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 support of the European Union (EU), as part of the Regional Facility for Development in Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The OECD team is grateful to the Presidency of the Republic of Colombia, the Vice Presidency of the Republic, the Presidency Council for Women Equality, and the National Planning Department, especially the Technical Secretariat for OECD Affaris. We would also like to thank the Permanent Delegation of Colombia for the continuous support to facilitate the liaison between the Colombian administration in Bogota and the OECD team.
The OECD Gender Equality in Latin America project is a horizontal effort involving the OECD Global Relations and Co‑operation Directorate and the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs. José Antonio Ardavín, Head of the Latin America and Caribbean Division, OECD Global Relations and Co‑operation Directorate and Alessandro Goglio, Head of Partner Countries, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, provided co‑ordination and support.
The report was prepared by a team composed by Alessandro Goglio (project leader), OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Sofia Blamey Andrusco and Angela Ciceri, OECD Global Relations and Co‑operation Directorate and Melissa Zumaeta, Senior Consultant on Social Protection and Labour Market Policies. 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, provided strategic oversight for the project, as well as comments. Lorenzo Pavone, Hyeshin Park, Alejandra Maria Meneses and Pierre De Boisséon (OECD Development Centre), Carlos Conde, and Gaëlle Ferrant (OECD Global Relations and Co‑operation Directorate) and the Editorial Board of the OECD Global Relations Co‑operation Directorate provided helpful comments to the draft report.
Pauline Fron and Lucy Hulett (OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs), and Julie Whitelock (OECD Global Relations and Co‑operation Directorate), provided invaluable support for mission organisation, report layout and design, publication planning, proofreading and editorial support.