Several articles are already undergoing evaluation. Therefore, those interested in publishing in this issue are encouraged to submit their contributions as soon as possible.

Numerous stakeholders will participate in this intergovernmental gathering, where they will analyze the impacts of demographic change and address the progress, challenges and good practices related to implementing the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development.

Montevideo, Uruguay will be the site of discussions on migration, employment, ageing, gender equality, sexual and reproductive health, long-term care and ethnic-racial inclusion.

Participate in the debates using the hashtags #VIConferenciaPoblaciónALC and #VIConferencePopulationLAC.

This intergovernmental event, to be held on August 18-20 in Montevideo, will bring together authorities from the region’s countries and representatives of regional and international organizations along with members of civil society and the private sector.

The initiative aims to train technical teams and decision-makers in anticipatory governance tools in the face of an unprecedented demographic transition in the region.

This intergovernmental gathering will take place at the United Nations regional commission’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

The biannual publication, which has been published for more than 50 years, is launched in June and December.

The report, prepared by ECLAC with support from UNFPA, was presented to countries in the framework of the Fifth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This celebration will take place in the framework of the fifth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development, which will be held on November 14-15 at ECLAC’s headquarters in Chile.

The 2022 edition of ECLAC’s Demographic Observatory confirms that the region had the biggest loss of years of life expectancy at birth in 2021 versus 2019, and a sharp reduction in population growth.

The region’s population represents 8.2% of the global population today. It is projected that the region will achieve its maximum population in 2056.

New estimates and projections by ECLAC and the United Nations Population Division confirm that the region’s population is growing at an increasingly low rate, due mainly to a decline in fertility.

The event’s main panels will be transmitted live from June 28 to June 30, 2022. The invitation on social media is to participate in the debates using the hashtags #poblaciónALC and #populationLAC.

The Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place using a hybrid format on June 28-30, 2022, at ECLAC’s central headquarters.

Authorities from the region participated today in the launch of the book Afrodescendants and the matrix of social inequality in Latin America: Challenges for inclusion, presented in the framework of ECLAC’s 38th session.

The Online Conversation: Challenges to the protection of older persons and their rights in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, was an opportunity to exchange experiences and reflect on its impacts on the population of older persons.

The fourth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development will be held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, 9 - 10 October 2019

The study, requested to ECLAC by the Presidential Commission on Discrimination and Racism against the Indigenous Peoples of Guatemala (CODISRA), offers recommendations that would allow for moving toward social equality while also promoting cultural diversity.

The demands of girls, boys, adolescents and youth, aging, sexual and reproductive health, and the persistence of gender gaps were among the issues addressed during the second day of the Regional Conference on Population and Development.