X session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

6 Aug 2007 | Event

Work area(s)

Gender affairs

Topic(s)

Gender equality Gender statistics Social statistics Violence against women Women's economic autonomy Women's political participation

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

Date

6 - 09 Aug 2007, 05:25

Event type

Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies

Participation

By invitation

Address

Quito
Quito
Ecuador

The tenth session of the Regional Conference had the function of reviewing the implementation of the international commitments undertaken in the Regional Programme of Action for the Women of Latin America and the Caribbean, adopted at the sixth session of the Regional Conference in 1994 and reaffirmed in 2004 in the Mexico City Consensus. To that end, the Conference at its tenth session undertook to examine political participation and gender parity in decision-making processes at all levels. It also considered the subject of the contribution of women to the economy and social protection, especially in relation to unpaid work performed by women.

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Programme of work

5 August 2007

  • Delivery of identification badges to delegates who had registered electronically by 31 July

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  • Fourteenth meeting of Specialized Agencies and other Bodies of the United Nations System on the Advancement of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

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6 August 2007

  • Registration of participants

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  • Meeting of heads of government delegations

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  • Opening ceremony of the tenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

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    Presentation(s)

  • Coffee break

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  • High-level panel

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    Presentation(s)

    • Rachel Mayanja, Subsecretaria General y Asesora Especial del Secretario General en Cuestiones de Género y Adelanto de la Mujer

      File

  • Plenary meeting

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  • Discussions

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  • Cocktail hosted by the Government of Ecuador

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7 August 2007

  • 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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    Room: SALA 1
    Presentation(s)

    • “La importancia del uso del tiempo en las políticas de igualdad”

      María de los Ángeles Durán

    • “Importancia del trabajo no remunerado para la igualdad de género”

      Saskia Sassen

      File

    • “Situación de las mujeres trabajadoras del hogar en América Latina”

      Casimira Rodríguez

  • Topic 2. Political participation and gender parity in decision-making processes PANEL2

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    Room: SALA2
    Presentation(s)

    • La democracia intercultural paritaria: El verdadero desafío democrático del siglo XXI (presentación)

      Epsy Campbell

      File

    • La democracia intercultural paritaria: El verdadero desafío democrático del siglo XXI (texto)

      Epsy Campbell

      File

    • El significado y el aporte de la paridad en el desarrollo de la democracia

      Soledad Murillo

      File

  • 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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    Room: SALA 3

  • Discussions

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  • Side event 1-2-3

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    Presentation(s)

    • 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)

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  • General discussion

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  • Cocktail hosted by ECLAC and the United Nations organizations in Ecuador

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8 August 2007

  • Side event 4-5-6

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    Presentation(s)

    • 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

  • Topic 2. Political participation and gender parity in decision-making processes. PANEL 4

    Room: SALA 2
    Presentation(s)

  • 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: SALA 3

  • 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

    Room: SALA 1
    Presentation(s)

  • Panels (continued)

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  • Conclusions

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9 August 2007

  • Plenary

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  • Closing session

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