Gender Inequality in Latin America: The Case of Ecuador

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This volume critically examines gender inequality, its origins, and its social and economic implications in Latin America, with a particular focus on Ecuador. For that purpose, Pablo Quionez and Claudia Maldonado-Erazo bring together a collection of articles that provide insights from different disciplines, including political economy, history, development studies, political science, microeconomics, and macroeconomics.

In Ecuador, as in Latin America as a whole, women dedicate more time than men to unpaid activities while being discriminated against in multiple areas, including labor markets, politics, and access to high-ranking positions. These problems are even more acutely experienced by women from rural areas and ethnic minorities. This essential inquiry aims to better understand how and why.

Contributors include: Rafael Alvarado, Mara Anchundia Places, Esteban Arvalo, Diana Cabrera Montec, Edwin Espinoza Piguave, Gabriela Gallardo, Danny Granda, Claudia Maldonado-Erazo, Wendy Mora, Diana Morn Chiquito, Sayonara Morejn, Carlos Moreno-Hurtado, Mara Moreno Zea, Ana Oa Macas, Pablo Ponce, Pablo Quionez, Valeria Recalde, Josefina Rosales, Ximena Songor-Jaramillo, and Daniel Zea.

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Pablo Quionez is a Lecturer at the University of Guayaquil (Ecuador) and a postgraduate student at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom). He specializes in development economics, political economy, and social policy. Claudia Maldonado-Erazo is a Lecturer at the Polytechnic School of Chimborazo (Ecuador) and a postgraduate student at the University of Extremadura (Spain). She specializes in sustainable territory development, cultural heritage, and tourism.