Helping them enter the workforce would go someway to boosting productivity:
In Latin America and the Caribbean stories like Vanessa’s are common. Some 11% of households are led by a single parent, almost always a mother, according to estimates by the. That is above the global average of 8% . Even in sub-Saharan Africa—which does worse on other indicators, such as poverty and access to contraception—single-parent households make up 10% of the total. On average almost a third of Latin American women can expect to have a baby before the age of 20.
Even so, religious attitudes still shape access to contraception in parts of the region. Over 80% of women of reproductive age in Latin America live in countries where the Centre for Reproductive Rights, an advocacy group, describes abortion laws as “restrictive”. In some countries sex education focuses on abstinence.does not help.
Governments are trying to address the problem. Argentina, Colombia and Mexico have decriminalised abortion in recent years. Cash-transfer programmes target poor women. During the pandemic Brazil’s government offered single mothers double benefits. In Bogotá the mayor’s office has built 18, or “care blocks”, where women can get free vocational training, sexual-health services and help applying for government support.
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