Latin America has historically had an unfavorable employment situation, which is even more difficult for women.
Around 10 percent of the jobs lost in 2020 in Latin America and the Caribbean have not been able to be recovered due to the crisis generated by the Covid-19 epidemic, while unemployment affects women more, revealed a report by the Organization Labor International (ILO).
According to the “2021 Labor Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean” report, 4.3 million women were unable to get their jobs back or got them, which represented 93 percent.
In this sense, the unemployment rate for women remained between 2020 and 2021 at 12.4 percent, and is higher than in 2019 (9.4).
According to the report: “The most intense impact among women in the region is associated with the greater presence of women in economic sectors strongly affected by the crisis, such as hotels and restaurants, and in other service activities and the household sector.”
Overall, young people, ages 15 to 24, reached an unemployment level of 21.4 percent in 2021. It represents a slight rise from 2021, but is up greatly compared to 2019 when it meant 18 percent.
The forecasts of the report do not predict achieving the rates achieved in 2019. It is clear to understand how complex the current employment situation is, if returning to the occupational levels of 2019 means progress.
The restrictions, so necessary to combat Covid 19, have left a negative balance that affects a large sector in the world, and that is exacerbated in the Latin American region.
