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Data revolution for sustainable development: The Caribbean Challenge

21 Aug 2015 | News

The Caribbean region needs to take full advantage of the data revolution. Big data - a critical element of this revolution - is the term used to describe the enormous amount of digital information that is generated when people go about their daily activities, including shopping, talking, texting, internet surfing, and traveling. It also includes information about natural phenomena generated and/or transmitted by machines, including satellites. The main characteristics of these data that qualify them as Big data are that they are large in volume, they are generated very frequently and they cove…

ECLAC Recommends Improving Statistics to Measure Territorial Development

31 Mar 2015 | News

The international comparability of territorial statistics in Latin America has limitations that, among other factors, are associated with the scant coverage of sub-national indicators in the region’s countries and to the differences in the institutional and political-administrative structures that exist among them, a recent study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) shows. The document The Comparability of Territorial Statistics in Latin America (only available in Spanish) analyzes two key sources of information on economic and social matters: the sub-national…

Latin American and Norwegian Perspective on Public Policies for Equality Will Be Analyzed in a Seminar

26 Mar 2015 | Announcement

Public policies geared toward equality in the labor market, education and social protection, among other areas, will be examined by government officials and academics during a seminar to be held on Monday, March 30 and Tuesday 31, 2015 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The high-level seminar “Paths Toward Equality and Development: Latin America-Norway Dialogue” is organized by ECLAC and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It will be opened on March 30, at 0900 a.m. by Hege Araldsen, Norwegian Ambassador to Chil…

ECLAC Underlines Progress in Gender Statistics in the Region

5 Nov 2014 | News

The availability of gender statistics has taken a leap in Latin America and the Caribbean, giving visibility to women’s issues and allowing the elaboration of public policies, said today Sonia Montaño, Director of the Division for Gender Affairs of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), during the opening of the XV International Meeting on Gender Statistics of Aguascalientes in Mexico. This annual meeting, which ends on Friday, November 7, is organized by ECLAC, Mexico’s National Institute for Women (INMUJERES), the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (…

Region's Countries Will Review Progress on Women's Rights 20 Years after the Beijing Conference

1 Sep 2014 | Announcement

In 2015, the international community will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995) and the approval of the Platform for Action adopted by 189 governments. Latin American and Caribbean governments will meet in November in Chile with members of civil society and organizations from the United Nations system to review the commitments made then and the coordination with the post-2015 development agenda. This special session dedicated to Beijing +20 will be held as part of the 51st Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regio…

Civil Society Organizations Presented Index of Women's Well-being

17 Oct 2013 | News

"Without data, there can be no public policies", stated Sonia Montaño, Director of the ECLAC Gender Affairs Division, at the presentation of ISO-Quito Reloaded, an instrument developed by the Marcosur Feminist Association to include indicators on women's social well-being, economic and political parity and compliance with legislative commitments on gender equality in the region. At the side event held on 16 October during the twelfth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is being held in the Dominican Republic, Lucy Garrido, Magdalena Gutiérrez …

Women's Autonomy in the Digital Economy Will Be Discussed in the Dominican Republic

2 Jul 2013 | Announcement

This year, governments, civil-society organizations and experts will have the opportunity to review progress and challenges in gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean, at the 12th session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This intergovernmental meeting, which is convened by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), will be held in the Dominican capital from 15 to 18 October and will focus on gender equality, women's empowerment and information and communications technologi…

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