 Paulina Luisi was a prominent Uruguayan feminist leader, and also the first Uruguayan woman to graduate as a physician. | |
| General Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Maternal mortality (per 100,000) | 29 (2010) |
| Women in parliament | 16% (2014)[1] |
| Women over 25 with secondary education | 50.6% (2010) |
| Women in labour force | 68% (2014)[2] |
| Gender Inequality Index[3] | |
| Value | 0.235 (2021) |
| Rank | 58th out of 191 |
| Global Gender Gap Index[4] | |
| Value | 0.711 (2022) |
| Rank | 72nd out of 146 |
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Women in Uruguay are women who were born in, who live in, and are from Uruguay. According to Countries and Their Cultures, there is a "very high proportion" of Uruguayan women participating in the labor force of the South American country. The Uruguayan legislation maintains that the women of Uruguay have equal rights to power, authority, and privileges". In reality, however, women are still not occupying "higher economic, professional, political, social, and religious positions".[5] In relation to the political arena, UN Women reported that a 2024 study made by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) ranked Uruguay as being "97th out of 203 countries in terms of representation of women in Parliament".[6] Uruguay low ranking is partly due to its low political participation of women: only 16% of members of Parliament are women as of 2014.[1]
- ^ a b "Uruguay | quotaProject: Global Database of Quotas for Women". QuotaProject. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
- ^ "Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | Data". Data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
- ^ "Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "Global Gender Gap Report 2022" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ "Culture of Uruguay - history, people, clothing, traditions, women, beliefs, food, customs, family". Everyculture.com. 2010-10-09. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
- ^ "Young Uruguayan women aim to boost their role in politics | UN Women". Archived from the original on 2013-05-10. Retrieved 2013-07-01.