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

10 December 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…

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

4 September 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…

New Database on Social Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean is Now Available

14 June 2017 | News

A new Database on Social Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean is available to all users interested in discovering the volume of resources spent on policies related to six functions: social protection; education; health; housing and community services; recreation, culture and religion; and environmental protection. The tool was developed by the Social Development Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) as a result of the accords reached during the first meeting of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, w…

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