United Nations
XII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
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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.
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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.
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.
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Attachment(s)
- Argentina Report
- Dominica Report
- Ecuador Report
- Grenada Report
- Guyana Report
- Brasil Report
- Chile Report
- CIM OEA Report
- Colombia Report
- Costa Rica Report
- Cuba Report
- El Salvador Report
- España Report
- Guatemala Report
- México Report
- OPS Report
- Panamá Report
- Paraguay Report
- Perú Report
- UNFPA LACRO Report
- Uruguay Report
- Jamaica Report
- Consenso de Santo Domingo
- República Dominicana Report
- San Vicente y las Granadinas Report
- UNICEF Report
- Curacao Report
- General Information of the twelfth session of the Regional Conference on Women
Meeting documents
- Santo Domingo Consensus. Twelfth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Report of the Twelfth Session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Women in the digital economy: breaking through the equality threshold
- Provisional agenda
- Annotated provisional agenda
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- https://www.cepal.org
- 56 222100000
