Women in Cuba

[Marcus IM]

Women in Cuba
(excerpts)

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]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Cuba

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

The US has ratified neither.

[spooky3]

1. IIRC, Cuba ranks near the US in healthcare outcomes, at a much

Lower cost.

[Marcus IM]

2. While under extraterritorial US sanctions specifically designed to destroy their economy.

And what I hear from many Americans is that Cuba has a failed and mismanaged economy.

If one were to ask me, I know that Cuba has an extremely well managed economy in that despite the austerities created by sanctions it delivers world class health care and education - universal, all. It's not just the gov't achieving these things.

Now, I'll clarify for the record (before the negative onslaught), am I making some kind of claim that Cuba is a paradise?

Nope.

What I am saying is that currently (as in: right now) Cuba is being strangled and Cubans are suffering from the ever-tightening grip US sanctions have on their economy - especially as covid had such a devastating impact on their primary product ... tourism.

[GreenWave]

3. And they offered a helping hand during Katrina

F'ing Jr. turned it down and from other countries as well. The a-holes have to keep us their whole world hates us mantra.

[Marcus IM]

4. And Cuba named it's emergency response team after an America hero, Henry Reeve

Cuba's Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade receives prestigious award

https://www3.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13375:cubas-henry-reeve-international-medical-brigade-receives-prestigious-award&Itemid=0&lang=en#gsc.tab=0