page_title: Women in Paraguay
section_title: Employment
hierarchical_section_title: Women in Paraguay / Employment
caption_attribution_description: Chipa pirú Paraguay
context_page_description: Women in Paraguay live in a culture that has been undergoing rapid change in recent decades. Women's rights were expanded through constitutional and legal changes during the 1990s. Cultural attitudes towards many areas of women's lives are also changing. Yet Paraguayan women still face many challenges in trying to attain social equality and their status in society.
  The legal and government institutions that currently exist in Paraguay were developed in part through the efforts of feminist organizations in the country that held significant awareness-raising campaigns during the 1990s to formalize the guarantees of women's rights.
  The 1992 Constitution of Paraguay upholds the principle of equality for all individuals and prohibits discrimination. However, socio-cultural practices still support discrimination against women in some areas.
context_section_description: Women's salaries in relation to men's are the second-lowest in Latin America. This is despite the fact that women make up 74% of Paraguay's labour force.
  Discrimination against women in the workplace, as well as sexual harassment on the job, are common in Paraguay. The Labor Code prohibits, but does not criminalize, discrimination or harassment on the basis of sex. Complaints are generally settled privately. The Secretariat of Women's Affairs occasionally operates programs supporting women's access to employment, social security, housing, land ownership and business opportunities.
caption: A woman shopkeeper in Paraguay.
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