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M. Caridad Araujo @caridadaraujo.bsky.social · 7d

📣JOB OPPORTUNITY
@the_IDB's Gender & Diversity Division looks for a seasoned development practitioner to lead work on gender-based violence w/strong technical & analytic skills, excellent communication & teamwork, solid operational & management experience
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M. Caridad Araujo @caridadaraujo.bsky.social · 27d

Come work with us in the #GDLab, the #gender and #diversity knowledge initiative of @the_IDB Group. More information in the link below.

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M. Caridad Araujo @caridadaraujo.bsky.social · Sep 5

📢📢CALL FOR PROPOSALS
There is a new call for research proposals of @the_IDB's knowledge initiative on gender and diversity, #GDLab.
Topic: AI and Digitalisation foe gender equality and inclusion
🗓️10/7/2025
More information ➡️gdlab.iadb.org/en/call

M. Caridad Araujo @caridadaraujo.bsky.social · Aug 22

This IDB paper quantifies the large, negative impacts that elementary-school children with disruptive behavioral problems have on their classmates' learning outcomes w/data from Ecuador. It raises important and difficult-to-address policy questions. Great piece.
publications.iadb.org/en/disruptio...

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M. Caridad Araujo @caridadaraujo.bsky.social · Jul 23

We are hiring. Join the Inter-American Development Bank's Gender and Diversity Division. We are looking for an economics specialist who can bring insights and innovation to our data team, operational work, policy dialogue and research agenda.
jobs.iadb.org/job/Gender-a...

Gender and Diversity Economics Specialist

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M. Caridad Araujo @caridadaraujo.bsky.social · Jul 23

We are hiring. Join the Inter-American Development Bank's Gender and Diversity Division. We are looking for an economics specialist who can bring insights and innovation to our data team, operational work, policy dialogue and research agenda.
jobs.iadb.org/job/Gender-a...

Gender and Diversity Economics Specialist

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M. Caridad Araujo @caridadaraujo.bsky.social · Jul 15

🟣 Expanding Opportunities: Policies for Gender Equality and Inclusion:
Now available in Spanish, English and Portuguese

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M. Caridad Araujo @caridadaraujo.bsky.social · Jul 22

Does grandmothers’ retirement affect daughters’ #employment #decisions? @florenciapinto.bsky.social describes what changed in households with young children after a pension reform in #Argentina.

Post (Spanish): blogs.iadb.org/desarrollo-i...
Paper: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

M. Caridad Araujo @caridadaraujo.bsky.social · Jul 15

🟣 Expanding Opportunities: Policies for Gender Equality and Inclusion:
Now available in Spanish, English and Portuguese

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EL PAÍS América @elpaisamerica.bsky.social · Apr 14

🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | El novelista peruano Mario Vargas Llosa, de 89 años, ha fallecido en Lima. El escritor, autor de obras maestras como ‘Conversación en la catedral’, pasará a la historia como un extraordinario narrador y un influyente intelectual dozz.es/lwwpm6

Muere Mario Vargas Llosa, gigante de las letras universales

El escritor hispano peruano, premio Nobel de Literatura en 2010, fue autor de obras maestras como ‘Conversación en la catedral’

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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · Apr 13

Over the past two decades, Paris has eliminated 50,000 parking spaces, turned car lanes into bike paths and added green space. The results are in.

Stunning work by Naema Ahmed and @chicoharlan.bsky.social

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

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M. Caridad Araujo @caridadaraujo.bsky.social · Apr 6

📊Time-use surveys provide unique data to understand productivity, equity and wellbeing, e.g. on paid work, unpaid domestic work, leisure and self-care.
➡️ @ercio.bsky.social from @the_IDB writes about them in this blog post:

blogs.iadb.org/igualdad/en/...

Time use data: a tool for equality - ¿Y si hablamos de igualdad?

How do people spend their time? These data are indispensable for public policy formulation and economic inclusion. Read more.

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M. Caridad Araujo @caridadaraujo.bsky.social · Apr 4

1 in 36 children are diagnosed with autism. Check out this great material produced by @SesameWorkshop "celebrate that all children — autistic and neurotypical alike — are amazing in their own ways".

At @the_IDB, we are committed to #DisabilityInclusion.

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M. Caridad Araujo @caridadaraujo.bsky.social · Apr 3

📢 The Finance in Common #Gender Coalition brings together public development banks & #MDBs. It published a key report on #care #infrastructure. The Inter-American Development Bank was thrilled to contribute to this effort .
#AIIB #UNWomen #IDBCares
▶️ Download financeincommon.org/financing-ca...

M. Caridad Araujo @caridadaraujo.bsky.social · Apr 1

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M. Caridad Araujo @caridadaraujo.bsky.social · Apr 1

Women-led businesses experience barriers to their growth & sustainability. The Inter-American Development Bank Group knowledge initiative on gender and diversity, #GDLab and #WeFi are looking for researchers interested in policies that promote their growth .
Proposals by May 12: gdlab.iadb.org/call

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M. Caridad Araujo @caridadaraujo.bsky.social · Mar 8

➡️Care plays a critical role in our societies.
♀️It is equally important to acknowledge that women bear with most of the responsibility of caring for others.
➡️What are the tradeoffs they experience?
Learn more in this video:
www.youtube.com/watch?si=Hen...
#8M2025 #LetsTalkAboutCare

On This Women's Day: Let's Talk About Care

YouTube video by Inter-American Development Bank

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M. Caridad Araujo @caridadaraujo.bsky.social · Mar 8

➡️To understand the economic importance of #care and its potential to #improve #lives of men, children and particularly those of women in Latin America and the Caribbean, read this blog post by @the_IDB's @CarinaLupica:
♀️#LetsTalkAboutCare #8M2025
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On This Women’s Day, Let’s Talk About Care - ¿Y si hablamos de igualdad?

Care is a universal necessity, but its burden disproportionately falls on women. On this Women's Day, we explain its impact.

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M. Caridad Araujo @caridadaraujo.bsky.social · Mar 8

♀️On International Women's Day #8M2025 at the Inter-American Development Bank we talk about #care: the activities that -often invisibly- support the wellbeing and lives of families, communities and economies.
➡️What is care? This video tells you more
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHSU...
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M. Caridad Araujo @caridadaraujo.bsky.social · Mar 3

➡️In #March, @the_IDB will talk about #care: all the activities that although they seem to be often invisible, they support the wellbeing and the lives of our families, communities and economies.
➡️What is care? This video tells you more
youtu.be/eHSUsMV5OPQ
#IDBCares #8M2025

M. Caridad Araujo @caridadaraujo.bsky.social · Feb 4

Now it is also available in Spanish:
"Ampliar las oportunidades: políticas de igualdad de género e inclusión"
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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · Jan 29

I'm very excited to be attending this conference tomorrow. Look at that line-up! (I can't speak for all the moderators, but the speakers are great.)

And it's all streamed: just register iadb-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Francisco Lagos @lagospancho.bsky.social · Jan 24

Full agenda here:

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