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48% of women work in the informal sector without benefits.

15% of rural girls drop out of primary school every year.

5.2% of women may lack any form of identification—birth certificate or identity card—which excludes them from the system, i.e., access to education, health, justice, employment, and credit services, and limits their ability to exercise rights.

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Country Snapshot: Fast Facts on Peru

 

ADULT LITERACY

2001: Female 85.7%; Male 94.8%
1980: Female 70.6%; Male 88.3%

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Primary school enrollment ratio 1997-2000
100 Female
100 Male

LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH

2002: 72.3 years Female; 67.2 years Male
1992: 67.9 Female; 64.1 Male

TOTAL FERTILITY RATE (births per woman)

2.9 (2000-2005)

WOMEN IN THE ADULT LABOR FORCE, 1995/2002

45%

ESTIMATED EARNED INCOME (Purchasing Power Parity US$), 2001

$1,903 (Female)
$7,206 (Male)

WOMEN HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, 1991/1997

23%

YEAR WOMEN RECEIVED RIGHT TO VOTE

1955

TO STAND FOR ELECTION

1955

YEAR FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO PARLIAMENT

1956

SEATS IN PARLIAMENT HELD BY WOMEN

17.5% in 2004
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