Sixty-fifth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

11 Oct 2023 | Event

Work area(s)

Gender affairs

Topic(s)

Care society Gender equality Sustainable development
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Event information

The 65th Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was held in hybrid format on 11 and 12 October 2023, at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters in Santiago, Chile

Date

11 - 12 Oct 2023, 07:00

Event type

Presiding officers

Participation

By registration

Address

Virtual
Virtual
Chile
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At the sixty-fifth Meeting of the Presiding Officers, delegations exchanged views on the topics to be discussed at the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (México, 2025). 

In addition, a special regional consultation session was held prior to the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68)

This Meeting was organized by ECLAC, the Secretariat of the Regional Conference, in coordination with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women). Currently, the Government of Argentina chairs the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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 foremost intergovernmental forum of the United Nations on women’s rights and gender equality in the region. 

Agreements 

Declaration by Ministers and High-Level Authorities of the National Machineries for the Advancement of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean for the sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68)

Live transmission

October 11, 2023

October 12, 2023

Programme of work

11 October 2023

  • Opening session of the sixty-fifth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

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    • Daniel Titelman, Chief of the Economic Development Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
    • María-Noel Vaeza, Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women)
    • Ayelén Mazzina, Minister for Women, Gender and Diversity of Argentina

  • Adoption of the agenda

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  • Panel discussion on synergies between the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean and other subsidiary bodies of ECLAC

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    Moderator: Jimena Arias, Social Affairs Officer in the Office of the Secretary of the Commission

    Comments:

    • Antonia Orellana, Minister of Women’s Affairs and Gender Equity of Chile
    • Vindhya Persaud, Minister of Human Services and Social Security of Guyana (virtual)

    Statements by delegations

  • Coffee break

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  • Report on the Regional Fund in support of Women’s and Feminist Organizations and Movements

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    • Report of the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Regional Fund, presented by Ayelén Mazzina, Minister for Women, Gender and Diversity of Argentina
    • Report of the Americas and the Caribbean Regional Office of UN-Women, in its capacity as administrative body, by Cecilia Alemany, Deputy Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean of UN-Women
    • Rocío Rosero, member of the Coalición Nacional de Mujeres del Ecuador, as a representative of women’s and feminist organizations

    Statements by delegations

  • Break

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  • Initiative for a biregional pact for care between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union

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    • María Cristina Perceval, Special Representative for Feminist Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina
    • Irene Montero, Minister of Equality of the Government of Spain
    • Leire Pajín, Chair of the EU-LAC Foundation (by video)
    • Lucy Garrido, Coordinator of Cotidiano Mujer and member of Articulación Feminista Marcosur

    Statements by delegations

    Presentation(s)

    • Pacto birregional cuidados draft 231004. Documento circulado a las delegaciones de Gobiernos a solicitud de la Presidencia de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe

      File

    • Biregional pact for care draft 231004. Document circulated to Government delegations at the request of the Chair of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

      File

  • Discussion on the themes of the sixteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (Mexico, 2025)

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    Document presented by Ana Güezmes García, Chief of the Division for Gender Affairs of ECLAC

    Comments:

    • Ayelén Mazzina, Minister for Women, Gender and Diversity of Argentina, the country serving as Chair of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
    • Nadine Gasman, President of the National Women’s Institute (INMUJERES) of Mexico (virtual)

    Statements by delegations

12 October 2023

  • Special session: regional consultation prior to the sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women

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    Introductory remarks:

    • María del Carmen Squeff, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations and Vice-Chair of the Bureau of the sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women designated by the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (virtual)

    Presentations by:

    Panel 1: Inequality, poverty, social protection and care
    • Mayra Jiménez, Minister for Women’s Affairs of the Dominican Republic
    • Rosane da Silva, National Secretary for Economic Autonomy and Care Policies in the Ministry of Women of Brazil (in-person) and Laís Abramo, National Secretary for Care and Family, Ministry of Social Development and Assistance, Family Affairs and the Fight against Hunger of Brazil (virtual)
    • Dulce Patricia Torres Sandoval, member of the Coordinadora Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas (CONAMI), representing the Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas (ECMIA)
    • Myriam Moïse, Associate Professor at Université des Antilles in Martinique, General Secretary of Universities Caribbean

    Discussion and statements by delegations

    Presentation(s)

  • Coffee break

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  • Special session: regional consultation prior to the sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (continued)

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    Panel 2: Institutional architecture and financing

    • Juana Herrera, Minister for Women’s Affairs of Paraguay

    • Andrea Simon, Principal Delegate for Barbados to the Inter-American Commission of Women, Ministry of People’s Empowerment and Elder Affairs of Barbados (virtual)
    • Corina Rodríguez, Researcher at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) of Argentina and member of the Executive Committee of Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) (virtual)

    Discussion and statements by delegations

  • Break

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  • Presentation of the declaration of the Committee of Non-Governmental Organizations on the Condition of Women from Latin America and the Caribbean (CoNGO CSW LAC)

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    Dulce Patricia Torres Sandoval y María Lucila Esquivel

  • Special session: regional consultation prior to the sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (continued)

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    Discussion and statements by delegations

  • Other matters

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  • Consideration and adoption of agreements

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  • Closing session

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    • Daniel Titelman, Chief of the Economic Development Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
    • María-Noel Vaeza, Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean of UN-Women
    • Ayelén Mazzina, Minister for Women, Gender and Diversity of Argentina

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