The Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean is a subsidiary Organ of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The Conference is convened on a regular basis in order to identify the needs of women at the regional and subregional levels, carry out periodic reviews of activities that comply with regional and international agreements, provide a forum for the discussion of these issues and put forward recommendations for the national Governments of the region.
The Caribbean subregional preparatory meeting will feature presentations on the preparation for the XIII Regional Conference, and will include a status update on the position document for the conference, as well as discussion on the challenges faced in the implementation of the regional gender agenda.
The preparatory meeting will take place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and will be preceeded by a technical meeting to examine the economic autonomy of women in the Caribbean. The technical meeting will focus on the situation of women, with particular attention given to economic empowerment and gender equality with a view to highlighting the opportunities offered by the 2030 Global Agenda for Sustainable Development in advancing the economic autonomy of women in the Caribbean. It will provide a forum to examine critical issues which should be addressed if we are to achieve gender equality and women’s economic empowerment during the next 15 years.
Preparatory meeting of the XIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean with Caribbean countries
Port of Spain, 26 - 27 July 2016
San Fernando Room, Radisson Hotel
PROGRAMME
Tuesday 26 July 2016
8:30 – 9.00 am Registration of Participants
9.00 – 10.30 am Technical Meeting to examine the economic autonomy of women in the Caribbean
10.30 – 10.45 am Coffee Break
10.45 am – 1.00 pm Technical Meeting to examine the economic autonomy of women in the Caribbean
1.00 – 2.30 pm Lunch Break
2.30 – 3.00 pm Inauguration of the Preparatory Meeting of the XIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
3.00 – 4.15 pm High-level Panel “Autonomy and gender equality: The Caribbean towards 2030”
4.15 – 4.30 pm Coffee
4.30 – 5.00 pm Report of the preparation of the XIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
5.00 – 5.30 pm Presentation of the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean 2016
Wednesday 27 July 2016
9.00 – 10.00 am Presentation of advances of the position document of the XIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
10.00 – 11.15 am Panel “Subregional challenges for the implementation of the regional gender agenda” (first part)
11.15 – 11.30 am Coffee
11.30 am – 1.00 pm Panel “Subregional challenges for the implementation of the regional gender agenda” (second part)
1.00 – 2.30 pm Lunch Break
2.30 – 4.00 pm Debate on the design of a regional strategy for the implementation of commitments on gender equality and the 2030 agenda
4.00 – 4.30 pm Coffee
4.30 – 5.00 pm Other matters
5.00 – 5.30 pm Closing and conclusions of the preparatory meeting
Press Release
Press Release
Announcement