All people have been cared for and all need care throughout the phases of life. However, care work is mostly done by women and girls, which hinders their autonomy. Transitioning towards a care society as a horizon for sustainable recovery with gender equality will be the theme of the fifteenth Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, scheduled to take place this November in Argentina.

The thirty-ninth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will be held from 24 to 26 October 2022, at the Centro Cultural Kirchner in Buenos Aires.

Progress on the 2030 Agenda Will be Decided in Cities Latin America and the Caribbean is the world's most urbanized developing region. The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has said that "cities are where the climate battle will be won or lost". Cities are the engines of economic growth, but they are also the largest emitters of greenhouse gases, and their growth is occurring amid great inequalities in our societies.