For the Caribbean “multidimensional progress” entails not only adapting to shocks. It means breaking through structural obstacles that hinder growth and people’s well-being.

Women earn, on average, 24 percent less than men. In S&P; 500 companies, women hold only 4.6 percent of CEO positions and take under 20 percent of board seats.

The 40-minute film follows the Director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX) Mariela Castro Espín, as she champions for the rights of Cuba’s LGBT community.

UNDP in Cuba has a long history of working with LGBTI organizations.

Through the "Santo Domingo Declaration" government representatives of the region agreed to build cross-sectoral and holistic policies to address the problems of development.

Representatives from 33 countries meet to rethink possible progress models from a multidimensional approach, in line with the SDGs, and a sustainable route out of poverty.

Entrepreneurship emerges as a clear alternative to improve opportunities for young people in Latin America, ILO and UNDP said in a joint report.

The hurricane destroyed the main source of income of many other communities: 90 percent of all banana trees were uprooted or flooded.

The Secretary-General also commended the parties for maintaining their firm commitment to the cease-fire and cessation of hostilities.

With more than 40 years of experience in Cuba, UNDP has initiated, hand in hand with local authorities, an early and resilient recovery process.

The report focuses on several groups and their “vulnerabilities”, which accumulate over a life cycle hindering people’s capacity to fulfil their potential and also to leave poverty behind, the report stresses.