This report is part of a series of country projects within the OECD programme of work on Gender Equality in Latin America: Towards a better sharing of paid and unpaid work. The report has been produced with the financial and substantive assistance of the European Union (EU), as part of the Regional Facility for Development in Transition.
The OECD team is grateful to the Ministry of Women and Gender Equity (Ministerio de la Mujer y la Equidad de Género) for its invaluable guidance, inputs and comments throughout the project and for its help in convening and organising the OECD mission to Santiago De Chile and subsequent virtual consultations. The team would in particular like to thank Mónica Zalaquett, Minister of Women and Gender Equity, María José Abud, Under Secretary of the Ministry of Women and Gender Equity, María José Díaz, Head of Research Division, Stefania Doebbel, Head of International Affairs Department, Evelyn Larenas and Claudia González, Research Analysts at the Research Division. We would also like to thank Marta Bonet, Deputy Permanent Representative of Chile to the OECD, for her continuous support to facilitate the liaison between the Ministry’s team and the OECD team.
The OECD Gender Equality in Latin America project is a horizontal effort involving the OECD Global Relations and the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. José Antonio Ardavín, Head of the Latin America and the Caribbean Division, OECD Global Relations Secretariat and Alessandro Goglio, Head of Partner Countries, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, provided co‑ordination and support.
The report was prepared by Alessandro Goglio (project leader), Sarah Kups, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs and Sofia Blamey Andrusco, OECD Global Relations. Stefano Scarpetta, Director for OECD Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Directorate, Mark Pearson, Deputy Director for OECD Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Directorate, Monika Queisser, Senior Counsellor, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs and leader of the OECD Horizontal Project on Gender Equality, Andreas Schaal, Director of OECD Global Relations, all provided strategic oversight for the project, as well as comments. Lorenzo Pavone, Hyeshin Park, Alejandra Maria Meneses and Pierre De Boisséon (OECD Development Centre), Marta Encinas‑Martin and Yuri Belfali (OECD Directorate for Education and Skills), Carlos Conde and Gaëlle Ferrant (OECD Global Relations) and the Editorial Board of the OECD Global Relations provided helpful comments to the draft report.
Vanessa Berry Chatelain, Sébastien Mefflet, Julie Whitelock, Yomaira Lopez and Ana Lucía Soto (OECD Global Relations), Brigitte Beyeler and Lucy Hulett (OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs), provided invaluable support for mission organisation, report layout and design, publication planning, proofreading and editorial support.
The OECD wishes to express sincere gratitude to the EU Facility for Development in Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean, for its support and financial contribution to this project.