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ECLAC’s COVID-19 Observatory: An Instrument Supporting Latin America and the Caribbean in Times of Pandemic

25 Jun 2020 | News

In the new global scenario in times of pandemic prompted by COVID-19, it is essential to take urgent measures and evaluate the impact of those actions. For this reason, and in response to a request made by the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the COVID-19 Observatory came into being with the aim of supporting the region’s countries on follow-up and monitoring of the effects of the crisis caused by the coronavirus in the medium and long term. ECLAC – as part of a joint effort with the rest of the United Nations agencies, funds and programs and the support of the global …

Gender Equality is a Key Factor for Sustainable, Inclusive and Equitable Growth: Alicia Bárcena

30 Apr 2020 | News

“Gender equality is a key factor for sustainable, inclusive and equitable growth. The future post COVID-19 needs women,” Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), underscored this Thursday, April 30, during a webinar organized by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). The virtual seminar was entitled “Domestic Violence: What companies can do to combat increased violence in this context of crisis.” It is one in a series of gatherings held as part of the “Win-Win: Gender Equality is …

Authorities Reaffirm Commitment to Statistical Development through Cooperation with the Regional and International Statistics Community

21 Nov 2019 | News

The countries participating in the tenth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reaffirmed today their commitment to statistical development through cooperation with the regional and international statistics community, at the closing session of the gathering held on November 19-21 in Santiago, Chile. At the meeting, the countries agreed on the need to seek a collaborative regional response to the demand for official statistics that support the formulation of policies with an empirical basis that contributes t…

Girls present innovative tech-based solutions to major development issues

27 May 2019 | News

Girls from across Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) showcased their own original technological solutions to gender-based violence and climate change at the T&T segment of the Caribbean.Girls.Hack competition last Friday, 24 May 2019. In doing so, the young girls competed for the opportunity to present their tech-based innovative ideas to policy makers during the upcoming subregional preparatory meeting of the XIV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean …

Statistical capacity of more than 20 Caribbean countries to be strengthened

4 Apr 2019 | News

Statisticians from the statistical offices of over twenty Caribbean countries and overseas territories will soon be equipped with increased capacity in census planning, management and implementation. A four-day workshop organised by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in collaboration with the Secretariat for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), will take place in Kingston, Jamaica, from 8 to 11 April 2019. Caribbean statistical offices will be carrying out population and housing censuses between 2020 and 2022…

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Will Analyze the Strategic Challenges and Priorities for Regional Statistical Development

22 Mar 2019 | Announcement

Representatives of national statistics institutes from Latin America and the Caribbean will participate on March 27-28 in Santiago, Chile in the Eighteenth Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA), where they will analyze the strategic challenges and priorities for regional statistical development and examine the state of progress of the activities scheduled for the 2018-2019 period. The gathering will be inaugurated by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and Guillermo Pattillo…

ECLAC: Equality for Afro-descendant Women is Still Pending in Latin America and the Caribbean

10 Dec 2018 | News

Despite the progress seen in the last decade, Afro-descendant women in Latin America and the Caribbean continue to be ignored as the possible beneficiaries of differentiated policies, they suffer poverty at higher rates than the rest of the population, they are underrepresented or absent from decision-making processes, and their right – and that of their communities – to live a life free of violence is more frequently infringed, ECLAC indicates in the recently published document Afro-descendant Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: Debts of Equality (in Spanish and Portuguese only). The st…

Experts from Latin America and Europe Stress the Importance of Integrating Non-Traditional Data Sources into National Statistical Systems

1 Oct 2018 | News

Experts from Latin America and Europe stressed the importance today of integrating non-traditional data sources into national statistical systems, during a high-level seminar that is being held through Tuesday, October 2 at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The main aim of the event, organized by ECLAC and the European Statistical Office (EUROSTAT), is to present and analyze different tools in the process of the innovative use of non-traditional data sources for official statistics. The seminar was inaugurated by…

Countries of the Region Will Analyze the Statistical Framework for Follow-up to the 2030 Agenda

1 Oct 2018 | Announcement

Representatives of national statistics institutes from the region’s countries will participate on October 3-4 in Santiago, Chile in the Seventeenth Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA), where the outcome of the process to prioritize indicators for developing a regional statistical framework for follow-up to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be presented and progress on the activities scheduled for the 2018-2019 biennium will be reviewed. The meeting will be inaugurated by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commissio…

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

8 Aug 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…

Specialists Underscore Importance of Integrating Statistical and Geospatial Information and Discuss Priorities for Regional Strategic Plan

14 Nov 2017 | News

In a context of accelerated geopolitical, economic and technological changes, with pressing phenomena such as migration and climate change, the countries of the region – via the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) –are working on a strategic plan to integrate statistical and geospatial data and thereby make progress on achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, Alicia Bárcena, said today in Aguascalientes, Mexico. “Humanity will need all available instruments to transform our developmen…

Mexico will be Host to the Ninth Meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC

10 Nov 2017 | Announcement

Authorities and representatives from national statistics offices and National Statistical Systems of the member countries of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will gather in the city of Aguascalientes, Mexico for the Ninth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC, the main forum for discussing the development of statistics in the region, which will be held on November 14-16, 2017. The event – organized by the government of Mexico, through the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), and ECLAC – will continue promoting inter…

ECLAC Advocates for the Combined Use of Traditional Statistics and Big Data for Measuring SDGs

19 Sep 2017 | News

Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), advocated today in New York for developing mechanisms for governance of official and unofficial statistics to measure the 2030 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which she said would entail the participation of all stakeholders, including States and major companies. “We have to combine traditional statistics with big data and georeferenced data for sustainable development and humanitarian purposes,” ECLAC’s most senior representative said at a high-level side event entitl…

ECLAC: Montevideo Strategy Seeks to Untie the Structural Knots of Gender Inequality in the Region

17 Mar 2017 | News

“The Montevideo Strategy is an ambitious political and technical instrument that seeks to untie the structural knots of gender inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean,” said María Nieves Rico, Director of the Gender Affairs Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), at a side event to the 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) that is taking place in New York. The Montevideo Strategy for Implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda within the Sustainable Development Framework by 2030, which sets 10 pillars for implementation, w…

Specialists Seek to Increase Visibility of Girls and Women with Disabilities and Promote their Inclusive Development with a Gender Approach

17 Nov 2016 | News

A set of recommendations aimed at amplifying the voices of women with disabilities and promoting their inclusive development with gender equality was unveiled today at the conclusion of a meeting of specialists that began on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The gathering, entitled the Expert Group Meeting Advancing the Rights and Perspectives of Women and Girls with Disabilities in Development and Society, was organized by ECLAC and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affai…

President of Uruguay to participate in the opening of the XIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

19 Oct 2016 | Announcement

The thirteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean will be opened in Montevideo, Uruguay, at 4.30 pm on Tuesday 25 October 2016. The opening ceremony will be attended by the President of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez; the Minister of Social Development, Marina Arismendi; and the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena. Immediately thereafter, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Babatunde Osotimehin; and the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Ent…

ECLAC looks to expand access to data from 2010 and 2020 census

12 Oct 2016 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is seeking to expand public access to data from the 2010 round of population and housing censuses. These efforts will also provide a sound basis for a more rapid and effective dissemination of data from the upcoming 2020 round of censuses. In the long term, improved online access to these data sources will encourage their use in research, development planning and evidence-based policymaking. Online access to census data sets is provided through the REDATAM (REtrieval of DATa for small Areas by Microcomputer) software. RED…

New skills for government statisticians in Cayman Islands, Jamaica, and Saint Kitts and Nevis

4 Apr 2016 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) are jointly hosting a Regional Capacity Building Workshop in Kingston, Jamaica from 04-15 April 2016. The event, also a collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), will provide technical training to 17 persons from the Cayman Islands, Jamaica and Saint Kitts and Nevis to promote wider use and analysis of national Population and Housing Census data. Experts from ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile and its Caribbean office …

Mobile phone signals assist Caribbean in containing spread of Chikungunya

3 Mar 2016 | News

Information generated from mobile phones can be successfully used to contain the spread of non-communicable diseases, as was recently done to stem the spread of the Chikungunya virus in the Caribbean. This opportunity was explained in the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) recently published report titled “An assessment of big data for official statistics in the Caribbean”. The report notes that the use of big data through geospatial (or location) information was used to support healthcare, and to design social intervention measures to address …

Latin America and the Caribbean Adopts Regional Instrument to Harmonize Time-Use Surveys

3 Dec 2015 | News

The recently approved Classification of Time-Use Activities for Latin America (CAUTAL) enables countries to obtain a comprehensive and organized view of the activities that people carry out and the time they dedicate to each of these, providing in this way inputs and evidence for the formulation of public policies on gender equality. This tool for planning, processing, presenting and analyzing time-use surveys was adopted during the eighth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which took place in Quit…

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