20 million women and girls in Latin America and the Caribbean will live in extreme poverty by 2030. Food insecurity affects them disproportionately in the region, and the climate crisis promises to deepen this impact in the future.
One of the main obstacles to gender equality in 2030 is the lack of financing. When a woman is burdened with all the tasks involved in caring, the first thing she has is time poverty, says María Noel Vaeza, regional director of UN Women for the Americas and Caribbean.