ParlAmericas supports parliamentary efforts to advance gender-sensitive legislative action. As a part of our gender equality program we create inclusive working spaces that foster peer-driven exchange of best practices, and provide specialized resources and support to strengthen these efforts. In close collaboration with civil society partners, our gender equality program also promotes women’s political leadership, including that of the next generation of empowered women leaders. Our work is informed by intersectional analysis, recognizing systems of discrimination and privilege that overlap with gender relations. Learn more
Parliamentary Network for Gender Equality
The ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network for Gender Equality (PNGE) promotes women’s political leadership and gender mainstreaming in the agendas and operations of the national legislatures of the Americas and the Caribbean. Learn more
Gender Equality Toolkits (Online Portal) for Parliamentarians
ParlTools is an online, interactive space for self-guided learning that features toolkits on gender equality issues tailored for parliamentarians in the English-speaking Caribbean. The portal was developed in collaboration with the UN Women Multi-country Office for the Caribbean in response to a request from the sub-region. It and provides analytical tools to assist in scrutinizing laws and budgets, promoting women’s leadership, and engaging constituents in the achievement of equitable and sustainable development outcomes.
Latest Projects
ParlAmericas has launched a project to build environments that enable women’s political leadership in collaboration with the Caribbean Institute for Women in Leadership (CIWiL) and the Forum of Women in Political Parties (FONAMUPP) in Panama.
Latest Activities
April 16 | St. George’s, Grenada
Workshop for Caribbean Parliamentarians
RESOURCES:
- FAQs: What is unpaid care work and how does it power the economy? UN Women, 2025.
- The Right to Care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Progress on the Regulatory Front. UN Women, ECLAC, and ILO, 2025.
- A toolkit on paid and unpaid care work: From 3Rs to 5Rs. UN Women, 2022.
- Towards a Care Society: The Contributions of the Regional Gender Agenda to Sustainable Development. ECLAC, 2021.
- Towards the Construction of Comprehensive Care Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: Elements of Implementation. UN Women and ECLAC, 2021.
- Inter-American Model Law on Care. OAS and CIM, 2022.
- Policy Guide: Parental Leave. ParlAmericas, 2020.
- Lactation and Daycare Facilities in Parliaments. ParlAmericas, 2023.
- Intersectionality. ParlAmericas.
- Intergenerational Perspectives in Parliamentary Work. ParlAmericas, 2025.
- Gender Sensitivity in Legislation. ParlAmericas.
- What we Heard: Survey of Women’s Organisations on their Engagement with Parliaments. ParlAmericas, 2022.
- Strengthening Accountability: A Tool to Support Good Governance and Gender Equality in the Caribbean. ParlAmericas, 2025.
- Making the Case: Key Gender Considerations for Addressing Development Challenges in Caribbean SIDS. ParlAmericas, 2024.
- Advisory opinion 31 of 2025: The Content and Scope of Care as a Human Right. Inter-American Court of Human Rights, 2025.
- Knowledge Productos for the Gender Aware Beneficiary Assessments for the Public Assistance Programmes for Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. UN Women Multi-Country Office Caribean.
- Unpaid care and domestic work. UN Women Multi-Country Office Caribean.
