On 29 October 2025, the International Day of Care and Support, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2023, will be commemorated. This date seeks to raise awareness of the centrality of care in our societies and its contribution to peop...

A position paper presented by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, at the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, analyzes how to more effectively manage the major transformation towards the care so...

The Parliamentary Forum of Latin America and the Caribbean within the framework of the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean – inaugurated at the San Lázaro Legislative Palace in Mexico City – was organized by the Congre...

The intergovernmental meeting, to be held from 12 to 15 August in Mexico City, is organized by ECLAC in coordination with UN Women.

All the event’s panels will be transmitted live between August 12 and August 15, 2025.

This intergovernmental gathering – which takes place every three years – will be key to accelerating the pace to further the achievement of women’s autonomy, the care society and substantive equality in the region.

On December 4-5, the Sixty-sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean will ocurr in Santiago, Chile.

Representatives from universities, academic networks, governments, civil society especially women’s and feminist organizations—and international organizations from Latin America and the Caribbean will participate in this regional space for exchange a...

During the event, which featured remarks by Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the first document prepared by the United Nations system to amplify the promotion of comprehensive care systems was launched.

Women’s Affairs Ministers and Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Meet to Reaffirm the Commitment to Gender Equality and Moving Towards the Care Society

In the framework of the XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place in Buenos Aires, the joint ECLAC-UN Women document “Financing care systems and policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: contribution...

The meeting, which will be held on November 7-11 in Buenos Aires, is organized by ECLAC in coordination with UN Women. It is the main intergovernmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality in the region.

On June 22-23, a Special Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place using a hybrid format.

On November 7-11, Argentina will host the region’s main intergovernmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality, the theme of which will be “The care society: a horizon for sustainable recovery with gender equality.” The gathering is organized ...

During the 62nd Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, authorities agreed on preparatory activities for the XV Regional Conference to be held in Argentina in November 2022.

The 62nd Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by ECLAC in coordination with UN Women, concluded today with a call for promoting policies that would foster a transformative...

UN Women's Regional Director, María Noel Vaeza and ECLAC Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and the Director of the Division of Gender Affairs, Ana Güezmes, presented the joint document titled Towards the construction of comprehensive care sys...

Representatives of government and international organizations participated in an event organized in the framework of the month of activities dedicated to development in transition.

The ECLAC Executive Secretary gave her remarks at a virtual event on women’s integration in the labor market as part of the COVID-19 recovery efforts. This was a side-event to the 2021 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.