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ECLAC Journal "Notas de Población" Invites Authors to Submit Manuscripts on Demography, Population and Development, and Public Policies for the 2025 Edition

20 August 2024 | News

The Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE)-Population Division of ECLAC invites researchers and experts to submit original and unpublished articles on empirical analysis, applied methodological procedures, theoretical developments and discussions, and analysis of public policies on population issues, to be included in the 120th and 121st issues of its journal Notas de Población, corresponding to June and December 2025, respectively. Interested authors should send their article to CELADE-NotasDePoblacion@cepal.org, with a copy to María Ester Novoa at mariaester.novoa@cepal.or…

How to Follow the Fifth session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

30 June 2024 | News

The Fifth Session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place on July 3-4 at the Convention Center in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. The meeting will be preceded on July 2 by side events and activities carried out by civil society. The Conference will be opened by Luis Gilberto Murillo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia; Javier Medina Vásquez, the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); Susana Sottoli, the Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the …

Colombia Will Host the Fifth Session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

27 May 2024 | Announcement

WHAT: Fifth session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Senior representatives of governments, regional and international institutions, the private sector, academia and civil society will address the achievements of the Montevideo Consensus along with its implementation challenges 30 years after the adoption of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), during the Fifth session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development, which will take place on July 3-4 at the Convention Ce…

Countries Will Commemorate Tenth Anniversary of the Adoption of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development

17 October 2023 | Announcement

Representatives of government, international institutions, the private sector, academia and civil society will gather on November 14-15 at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development, the most important intergovernmental agreement in this area for the region, and its instrument for follow-up to the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014”. The special session “10 y…

Latin America and the Caribbean Lost Nearly 3 Years of Life Expectancy at Birth between 2019 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

27 July 2022 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean lost 2.9 years of life expectancy at birth between 2019 and 2021 due to COVID-19, going from 75.1 years in 2019 to 72.1 years in 2021, which means this region of the world lost more years in terms of life expectancy due to the pandemic than any other, according to an analysis of recent population trends in the region carried out by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The organization indicates that the decline between 2019 and 2021 was greatest in Central America, with a loss of 3.6 years, although the figures point to an acceler…

A Transformative Change is Urgently Needed that Would Enable Moving Towards Multiscale Sustainable Development Where Equality and Sustainability are the Goals

13 July 2022 | News

Specialists agreed today on the urgency of implementing a transformative change that would enable moving towards a multiscale sustainable development where equality and sustainability are the goals, and where no one is left behind, during a side event of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum, which is taking place in New York. The event entitled Opportunities for integrating biodiversity, sustainable agriculture and transformative action by women, indigenous peoples and local communities, and subnational governments in Latin America and the Caribbean for the advancement of Goals 5, 14 …

How to Follow the Fourth Session of the Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

25 June 2022 | News

The Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development will take place using a hybrid format (in-person and virtual) on June 28-30, 2022 at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The aim of this gathering is to analyze the sociodemographic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region and the challenges posed by the health and social crisis for implementing the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development. The opening session will take place at 2:30 p.m. local time in Chile (GMT -4) on Tues…

Authorities Will Analyze the Pandemic’s Sociodemographic Impacts in the Region and Challenges for Implementing the Montevideo Consensus

20 June 2022 | Announcement

Senior representatives of government, international institutions, the private sector, academia and civil society will gather to analyze the sociodemographic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region and the challenges posed by the health and social crisis for implementing the Montevideo Consensus, during the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development, which will take place on June 28-30 at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The meeting will be inaugurated on Tuesday, June 28 at 2:…

Fourth Meeting of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Will Take Place in the First Half of 2022

25 May 2021 | News

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean will hold the Fourth Meeting of the Regional Conference on Population and Development during the first half of 2022 at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, using a hybrid modality, meaning a mix of in-person and virtual participation. The decision was reached by the 14 member countries of the Conference’s Presiding Officers at a virtual meeting held on May 20. Participating in the opening session of that meeting were Silvia Loli Espinoza, Minister for Women’s Affairs …

Ending Racism is a Task for Everyone and is Central to Building Fairer, More Democratic and Egalitarian Societies

28 October 2020 | News

Ending racism is a task for everyone and constitutes a central aspect in building fairer, more democratic and egalitarian societies, authorities from the region expressed during the launch of the book Afrodescendants and the matrix of social inequality in Latin America: Challenges for inclusion, presented today in the framework of the thirty-eighth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The presentation of the document – produced by ECLAC and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), at the request of the Government of Costa Rica – was led by Alicia B…

Experts Make a Call to Renew the Commitment to Advocate the Human Rights of Afro-descendant Populations and Redouble Efforts to Fight Racism and Discrimination

21 September 2020 | News

Through a virtual conversation held in the context of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, experts from the region made a call to renew the commitment to advocate for the human rights of Afro-descendant populations and redouble efforts to fight racism and discrimination. Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Harold Robinson, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and Gerardo Zavaleta, Peru's Vice Minister of Vul…

Countries of the region will assess progress and challenges in the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development

10 July 2019 | Announcement

Representatives of the countries of the region will assess the progress and challenges in the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus and its synergies with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, during the fourth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development, to be held from 9 to 10 October 2019 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. Ministers and authorities from the member countries of the Regional Conference on Population and Development will participate in the meet…

Profound Changes in Demographic Dynamics Will Have Consequences for Public Policies, ECLAC Warns

18 March 2019 | News

The demographic dynamics in the majority of Latin American and Caribbean countries have experienced profound changes that have affected the population’s growth, age structure and territorial distribution and that could have consequences for designing and implementing public policies, according to the First Regional Report on the Implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development. The document, produced by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) under mandate from the member countries of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in L…

ECLAC: Equality for Afro-descendant Women is Still Pending in Latin America and the Caribbean

10 December 2018 | News

Despite the progress seen in the last decade, Afro-descendant women in Latin America and the Caribbean continue to be ignored as the possible beneficiaries of differentiated policies, they suffer poverty at higher rates than the rest of the population, they are underrepresented or absent from decision-making processes, and their right – and that of their communities – to live a life free of violence is more frequently infringed, ECLAC indicates in the recently published document Afro-descendant Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: Debts of Equality (in Spanish and Portuguese only). The st…

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…

The President of Peru will Open Meeting of the Regional Conference on Population and Development

6 August 2018 | Announcement

The President of the Republic of Peru, Martín Vizcarra, will preside over the inauguration ceremony of the Third Meeting of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, on Tuesday 7 August at 10:00 a.m. (GMT -5) in the Convention Center of Lima, Peru. The event will be held on August 7-9 and will gather representatives from all 46 member countries and 14 associate members of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), joined by delegates from international organizations, the academy, private sector and civil society. In the…

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Will Address Progress and Challenges Related to Population and Development

30 May 2018 | Announcement

The situation of migrants, the aging of the population, sexual and reproductive health, indigenous peoples and Afro-descendant populations will be some of the central topics addressed in conversations at the Third Meeting of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, to be held August 7-9 at the Convention Center of Lima, Peru. At the gathering – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Peruvian government, with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) – the region’s countries will fol…

Countries of the Region Will Evaluate Progress and Challenges to Implementing Measures on Population and Development

14 September 2017 | Announcement

Representatives of countries in the region will evaluate progress on and challenges to the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus as well as its synergy and complementarity with the 2030 Agenda at the Special Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development, which will be held November 7-9 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The meeting will be inaugurated by Raúl García-Buchaca, ECLAC’s Deputy Executive Secretary for Management and Programme Analysis; Patricia Chemor, Secre…

ECLAC Will Launch Social Panorama of Latin America 2016

24 May 2017 | Announcement

On Tuesday, May 30, 2017, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch a new edition of its flagship annual report on issues of social development. The report, published since 1991, will be unveiled at the regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The institution’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present the document Social Panorama of Latin America 2016 at a press conference at 11:00 a.m. The launch will be broadcast live online via ECLAC’s website at: ://www.cepal.org/en. The study focuses on the measurement and analysis of diverse…

Mexico Will Host the Second Session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development

17 August 2015 | Announcement

Mexico City will be on October 6-9 the regional capital of debate about issues such as migration, ageing, indigenous peoples and Afro-descendant populations, since it will host the second session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be attended by representatives from governments, international organizations and civil society. The meeting, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Government of Mexico through the National Population Council (CONAPO), is entitled “Population dynamic…

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