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Related: About this forumCuba May Be the Most Feminist Country in Latin America
http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/cuba-may-be-the-most-feminist-country-in-latin-america/NEW YORK Cuba may just be the most feminist country in Latin America.
It ranks No. 3 in the world when it comes to the political participation of women in Parliament, according to a United Nations survey on women in politics. And its the only nation in Latin America to rank in the top 20 in the World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report 2011.
The Female Factor
The Female Factor
Examining the role and impact of women in society
In sheer numbers and percentages, Cuban womens advance is notable. Cuba has a high number of female professional and technical workers (60 percent of the total work force in those areas) and in Parliament (43 percent), as well as high levels of primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment, according to the Gender Gap report.
In contrast, Brazil, the regions economic behemoth, ranks 82nd overall in the world, according to the report, though it moved up three places last year with improvements in womens wages, estimated earned income and the election of a female head of state, President Dilma Rouseff.
What explains Cubas record?
Sarah Stephens, the director of the Center for Democracy in the Americas, a Washington-based advocacy and research organization that focuses on Cuba and U.S.-Cuba relations and opposes the U.S. embargo, is working on a report on the status of women in Cuba. Cuban women tell us that they feel lucky to have come of age since 1959, she says. Before 1959, women comprised only 5 percent of university graduates and only 12 percent of the work force, often holding menial jobs.
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Cuba May Be the Most Feminist Country in Latin America (Original Post)
flamingdem
May 2012
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Peace Patriot
(24,010 posts)1. Cuba has a parliament? Egads! Tell the State Department!
They have some apologizing to do (when hell freezes over).
Judi Lynn
(160,515 posts)2. Never considered that angle.Many of Cuba's professional people have been women since 1959.
I never knew what the situation was prior to that time, but it stands perfectly to reason this is all new, of COURSE!
Thanks for giving us an important point to consciously recognize. That's a VERY progressive accomplishment.
roody
(10,849 posts)3. Cubans have full access to
reproductive information, care, and services.