United Nations
Tenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
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The tenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was convened by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in compliance with ECLAC resolution 619(XXXI) and was held in Quito, Ecuador,
from 6 to 9 August 2007.
Event information
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Event type
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. It is organized by ECLAC as Secretariat of the Conference and, since 2020, with the support of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women).
It is convened periodically, at intervals of no more than three years, to identify the situation of women’s autonomy and rights at the regional and subregional levels, present public policies recommendations for gender equality, and conduct periodic assessments of the activities carried out in fulfilment of regional and international agreements.
The themes to be discussed at the tenth session of the Regional Conference are: "Political participation and gender parity in decision-making processes at all levels" and "Analysis of the contribution of women to the economy and social protection, especially in relation to unpaid work performed by women".
Programme of work
Delivery of identification badges to delegates who had registered electronically by 31 July
Fourteenth meeting of Specialized Agencies and other Bodies of the United Nations System on the Advancement of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
Registration of participants
Meeting of heads of government delegations
Opening ceremony of the tenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Coffee break
High-level panel
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Plenary meeting
Discussions
Cocktail hosted by the Government of Ecuador
Topic 1. Analysis of the contribution of women to the economy and social protection, especially in relation to unpaid work performed by women. Panel 1
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“La importancia del uso del tiempo en las políticas de igualdad”
“Situación de las mujeres trabajadoras del hogar en América Latina”
Topic 2. Political participation and gender parity in decision-making processes PANEL2
Room
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La democracia intercultural paritaria: El verdadero desafío democrático del siglo XXI (presentación)
La democracia intercultural paritaria: El verdadero desafío democrático del siglo XXI (texto)
Presentation of national reports and reports by organizations on the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken in the Mexico City Consensus and on the advances achieved in the area of political participation and gender parity and unpaid work performed by w
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Discussions
Side event 1-2-3
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EVENTO PARALELO 1:Contribución de la economía del cuidado a la protección social
EVENTO PARALELO 2:Hacia un nuevo contrato social y de género: políticas de corresponsabilidad entre el trabajo reproductivo y productivo en América Latina
EVENTO PARALELO 3:La economía invisible y las desigualdades de género: La importancia de medir y valorar el trabajo no remunerado
Panel 1 -2-3 (continued)
General discussion
Cocktail hosted by ECLAC and the United Nations organizations in Ecuador
Topic 1. Analysis of the contribution of women to the economy and social protection, especially in relation to unpaid work performed by women. PANEL 3
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Topic 2. Political participation and gender parity in decision-making processes. PANEL 4
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“Universalidad, igualdad y paridad. Las mujeres latinoamericanas en los poderes del Estado”
Presentation of national reports and reports by organizations on the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken in the Mexico City Consensus and on the advances achieved in the area of political participation and gender parity and unpaid work performed by w
Room
Side event 4-5-6
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EVENTO PARALELO 4:¡La mesa está servida! Regímenes jurídicos sobre trabajo doméstico remunerado en el Mercosur
EVENTO PARALELO 5:Las políticas de paridad de género en y para la sociedad de la información: Nuevas agendas, nuevas alianzas
EVENTO PARALELO 6:Ciudadanía y derecho de las mujeres indígenas y afrodescendientes
Panels (continued)
Conclusions
Plenary
Closing session
Practical information
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Toward Gender Parity in Political Representation for Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Décima Conferencia de la Mujer: evento paralelo 1
Contribución del cuidado a la protección social
Décima Conferencia de la Mujer: evento paralelo 2
Hacia un nuevo contrato social y de género: políticas de corresponsabilidad entre el trabajo reproductivo y productivo en América Latina
Décima Conferencia de la Mujer: evento paralelo 3
La economía invisible y las desigualdades de género: La importancia de medir y valorar el trabajo no remunerado
Décima Conferencia de la Mujer: evento paralelo 4
¡La mesa está servida! Regímenes jurídicos sobre trabajo doméstico remunerado en el Mercosur
Décima Conferencia de la Mujer: evento paralelo 5
Las políticas de paridad de género en y para la sociedad de la información: Nuevas agendas, nuevas alianzas
Décima Conferencia de la Mujer: evento paralelo 6
Ciudadanía y derecho de las mujeres indígenas y afrodescendientes
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Organizing institution
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- https://www.cepal.org
- 56 222100000
