Costa Rica Information Area: 51,100 sq. km (19,730 sq. mi.) Population: Population (2010): 4.516 millionReligion: Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical Protestant 13.7% others 4.8%

none 3.2% economy: GDP PPP (2009 est.): $48.19 billion. Inflation

(2010 est.): 6.9%. Real growth rate (2010 est.): 3.6%. Per capita income: (2009) $6,900; (2010 est., PPP) $10,569. Unemployment (2010 est.): 6.7%. Currency: Costa Rica Colon (CRC).

A 1994 Law for Promoting the Women's Social Equality prohibited discrimination and established a women's rights office. Everyculture.com /Bo-co/Costa rica.html

First Woman President in Costa Rica

Laura Chinchilla-2021-2014

Gender Equality empowers Education

Source: National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, 2001. www.international.ac.uk/.

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Furthering women’s empowerment in Mexico: Mexicohas developed an innovative federal programme calledGenerosidad that awards a “Gender Equity Seal” toprivate firms. Seals are granted through an independentevaluation that assesses a company’s achievement ofspecific standards related to gender equity, includingrecruitment, career advancement, training and reducingsexual harassment. By 2006, 117 companies had obtainedthe Seal. Similar initiatives have been launched in Brazil,

Costa Rica and Egypt.United Nations -20-22 September 2010 New YorkHigh–level Plenary Meeting of General Assembly

We Can End Poverty 2015 –Millennium Development Goals

Religious Experiences of Women

Religion is a vital part of life for many Costa Rican women, and it is important to recognize how it can be a place of

empowerment and liberation for women. Goshen College

Gender Equality: The right to own Property (Finca la Rosita-Costa Rica)