Haiti Country Office
Honduras
In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. In doing so, UN Member States took an historic step in accelerating the Organization’s goals on gender equality and the empowerment of women.
Mexico
Mexico is the second most populated country in Latin America, with over 122 million inhabitants as of 2014 data, 52.2% are women and almost 79% live in urban areas. The Indigenous population in the country is around 16 million, belonging to 68 different ethnic and linguistic groups.
Paraguay
Paraguay is a South American country located in the sub-region of the Southern Cone, along with Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. It is also part of the Mercosur mechanism for regional integration.
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is classified as a middle-income country. Between 2004 and 2012 the country had one of the regions highest growth rates with 4.7%. Despite this economic advancement 35% of the population live below the poverty line and 7.9% live below the line of extreme poverty, reflecting the low level of income distribution.
Uruguay
Uruguay is a country with a high Human Development Index (HDI), ranked in position 50 among 187 countries; and since 1st of July 2013 is considered a high income country based on per capita income measures from the World Bank.
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    • Brazil
    • Multi-Country Office – Caribbean
    • Colombia
    • Ecuador
    • Guatemala
    • Haiti
    • Honduras
    • Mexico
    • Paraguay
    • Dominican Republic
    • Uruguay
  • Partnerships
    • Governments
    • National Mechanisms
    • Civil Society
    • Businesses and Foundations
  • News
    • Articles
    • From where I stand...
    • In focus
      • International Day of Rural Women
      • Dia internacional de las ninas en las TIC
      • CSW65
      • International Women’s Day
      • International Day of Women and Girls in Science
      • 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence
      • Women, Peace, Power
      • 75th session of the UN General Assembly
      • Día de las Mujeres Indígenas
      • International Youth Day
      • Gender equality matters in COVID-19 response
      • International Women’s Day
      • World Humanitarian Day
      • Generation Equality action pack, November 2019: Generation Equality Stands against Rape
      • International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
      • World Refugee Day
      • CSW63
      • Beijing+25
      • International Day of the Girl Child
      • 2016
      • Women and climate change
      • CSW62
      • Indigenous women’s rights and activism
      • Statement by Executive Director
      • Women and the Sustainable Development Goals
    • Media contact
  • Digital library
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