Country	Children and adolescents	Youth	Older persons	Women	Persons with disabilities	Afro-descendats	Indigenous people	Migrants
Antigua and Barbuda	M	M	MDS	MDS	...	...	...	E
Argentina	MDS	...	MDS	M	M	...	P	P
Bahamas	MDS	MDS	E	MDS	MDS	MDS	...	...	E
Barbados	E	E	MDS	MDS	MDS	...	...	P
Belize	MDS	E	MDS	MDS	...	...	MDS	E
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M
Brazil	M	M	M	M	M	E	E	M
Chile	MDS	MDS	MDS	E	MDS	M	MDS	M
Colombia	P	P	M	P	M	M	M	E
Costa Rica	E	E	P	E	M	P	E	M
Cuba	M	...	M	...	MDS	...	...	M
Dominica	MDS	M	MDS	MDS	M	...	M	M
Ecuador	MDS	MDS	MDS	E	MDS	P	P	E
El Salvador	M	...	MDS	E	M	M	M	P
Granada	MDS	E	MDS	MDS	...	...	...	M
Guatemala	P	P	P	P	E	P	M	E
Guyana	MDS	M	MDS	MDS	P	...	E	M
Haiti	MDS	E	M	E	MDS	...	...	M
Honduras	E	MDS	MDS	E	MDS	MDS	MDS	M
Jamaica	M	E	MDS	E	MDS	...	...	M
Mexico	M	M	E	P	E	M	P	M
Nicaragua	MDS	E	M	E	P	...	...	M
Panama	MDS	MDS	MDS	E	E	MDS	M	M
Paraguay	E	E	M	E	E		M	M
Peru	M	M	M	E	M	M	M	M
Dominican Republic	E	E	M	E	P	...	...	M
Saint Kitts and Nevis	MDS	MDS	MDS	MDS	MDS	...	...	M
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	MDS	...	MDS	MDS	MDS	...	...	M
Saint Lucia	M	MDS	M	M	M	...	...	M
Suriname	...	M	MDS	M	...	...	...	E
Trinidad and Tobago	P	E	MDS	P	MDS	...	...	M
Uruguay	MDS	MDS	MDS	MDS	MDS	MDS	...	M
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	M	E	E	E	M	M	E	M

Source: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), based on official information reported by governments of the region.

(.) = Official information not available.
MSD= Ministry of Social Development has an explicit mandate on the different segments of the population
M = Ministry of another issue has the explicit mandate on different segments of the population. This category includes instances whose holder has a ministerial rank.
P= The Presidency has the explicit mandate on the protection of the different segments of the population.
S= Ministry dedicated to the protection of a specific segment (Ministry of Women, Children, among others). In some cases, ministries with diverse simultaneous mandates are presented.