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Work and Family

Latin American and Caribbean Women in Search of a New Balance

By: Laura Chioda,Roberto Garcia Verdú

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Work and Family

Latin American and Caribbean Women in Search of a New Balance

By: Laura Chioda,Roberto Garcia Verdú

Over recent decades, women in Latin America and the Caribbean have increased their labor force participation faster than in any other region of the world. This evolution occurred in the context of more general progress in women’s status. Female enrollment rates have increased at all levels of education, fertility rates have declined, and social norms have shifted toward gender equality. This report sheds light on the complex relationship between stages of economic development and female economic participation. It documents a shift in women’s perceptions whereby work has become a fundamental part of their identity, highlighting the distinction between jobs and careers. These dynamics are made more complex by the acknowledgment that individuals are part of larger economic units—families. As development progresses and the options available to women expand, the need to balance career and family takes greater importance. New tensions emerge, paradoxically made possible by decades of steady gains. Understanding the new challenges women face as they balance work and family is thus crucial for policy.

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World Bank Publications

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0821399624

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9780821399620

Stop the Violence in Latin America

A Look at Prevention from Cradle to Adulthood

By: Laura Chioda

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Stop the Violence in Latin America

A Look at Prevention from Cradle to Adulthood

By: Laura Chioda

The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has the undesirable distinction of being the world's most violent region, with 24.7 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. The magnitude of the problem is staggering and persistent. Of the top 50 most violent cities in the world, 42 are in LAC. In 2010 alone, 142,302 people in LAC fell victim to homicide, representing 390 homicides per day and 4.06 homicides every 15 minutes. Crime disproportionately affects young men aged 20 to 24, whose homicide rate of 92 per 100,000 nearly quadruples that of the region. The focus of Crime Prevention in Latin America and the Caribben is to identify policy interventions that, whether by design or indirect effect, have been shown to affect antisocial behavior early in life and patterns of criminal offending in youth and adults. Particular attention is devoted to recent studies that rigorously establish a causal link between the interventions in question and outcomes. This publication adopts a lifecycle perspective and argues that as individuals progress through different stages of the lifecycle, not only do different sets of risk factors arise and take more prominence, but their interactions and interdependencies shape human behavior. These interactions and the relative importance of different sets of risk factors identify relevant margins that can effectively be targeted by prevention policies, not only early in life, but throughout the lifecycle. Indeed prevention can never start too early, nor start too late, nor be too comprehensive.

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World Bank Publications

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1464806659

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Work and Family

Latin American and Caribbean Women in Search of a New Balance

By: Laura Chioda,Roberto Garcia Verdú

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Work and Family

Latin American and Caribbean Women in Search of a New Balance

By: Laura Chioda,Roberto Garcia Verdú

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Stop the Violence in Latin America

A Look at Prevention from Cradle to Adulthood

By: Laura Chioda

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A Look at Prevention from Cradle to Adulthood

By: Laura Chioda

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Laura Z

The Early Years and Years of Fulfillment

By: Laura Z. Hobson

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The Early Years and Years of Fulfillment

By: Laura Z. Hobson

Continues the author's story of personal crises, highlighted by the irony and humor that paralleled her professional triumph, and includes anecdotes of the famous and infamous

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155611057X

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9781556110573

Gail Carson Levine

By: Laura Sullivan

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Gail Carson Levine

By: Laura Sullivan

Newberry Award honoree and author of Ella Enchanted and others.

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Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC

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1627128522

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9781627128520

Marissa Meyer

By: Laura La Bella

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Marissa Meyer

By: Laura La Bella

Riding on a wave of popular demand for YA fantasy and science fiction, Marissa Meyer’s success in the genre is the latest stage in the steady rise of an up-and-coming author. Meyer’s career milestones are discussed, including her education in creative writing, her work as an editor on other writers’ books, and her writing of the manga comic fan fiction Sailor Moon under a pseudonym. The book provides an in-depth look at the writing process and creative origins behind her first book, Cinder, the first in an ambitious four-part series that reworks traditional fairy tales in a modern context.

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The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

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1499462786

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9781499462784

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Work and Family

Work and Family

Stop the Violence in Latin America

Stop the Violence in Latin America

Work and Family

Work and Family

Stop the Violence in Latin America

Stop the Violence in Latin America

Laura Z

Laura Z

Gail Carson Levine

Gail Carson Levine

Marissa Meyer

Marissa Meyer

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