XII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

The twelfth 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 667 (XXXIV) and was held in Santo Domingo, from 15 to 18 October 2013.

Event information

Date

15 - 18 Oct 2013, 06:00 - 15:30

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Event type

Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies

Participation

By invitation

Address

Address: Av. George Washington # 500
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic

The twelfth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean 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 the Mexico City Consensus in 2004, in the Quito Consensus in 2007, and in the Brasilia Consensus in 2010, and of ratifying regional consensuses adopted during previous conferences on women in Latin America and the Caribbean. To that end, the Conference undertook to examine the progress made by the region and the challenges that remain for achieving gender equality, with an emphasis on women’s autonomy in the digital economy and the information society.

Schedule

Provisional agenda:

1. Election of officers.

2. Adoption of the agenda.

3. Activities carried out by the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, the ECLAC secretariat and specialized agencies and other bodies of the United Nations System since the eleventh session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.

4. Presentation of the position paper: Women in the digital economy: breaking through the equality threshold.

5. Consideration and adoption of agreements by the Conference.

6. Other matters.