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The fifty-sixth meeting of the Presiding Officers was held from 5 to 6 October 2017 in Havana, Cuba.
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The fifty-sixth meeting of the Presiding Officers was dedicated to celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.
In addition, the meeting was devoted to the analysis of gender equality plans in the framework of sustainable development in the countries of the region and a presentation was given on the theme to be addressed in the position document for the fourteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean. The working group on the regional fund in support of women’s and feminist organizations and movements was also report on its progress at the fifty-sixth meeting of the Presiding Officers.
The 64 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.
Programme of work
Opening session of the fifty-sixth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Adoption of the agenda
Mesa redonda 40 años de la Primera Conferencia Regional sobre la Integración de la Mujer en el Desarrollo Económico y Social de América Latina y el Caribe
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Presentation of the repository of legislation on migration and gender of the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean
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High-level panel on the implementation of gender equality plans in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
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High-level panel on the implementation of gender equality plans in the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (continued)
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Information regarding the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Statistical Conference of the Americas
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Discussion on the theme of the fourteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (Santiago, 2019).
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Report of the working group on the regional fund in support of women’s and feminist organizations and movements
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Adoption of agreements
Closing session
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- Report of the Fifty-Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Provisional Agenda
- Annotated provisional agenda
- Preliminary programme
- General information
- Gender equality plans in Latin America and the Caribbean: Road maps for development
- Montevideo Strategy for Implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda within the Sustainable Development Framework by 2030
- 40 years of the Regional Gender Agenda
Meeting documents
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- VIDEO: Estrategia de Montevideo: hoja de ruta para implementar la Agenda Regional de Género y los ODS
- VIDEO: Memoria de La Habana (1977) a La Habana (2017): 40 años de Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer
- Regional Gender Agenda
- XIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Commemoration in Havana of 40 Years of Advancement of Women’s Equality and Rights in the Region with a Focus on Pending Challeng
Organizing institution
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
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