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New Public Policies Are Proposed to Eradicate Racism and Discrimination in Guatemala

10 Dec 2018 | News

Guatemala must move toward a new generation of public policies that recognize ethnic diversity in order to eradicate racism and discrimination against indigenous peoples, Wilson Romero and Ana Patricia Orantes recommend in the Study on Racism, Discrimination and Inequality Gaps in Guatemala (in Spanish only), published recently with the collaboration of the Presidential Commission on Discrimination and Racism against the Indigenous Peoples of Guatemala (CODIRSA). According to the authors, the study’s objective is to render visible the social inequality resulting from racism and racial discrimi…

ECLAC Caribbean and partners celebrate International Men’s Day

21 Nov 2018 | News

‘Positive Community, Positive Role Models’ is the theme of the event to celebrate two important initiatives, which are the International Men’s Day, and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, jointly organized by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, the UN system and several civil society organisations. The event will take place at the Enterprise Government Primary School in Cunupia on 24 November 2018 from 12 noon to 5 pm. This event is free and open to the public. It will be a unique opportunity to highlight the important role that men and boys can and should p…

Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Address Progress on Planning for Development and Its Challenges

26 Aug 2018 | Announcement

Ministers, deputy ministers and other senior authorities linked to planning for development and public administration from Latin America and the Caribbean will gather at the twenty-seventh meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning, which will be held on August 30 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The meeting will be preceded by a high-level international seminar on “Territorialization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Policy Challenges,” which will take place on August 29 and 30 in the Dominican capital. Both mee…

Caribbean Gender Experts say fostering gender equality and women’s rights is indispensable for the region’s sustainable development

20 Aug 2018 | News

The specific challenges facing Caribbean women were at the center of attention during the 57th meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was held from 30-31 July 2018 at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. Among the obstacles faced by Caribbean women, countries noted the serious constraints faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS), due to their middle-income country status, highly indebted situation, heavy dependence on tourism, and vulnerability to climate change and environmental hazards, that negatively…

ECLAC Announces Winners of International Short Essay Contest about the Future of Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

6 Jun 2018 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), along with the Southern Cone edition of Le Monde diplomatique and the NODAL Latin American and Caribbean News Portal, announced the results of the international short essay contest on the future of equality in the region. In the framework of the commemoration of ECLAC’s 70th anniversary, which is being celebrated in 2018, 80 young people (48 men and 32 women) from 20 countries and from a multiplicity of fields and professions presented previously unpublished works in the form of short essays, which contribute to the discussio…

Foreign Ministers and UN Authorities Defend Multilateralism as a Key Tool for Sustainable Development with Equality

11 May 2018 | News

Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Finance from seven countries of the region and United Nations high authorities offered a fervent defense of multilateralism today as the principal and only tool for advancing toward fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and to arrive at development that puts equality front and center. This was in the context of ECLAC’s thirty-seventh session that concludes today in Havana, Cuba. In a high-level dialogue with special participation by Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary General, foreign ministers from Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador…

How to Follow the ECLAC Session in Cuba

4 May 2018 | News

From May 7 to 11, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold in Havana, Cuba its thirty-seventh session, the United Nations regional commission’s most important biennial meeting, whose mandate is to promote the economic, social and environmenal development of the region. The event will bring together representatives of ECLAC’s 46 member countries and 13 associate members and will be attended by more than 25 ministers, deputy ministers and other senior authorities from more than 20 countries’ departments of Foreign Affairs, Energy, Mining, Public Works, the En…

ECLAC Will Hold its 37⁰ Session from May 7 to 11

3 May 2018 | Announcement

From May 7 to 11, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold in Havana, Cuba, its thirty-seventh session, the United Nations regional commission’s most important biennial meeting, which will be attended by more than 25 ministers, deputy ministers and other senior authorities from more than 20 countries of the region. The event, which will take place at the Palacio de Convenciones in Havana, will bring together representatives of ECLAC’s 46 member countries and 13 associate members. It will be inaugurated on Tuesday, May 8 at 9 a.m. local time, by Antóni…

ECLAC Will Present its New Development Proposal to Countries of the Region in Cuba

27 Apr 2018 | Announcement

From May 7 to 11, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold in Havana, Cuba its thirty-seventh session, the United Nations regional commission’s most important biennial meeting, at which it will deliver its new development proposal for all the countries of the region. The event, which will take place at the Palacio de Convenciones de La Habana, will bring together representatives of ECLAC’s 46 member countries and 13 associate members and will be attended by more than 25 ministers, deputy ministers and other senior authorities from more than 20 countries’ de…

Distinguished Economist Samuel Bowles Will Give a Keynote Lecture at ECLAC

8 Mar 2018 | Announcement

The distinguished US Economics Professor and Director of the Behavioral Sciences Program at the Santa Fe Institute (in Santa Fe, New Mexico), Samuel Bowles, will give a keynote lecture at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, next Tuesday, March 13. In the framework of a visit to Chile, Professor Bowles will offer a talk entitled “The Origins and Future of Economic Inequality: Institutions, Technology and Politics” at 11 a.m. in ECLAC’s Raúl Prebisch conference room. He will be welcomed by the Executive Secretary of the Unit…

Cuba will be the Site of ECLAC’s Most Important Biennial Meeting

23 Feb 2018 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, met today with the Cuban Minister for Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, where they signed an agreement confirming that Cuba will be the host country of ECLAC’s thirty-seventh session, which is the regional organization’s most important biennial gathering and which will be held on May 7-11 in Havana. The designation of Cuba was enthusiastically endorsed by ECLAC’s member countries at the conclusion of the work carried …

Analysing the role of Caribbean migrant women

1 Feb 2018 | News

The Caribbean has one of the highest emigration rates of skilled and tertiary-educated individuals in the world. Women account for a large percentage of these individuals. In the United States alone, women make up 55 percent of the estimated four million Caribbean people residing there. The latest ECLAC study underscores the importance of promoting gender equality and improving women’s overall standards of living. In this regard, it addresses the need to improve the access of all women in the Caribbean, including migrants and returnees to more varied skill development, better jobs,…

ECLAC Begins 70th Anniversary Commemoration with a High-level Seminar in Santiago

4 Jan 2018 | Announcement

In 2018, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) celebrates 70 years at the region’s service. To commemorate this important anniversary, the United Nations regional organization will carry out various activities over the course of the year. The first of these will be a high-level seminar at its central headquarters in Santiago, Chile, which will include a roundtable on the institution’s history and contributions to Latin American and Caribbean thinking. This event will take place on January 10 at 9 a.m. Chile time (GMT -3) and will be led by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s …

Alicia Bárcena Reaffirms Need for a New Development Model at High-level Forum alongside Noam Chomsky and Nobel Prize Winner Mario Molina

15 Nov 2017 | News

“Latin America and the Caribbean needs to move toward a new development paradigm based on equality and environmental sustainability as the drivers of growth. The current model, capitalism, doesn’t work,” Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), stated this Wednesday, November 15, at a high-level forum held in Mexico City. Bárcena participated in the opening session of the international forum The Siege Upon Civilization: From Wall to Wall – organized by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the University o…

Regional Conference on Women Organized by ECLAC Commemorates 40th Anniversary in Havana

29 Sep 2017 | Announcement

The Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean – which is the main regional discussion forum on gender equality and women’s autonomy – turns 40 years old, and its anniversary will be commemorated in the same place where the first gathering took place in 1977: Havana, Cuba. On October 5-6, the Hotel Nacional de Cuba will be the site of the Fifty-Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the government of Cuba, through the…

National Dialogues Pave the Way for the Second Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development

4 Sep 2017 | News

A seminar and three national dialogues were held in July and August in Montevideo, Uruguay as part of the preparatory process for the Second Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which will take place on October 25-27, 2017 in conjunction with the UNDP’s IX Ministerial Forum for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. On July 31, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and Uruguayan Social Development Minister Marina Arismendi signed the agreement establish…

Países analizarán políticas para estrechar vínculo entre los ámbitos social y productivo con miras a superar la pobreza y la desigualdad

4 Sep 2017 | News

Ministers and senior authorities from governments in the region along with representatives of civil society and the academic world will participate on October 25-27, 2017 in Montevideo, Uruguay in the Second Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, where they will analyze the dual challenge of social and economic inclusion. The gathering, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Uruguay’s Ministry of Social Development, will be held in conjunction with the IX Ministerial Forum for Development in Lat…

Chilean Economist Ricardo Ffrench-Davis Will Deliver XV Raúl Prebisch Lecture at ECLAC

29 Aug 2017 | Announcement

On Tuesday, September 5, renowned Chilean economist Ricardo Ffrench-Davis will deliver the XV Prebisch Lecture at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, where he will be received by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization. Ffrench-Davis, winner of Chile’s National Prize for the Humanities and Social Sciences in 2005 and professor at the University of Chile’s Economics Department, will make a presentation at 11 a.m. entitled “Neostructuralism and macroeconomics to grow while including.” …

ECLAC Launches International Short Essay Contest about the Future of Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

16 Aug 2017 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), along with the Southern Cone edition of Le Monde diplomatique and the Nodal Latin American and Caribbean News Portal, called for submissions to an international short essay contest on the future of equality in the region. The activity is part of the commemoration of ECLAC’s 70th anniversary, which will be celebrated in 2018, and it is aimed at young people up to 35 years of age. This international contest is open for people from different fields and professions to present new work, in the form of a short essay, that contribut…

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

14 Jun 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…

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