Abstract

ESQUENAZI BORREGO, Arelys; ROSALES VAZQUEZ, Susset  and  VELARDE HERNANDEZ, Yahima. Index of Gender Inequality in Cuba: a Territorial Approach. Estudios del Desarrollo Social [online]. 2017, vol.5, n.2, pp. 108-129. ISSN 2308-0132.

The article analyzes the Gender Inequality Index in Cuba with a territorial approach for the years 2012 and 2014. It performs a systematization of the gender perspective within the international development debates, and the evolution from the instrumental of the different indicators related to this subject. Briefly addresses the institutionalization of the gender perspective in Cuba; as well as the methodology and calculation of the Gender Inequality Index (GII) at national and territorial levels in 2012 and 2014. The estimation of the Inequality Index of Territorial Gender allows corroborating the existence of asymmetries and heterogeneities at the territorial level in Gender, which points to the need to undertake additional efforts in terms of gender equality at the national level, but with work focused on the territories identified as the most backward.

Keywords : gender; Index of Gender Inequality; territory; Cuba.

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