Women in Cuba

Women in Cuba
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As of 2015, women hold 48.9% of the parliamentary seats in the Cuban National Assembly ranking sixth of 162 nations.

Research conducted by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) showed that, in 2011, women represented around 70% of the professional workforce, 69% of health care workers, and 80% of educational workers.

After 1959, the revolutionary government has instituted new reforms for the Afro-Cubans and the overall population. The revolutionary government had a goal to make every sector of the population become literate. The result was that many Afro-Cubans graduated from high school which is statistically higher compared to their white counterparts.[38] This change would result in noting a substantial number of Afro-Cubans enrolling in medical schools. They were trained in medical schools established in Cuba. Medical schools were established since there was a "brain drain" that occurred likely due to the increasing attractiveness of the revolutionary ideals in the country.[39] Thereof, one of the changes include free medical care which was provided to the Cuban population as well as to foreign patients.[40] Cuba was renowned for its humanitarian cause in other countries including Venezuela.[39] Afro-Cuban women were the majority of doctors sent abroad.[39] One of the reasons why many Afro-Cuban women make up the majority of doctors sent abroad is because the salary is lucrative. Many Afro-Cubans did not have families living abroad and so they were not able to receive currency nor gifts.[38] The Cuban government did not charge tuition to students and Afro-Cuban women and Cuban women were able to study in medical schools.[39] They gained the opportunity to be high-paying doctors and this is a major gain in women's rights in Cuba.[39] By receiving steady money and material commodities such as clothing, the Afro-Cuban doctors were able to support their families in Cuba.[39] In addition, they would not have an obligation to immigrate to a new country. They could work in a foreign country for a relatively short period of time then return home to Cuba.[39]

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Both the ERA and the UDHR have been ratified into the Cuban constitution.

The US has ratified neither.