Paraguay
The Americas
Capital Asuncion
Population 6.9 million
Life Expectancy 75.77
Access to clean water 77%
Adult Literacy 94%
Under five mortality 24.68 per 1,000 live births
GDP per head (US$ PPP) $4,200
“Aprendemos muchas cosas y nos enseñan a querernos”
El F-ODM apoya iniciativas en países como Paraguay o Brasil que buscan mejorar las condiciones de vida de las trabajadoras domésticas, un colectivo vulnerable castigado por la clandestinidad y la precariedad que lleva décadas luchando por el reconocimiento de sus derechos.
Our Joint Programmes
Strengthening the ability to define and apply water and sanitation policiesThe Joint Programme will contribute to a sustainable increase in access to sanitation and potable water in Paraguay, in order to lessen the existing shortfall, through the provision of quality services emphasizing dispersed rural communities and indigenous populations that:
Economic Capacities and Opportunities for Social InclusionThe programme will contribute to overcome youth employment challenges, their relationship with migration dynamics and lay the foundations for the implementation of a national policy on youth employment. The primary focus will be disadvantaged youth at risk of migrating and domestic workers.
IN THE NEWS
Clean water out of reach for native peoples
60% of indigenous households in Paraguay use surface or rainwater because they are not connected to piped water.
STORIES
"We're learning a lot, and the programme is teaching us to love ourselves"
The MDG-F is working in Brazil and Paraguay to improve living conditions for domestic workers, a vulnerable group that has spent decades fighting for recognition of its rights.