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With only 15 per cent of SDG targets being on track to be achieved by 2030 globally, there was a strong sense of urgency to deliver on the promise that was made in 2015 at the SDG Summit this year.…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), together with UN Women and CARICOM, held the first part of the Gender Statistics and Indicators course from 13 to 15 September in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The course was attended by 29 representatives of national statistical offices and machineries for the advancement of women from member and associate countries.…
The Chief of the Division for Gender Affairs of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Ana Güezmes, participated in the IV Forum of Ministers, Vice-Ministers and Senior Officials of the Americas. The event was organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and took place at its headquarters in San José, Costa Rica, on August 22, with a view to highlighting the importance of the care economy in the region's agrifood systems.…
Ana Güezmes García, Director of ECLAC's Division for Gender Affairs (DGA) and Karen García, DGA Statistician, participated as speakers in the 24th version of the ELADES-ECLAC Development Policy Studies Program held on August 23 and 24, 2023, at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago.…
Ana Güezmes García, Director of the Division for Gender Affairs of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), on behalf of José Manuel Salazar, participated in the Dialogue Volunteering and Youth , which took place on August 18, 2023, at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, within the framework of the Chile Project: Youth, Feminism and Memory, of the Pacific Alliance Volunteering (VAP).…
The Division for Gender Affairs of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated in the panel Fair tax systems to finance care , in the meeting For a fiscal pact to sustain life in Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards an inclusive, equitable and transparent taxation . This activity was part of the side events organized by civil society in the context of the First Ministerial Summit of Latin America and the Caribbean for an inclusive, sustainable and equitable Global Tax Order.…
Ana Güezmes García, Director of ECLAC’s Division for Gender Affairs, participated in the EU-Latin America and Caribbean Forum Partners for Change , which took place in Brussels, Belgium, on July 13 and 14, 2023, within the framework of the EU-LAC Conference, side events to the III European Union (EU) - Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Summit of Heads of State and Government.…
This month, countries come together at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) to take stock of progress on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…
Within the framework of the V Regional Congress of Women in the Contexts of Migration: “Migration has a woman’s face: for the respect and integrity of their rights”, took place the thematic table: Towards comprehensive care systems, in which participated Lucía Scuro, Senior Social Affairs Officer of ECLAC's Division for Gender Affairs.…
The Gender Affairs Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated in “Panel 3: Multi-stakeholder Cooperation: Opportunities for New Public-Private Partnerships” within the framework of the First Session of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean. The event took place at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, on May 31, 2023.…
The Gender Affairs Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated in the webinar organized by the United Nations Economist Network (UNEN) on the policy briefs on the New Economics for Sustainable Development. The event was held on the 22nd of May 2023.…
During the side event organized by ECLAC, the United Nations Resident Coordinator Office in Chile and UN Women, on the occasion of the Sixth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, the Chief of the Division for Gender Affairs of ECLAC, Ana Güezmes García, emphasized the importance of a comprehensive, multi-scalar, and cross-cutting approach to achieve the goals set forth in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Regional Gender Agenda, to prevent the deepening of gender inequalities, and to advance towards substantive eq…
The Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development is State-led and open to participation by all Latin American and Caribbean countries. It is convened under the auspices of ECLAC and guided by the principles established for all follow-up and review processes by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted in September 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly.…
The Division for Gender Affairs of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated in the session on the context of business women and entrepreneurs in Latin America of the “8 of March Webinar: Economic Empowerment of Women, Mexico-Chile Women Leaders”. The event was organized by the Embassies of Mexico in Chile and Chile in Mexico and was held on March 30, 2023.…
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.…
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.…
New website highlights the contributions of ECLAC to Latin America and the Caribbean in the past 75 years Learn about the history of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and discover how it has shaped thinking on public policy and development and supported the region by promoting economic, social and sustainable development initiatives over almost eight decades.…
When the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by all 193 Member States of the United Nations at the Sustainable Development Summit in New York in September 2015 as “a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future”, it presented a historic opportunity for Latin America and the Caribbean. Despite progress, the region needs to step up their efforts.…
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.…
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.…