Fifty-Eighth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

22 Jan 2019 | Event

Work area(s)

Gender affairs

Topic(s)

Gender equality Innovation, science and technology Inequality Social rights Women's economic autonomy Women's political participation

The 58th Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women was held on January 22 and 23, 2019, in Santiago, Chile.

Event information

Imagen 58 Mesa Directiva Conferencia de la Mujer ING

Date

22 - 23 Jan 2019, 06:00 - 15:00

Event type

Presiding officers

Address

CEPAL
Santiago
Chile

At their fifty-eighth meeting, the Presiding Officers was make progress with the preparations for the fourteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.

In addition,  the delegations exchanged views on the country reports on the implementation of the Montevideo Strategy for Implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda within the Sustainable Development Framework by 2030 and its synergy with the review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing+25), as well as the annotated index of the position document of the fourteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, among other matters.

The 58 Meeting was organized by ECLAC, as the Secretariat of the Regional Conference. 

The Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean is a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and is the main regional intergovernmental forum on women's rights and gender equality within the United Nations system.

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Programme of work

22 January 2019

  • Registration.

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  • Opening of the fifty-eighth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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    Presentation(s)

    • Cielo Morales, Directora del Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Planificación Económica y Social (ILPES) de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)

      Audio

    • Janet Camilo, Ministra de la Mujer de la República Dominicana, en su calidad de Vicepresidenta de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe

      Audio

    • Lara Blanco, Directora Regional Adjunta para las Américas y el Caribe de la Entidad de las Naciones Unidas para la Igualdad de Género y el Empoderamiento de las Mujeres (ONU-Mujeres)

      Audio

    • Isabel Plá, Ministra de la Mujer y la Equidad de Género de Chile

      Audio

  • Adoption of the agenda.

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    Presentation(s)

  • Report by the secretariat on activities carried out since the fifty-seventh meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (Santiago, 30 and 31 July 2018).

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    Presentation(s)

    • Informe de la Secretaría sobre las actividades realizadas desde la 57ª Reunión de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe (Santiago, 30 y 31 de julio de 2018). Punto 2 del temario.

      File

      Audio

    • Intervenciones de los países.

      Audio

  • Coffee break.

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  • Report on the outcomes of the meetings of other subsidiary bodies of the ECLAC held since the fifty-seventh meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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    Presentation(s)

  • Report by the working group on the regional fund in support of women’s and feminist organizations and movements.

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    Presentation(s)

    • Informe del grupo de trabajo

      Audio

    • Intervenciones de los países.

      Audio

  • Lunch recess.

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  • Reports by the countries:

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    Reports by the countries on the implementation of the Montevideo Strategy for Implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda within the Sustainable Development Framework by 2030 and its synergy with the review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing+25).

    Presentation(s)

  • Coffee break.

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  • Reports by the countries:

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    Reports by the countries on the implementation of the Montevideo Strategy for Implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda within the Sustainable Development Framework by 2030 and its synergy with the review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing+25) (continued).

    Presentation(s)

    • Intervenciones de los países.

    • Cuba.

      Audio

    • Guyana.

      Audio

    • República Dominicana.

      Audio

    • Informe de Nicole Bidegain. Oficial de Asusntos Sociales. División de Asuntos de Género, Cepal.

      File

      Audio

    • Intervenciones organismos ONU, Sociedad Civil.

      Audio

23 January 2019

  • Presentation of the annotated index of the position document of the fourteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (Santiago, 4–8 November 2019).

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    Presentation(s)

  • Coffee break.

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  • Other matters.

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    Presentation(s)

  • Lunch recess.

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  • Adoption of agreements.

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    Presentation(s)

  • Closing session.

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    Presentation(s)

    • Mario Castillo, Oficial Superior de Asuntos Económicos de la División de Asuntos de Género de la CEPAL

      Audio

    • Janet Camilo, Ministra de la Mujer de la República Dominicana, en su calidad de Vicepresidenta de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe

    • Isabel Plá, Ministra de la Mujer y la Equidad de Género de Chile

    • Denis Lama, Jefa del Departamento de RR.EE. del Ministerio de la Mujer y la Equidad de Género de Chile

      Audio

    • Diana Espinoza, ONU-Mujeres.

      Audio

    • Marcela Eternod, Secretaria Ejecutiva del Instituo Nacional de las Mujeres (INMUJERES) de México, en su calidad de Vicepresidenta de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe.

      Audio

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