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New ECLAC policy brief addresses implementation measures for engaging youth in sustainable development

26 March 2019 | News

The Caribbean is considered a relatively youthful subregion. For every five persons in the Caribbean, two are under the age of 25. Nearly 7.5 million youth between the ages of 15 and 24 live in the Caribbean. This represents almost 17% of the subregion’s total population, with the largest population of Caribbean youth residing in Haiti (2.2 million), Dominican Republic (1.9 million) and Cuba (1.4 million). With a large youth population, experts across the Caribbean agree that a clearly defined, long-term policy framework for youth development is urgently needed. Such a frame…

Profound Changes in Demographic Dynamics Will Have Consequences for Public Policies, ECLAC Warns

18 March 2019 | News

The demographic dynamics in the majority of Latin American and Caribbean countries have experienced profound changes that have affected the population’s growth, age structure and territorial distribution and that could have consequences for designing and implementing public policies, according to the First Regional Report on the Implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development. The document, produced by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) under mandate from the member countries of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in L…

Rights-based Approach is Essential for Addressing the Ageing of Latin America and the Caribbean’s Population

14 March 2019 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean is on the threshold of a demographic change that is without precedent in its history: in 2037, the proportion of older persons will surpass the proportion of those under 15 years of age. This confirms that demographic ageing is a process underway that must be addressed with a rights-based approach that guarantees older persons’ autonomy and dignity. This is the view set forth by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in the book Ageing, Older Persons and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: A Regional and Human Rights Perspec…

Progress on Implementing Priority Measures of the Montevideo Consensus Praised, but Challenges Remain

8 August 2018 | News

The pending challenges to address the demands of girls, boys, adolescents and young people in the region, aging, access to sexual and reproductive health, and persistent gender gaps were some of the issues discussed during the second day of the third session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is being held through Thursday, August 9, in the Convention Center of Lima, Peru. On the first panel of the session – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the government of Peru, with support fr…

The President of Peru will Open Meeting of the Regional Conference on Population and Development

6 August 2018 | Announcement

The President of the Republic of Peru, Martín Vizcarra, will preside over the inauguration ceremony of the Third Meeting of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, on Tuesday 7 August at 10:00 a.m. (GMT -5) in the Convention Center of Lima, Peru. The event will be held on August 7-9 and will gather representatives from all 46 member countries and 14 associate members of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), joined by delegates from international organizations, the academy, private sector and civil society. In the…

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Will Address Progress and Challenges Related to Population and Development

30 May 2018 | Announcement

The situation of migrants, the aging of the population, sexual and reproductive health, indigenous peoples and Afro-descendant populations will be some of the central topics addressed in conversations at the Third Meeting of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, to be held August 7-9 at the Convention Center of Lima, Peru. At the gathering – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Peruvian government, with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) – the region’s countries will fol…

Persons with disabilities recognized as equal members of society

18 April 2018 | News

The Caribbean is home to some 1.3 million persons living with disability; a quarter million of these suffering significant disability. These numbers are expected to increase in the coming decades with the ageing of the Caribbean population and the exponential growth in incidence of non-communicable diseases. Over the years, attitudes towards persons living with disability have become more positive. Efforts have been made to ensure that they are more fully and productively integrated into Caribbean society. There are signs of progress in the form of ramps outside buildings; specialized …

ECLAC Studies Effects of Law for More Flexible Access to Retirement Pensions in Uruguay

12 December 2017 | News

The office of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Montevideo, Uruguay carried out two studies that analyze the changes introduced in the law for more flexible access to retirement pensions (Law 18.395), promulgated in 2008 in that country, thanks to an agreement with the Uruguayan Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Center for Fiscal Studies (CEF). This law introduced an important set of measures aimed at enabling more flexible access to social security. These modifications had an impact on diverse aspects of people’s well-being as well as on fiscal accou…

ECLAC Promotes a Life Cycle Approach to End Inequalities Determined by People’s Age

14 June 2017 | News

Age is one of the structural elements in the social inequality matrix in Latin America and the Caribbean, which overlaps with and potentiates other core elements, such as socioeconomic status, gender, ethnic-racial origin and territory, according to one of the chapters in the Social Panorama of Latin America 2016 annual report, which was presented recently by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). “Each stage of the life cycle presents specific opportunities, challenges and risks,” ECLAC indicates in the chapter entitled “The social inequality matrix: Age as an ax…

Countries of the Region will Assess Progress and Challenges to the Exercise of Human Rights by Older Persons

14 June 2017 | Announcement

On June 27-30, 2017, the fourth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean will focus on the situation of older persons and the exercise of their human rights, bringing together government delegates, civil society organizations, experts on population matters and representatives of United Nations organizations and the Organization of American States. The Conference is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the government of Paraguay through its Ministry of Public Health and Soci…

Caribbean attention focused on the situation of older persons

31 May 2017 | News

Caribbean policy makers are preparing to identify key actions to expand protection for the human rights of older persons over the next five years. These actions will be discussed at a meeting being convened in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean from 1-2 June 2017. The meeting will assess the progress made in the subregion in the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and the San Jose Charter on the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribb…

Caribbean Conference on Ageing, Elder abuse and the Rights of Older Persons

30 November 2015 | Announcement

The Caribbean conference on Ageing, elder abuse and the rights of older persons is being organised in collaboration with the Dominica Council on Ageing; the Ministry of Social Services, Family and Gender Affairs of Dominica, and the Association for the Promotion and Integration of Older Persons of Martinique (AMDOR) and takes place on November 30 – December 1, 2015 in Roseau, Dominica. Population ageing is the most significant demographic trend which will shape Caribbean societies in the 21st century. Over the next 20 years, the number of persons aged 60 and over in the Caribbean subregio…

Mexico Will Host the Second Session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development

17 August 2015 | Announcement

Mexico City will be on October 6-9 the regional capital of debate about issues such as migration, ageing, indigenous peoples and Afro-descendant populations, since it will host the second session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be attended by representatives from governments, international organizations and civil society. The meeting, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Government of Mexico through the National Population Council (CONAPO), is entitled “Population dynamic…

ECLAC Will Host Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development

11 May 2015 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will host from June 24 to June 26 the Second Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be attended by delegates from the region’s countries whose main objective will be to define an operational guide on population and development measures. This operational guide will be presented at the Second Meeting of the Regional Conference, which will be held in Mexico on October 6-9, and will serve as the basis for the implementation and follo…

Latin America and the Caribbean to Analyse the Challenges of Migration and Population Ageing

2 July 2013 | News

According to UN figures, one in 33 people worldwide is a migrant. In 2010, there were around 30 million international migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to ECLAC data. Although these people make valuable contributions to their destination countries and their communities, they remain exposed to mistreatment, discrimination, slavery, prostitution and other situations that infringe upon their human rights. There needs to be a debate about migration to contribute to policymaking and the formulation of regional and international agreements. In this context, the Economi…

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