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ECLAC presents the challenges and opportunities for women’s autonomy and gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

23 Mar 2023 | Briefing note

The Gender Affairs Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated in the symposium organized by the Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS) in partnership with the French Development Agency (AFD), entitled: The role of women in the transformation of Latin American societies. The event was held on the 22nd of March 2023 in Paris, France.…

The Buenos Aires Commitment, Point of Arrival and Point of Departure

27 Feb 2023 | Briefing note

ECLAC Member and Associate Member States reaffirmed their commitment to implement public policies to transition towards a care society oriented towards the sustainability of life and gender equality. The ECLAC members made this commitment in the Agreement signed on February 9, within the framework of the 64th Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

Tax evasion and avoidance represent a significant loss of resources that are necessary to implement comprehensive care policies and systems, highlights the ECLAC along with ICRICT

10 Nov 2022 | Briefing note

In the context of the XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, it took place the side event ´Regional cooperation to put an end to tax evasion and avoidance and mobilise resources for care policies in Latin America and the Caribbean’, in which representatives from governments and specialists shared proposals against evasion and avoidance and for interministerial cooperation to finance care policies and systems. It was organized by the ECLAC along with ICRICT, with the support of the Wellspring Philanthropic Fund.…

The care society: a horizon for sustainable recovery with gender equality

3 Nov 2022 | Briefing note

All people have been cared for and all need care throughout the phases of life. However, care work is mostly done by women and girls, which hinders their autonomy. Transitioning towards a care society as a horizon for sustainable recovery with gender equality will be the theme of the fifteenth Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, scheduled to take place this November in Argentina.…

ECLAC highlights the challenges and opportunities for women’s economic autonomy in value chains

28 Oct 2022 | Briefing note

he Division for Gender Affairs of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated in the III session of the Business Roundtable for Gender Equality called “Tools to integrate gender parity in the value chain”. The event was held on October 27, 2022, and was organized by the Business Alliance for Development of Costa Rica.…

It is necessary to advance in productive and trade diversification so that women have more and better economic opportunities, said ECLAC

5 Aug 2022 | Briefing note

The Division for Gender Affairs of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated in the First Ministerial Meeting on Entrepreneurship and Economic Autonomy of Women of the Pacific Alliance, held on August 5, 2022. In it, successful experiences of policies and programs for women’s economic autonomy and empowerment were exchanged, mainly to promote the participation of rural women's enterprises in foreign trade.…

ECLAC highlights the importance of gender mainstreaming in trade policy

19 May 2022 | Briefing note

The Division for Gender Affairs of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated in the Mujer Exportasv Program launch on May 18, 2022. The event aimed to present the new program of the Export and Investment Promotion Agency of El Salvador (PROESA) to empower and promote economic development in women entrepreneurs with export potential.…

Transformative change for gender equality and a sustainable future requires valuing care work, Global Alliance for Care members agree

16 Mar 2022 | Briefing note

A side event on how the Global Alliance for Care can play a catalytic role in promoting the incorporation of the care dimension into social, labor and environmental policies was held in the framework of CSW66. The event was organized by the Governments of Mexico and Germany, with the co-sponsorship of the Government of Argentina, UN Women, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), and Women Deliver.…

Call for increased financing for gender equality and sustainable development in the region

7 Mar 2022 | Briefing note

The side event Financing for Gender Equality in the Framework of Sustainable Development , held within the framework of the Fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, concluded with a call to foster financing policies that promote gender equality and women’s autonomy in the region.…

A transformative recovery requires a new fiscal pact that promotes gender equality as a central element and allows progress towards a care society

4 Mar 2022 | Briefing note

The Division for Gender Affairs of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated in the high-level Euro-Latin American meeting on women's economic autonomy “Two continents united for equality” held in Paris on 3 and 4 of March. The purpose of the event was to share good practices on women's economic autonomy and to highlight the role of the Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women in advancing towards more equal societies.…

ECLAC highlights the importance of a sectorial, contextualized and data-based analysis to promote women’s economic autonomy international trade

24 Nov 2021 | Briefing note

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participates in the Training Program on Women and Trade in the Americas, organized by the Program of Chairs of the World Trade Organization (WTO), in particular, the Chairs of the University of West Indies, Cave Hill Campus (Barbados), the University of Chile, and the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM).…

Protagonist Parliaments: the Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition (OPCC) is announced at COP 26

9 Nov 2021 | Briefing note

At a parallel event at the 26th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Frameworks Convention on Climate Change (COP 26), in a hybrid form (in-person at the COP 26 venue at Glasgow and virtual by means of a digital platform), on 9 November, over ten Parliamentary leaders from Latin-American and Caribbean countries, jointly with Parliamentarians from Spain and the United Kingdom, announced the creation of the Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition (OPCC).…

Experts and government representatives examined unpaid care work in the Caribbean during a side event at the 61st Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

5 Oct 2021 | Briefing note

The side event entitled “The burden of unpaid care work on Caribbean women in the time of COVID-19”, which took place within the context of the 61st Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean focused on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Caribbean women with particular focus on the increasing burden of unpaid care work. It also showcased experiences and progress in the development of time use measurements in the subregion. The event was moderated by Malaka Parker and included interventions from ECLAC’s subregional headquarte…

It is important to analyze the gender distributional impacts of fiscal policies in response to the COVID-19 crisis, says ECLAC

22 Jun 2021 | Briefing note

Within the framework of the 29th Annual Congress of the International Association for Feminist Economics Sustaining Life: Challenges of Multidimensional Crisis, Nicole Bidegain Ponte moderated the panel “From crisis to opportunity? Fiscal stimulus packages and Financing for Gender Equality in Latin America in the COVID-19 context”. This event was organized by UN Women virtually on June 22, 2021.…

ECLAC contributes to the debate on the measurement and analysis of international trade from a gender perspective in the first activity of the Gender Chapter of the Free Trade Agreement between Chile and Uruguay

14 May 2021 | Briefing note

Representatives of the Governments of Chile and Uruguay, the Division for Gender Affairs, and the International Trade and Integration Division of ECLAC exchanged about alternatives to improve the measurement and analysis of the impact of international trade from a gender perspective.…

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