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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: Peru

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1)Photo of two women. Caption Reads: Rural women participate in creating their community's health development plan. Click to Read More
2) Photo of a classroom in the highlands. Caption Reads: Children under three benefit from the Opening Doors program, which also trains teachers, and promotes gender equality in education. Click to Read More
3) Photo of a little girl writing. Caption Reads: Even the youngest learners are eager to do homework as part of the Open Doors Program. Click to Read More
4) Photo of boys and girls in a classroom. Caption Reads: The classroom uses Quechua texts produced by both boys and girls through the Open Doors Program. Click to Read More
5) Photo of a school. Caption Reads: One of 50, friendly schools, established in 2003 in Ayacucho, Apurimac and  Huancarelica. Click to Read More
6) Photo of boys and girls marching. Caption Reads: Girls and boys take part in a campaign to promote and value gender and ethnic diversity. Click to Read More
7) Photo of a girl. Caption Reads: This Aguaruna girl is one of 7,000 students directly impacted by the Peru-Ecuador Border Project. She now attends a school. Click to Read More
8)Photo of children. Caption Reads: These children receive group therapy services as survivors of torture. Click to Read More
9) Photo of two women working. Caption Reads: These Cajamarca women enjoy greater incomes and increased community roles as a result of their work handcrafting gold chains for export. Here, final assembly is performed. Click to Read More
10) Photo of a Cajamarca woman. Caption Reads: A Cajamarca woman knits a gold rope chain at her home as part of the Poverty Alleviation Project (PRA). Click to Read More

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USAID/Peru's program approach to gender is cross-cutting, with an aim to generate more balanced participation and access to social services, political rights, and economic opportunities for both women and men. Activities in the areas of health, economic growth, education, democracy and governance, and the environment all include efforts to improve women's roles within those sectors. The Mission also supports human rights activities with a gender focus and is developing an activity that will improve the tracking of trafficking in persons cases. As the snapshots here illustrate, USAID's activities in Peru demonstrate a diverse focus on girls, women, and gender.

SELECTED ACTIVITIES:

Radionovelas
Micro-finance
Poverty Alleviation Project (PRA)
Opening Doors
Friendly Schools
Peru-Ecuador Border Development Project
Civil Society Consortium
Psychological Services to Victims of Torture
Human Rights Protection

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Global Snapshots is a web-based series highlighting successful gender-related activities undertaken by USAID Missions around the world. The snapshots illustrate Mission objectives and activities that take gender considerations into their implementation.
 

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