Launch of the Gender Equality Bulletin - No. 4: Time for Care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards Social and Gender Co-responsibility, jointly prepared by ECLAC and the ILO.

 The bulletin provides an analysis of the progress made in maternity, paternity, and parental leave in Latin America and the Caribbean, and outlines the challenges to advancing measures such as long-term care leave, emergency leave, reduced working hours, and the alignment of paid and unpaid work schedules and locations. Additionally, it highlights that these regulatory tools must be available to both men and women, as they are key to fostering co-responsibility, ensuring the right to care, and achieving gender equality.

 This event will serve as a space for comments and reflections among representatives of governments, trade unions, and business organizations, which is essential to advancing greater social and gender co-responsibility in the labour market.

Agenda

11.00-11.05
Introduction
Ana Güezmes García, Chief of the Division for Gender Affairs of ECLAC

11.05-11.30
Time for care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards gender and social co-responsibility
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
Ana Virginia Moreira, Regional Director of the ILO for Latin America and the Caribbean

11.30 - 12.00
Discussion with government representatives, business and trade union organizations
Moderator: Paz Arancibia, Senior Specialist in Gender and Non-Discrimination at the ILO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
Mónica Xavier, Director (designated) of the National Institute for Women (Inmujeres), Uruguay
Alesia Rodríguez, Federation of Chambers and Associations of Commerce and Production of Venezuela (Fedecámaras)
Kaira Reece, Secretary for Sustainable Development, Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (CSA)

12.00 -12.25
Exchange with participants

12.25-12.30
Closing remarks
Lucía Scuro, Senior Social Affairs Officer at the Division for Gender Affairs of ECLAC