The Division for Gender Affairs (DGA) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated in the XXXVIII Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, where it presented the progress made in the development of guidelines for the mainstreaming of the gender perspective in fiscal ...

The meeting was a space for exchange and reflection on national experiences in line with the agreements of the Tlatelolco Commitment on fiscal matters. The dialogue was structured around the presentation of the progress of the document "Guidelines for mainstreaming the gender perspective in fiscal p...

During the webinar organized by the Community of Practice for the Measurement of the Care Society, the results of the construction process of the Map were presented. The Map was elaborated by the Ministry of Equality and Equity of Colombia and the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DA...

Ana Güezmes, Director of the Division of Gender Affairs of ECLAC, participated in a panel that addressed the right to care from regional and human rights perspectives, in dialogue with normative advances and the commitments adopted by the States of Latin America and the Caribbean.

In the framework of the XXVI International Meeting on Gender Statistics, the 22nd International Meeting of Experts on Time-Use Information and Unpaid Work brought together representatives from across the region in Mexico City to strengthen the measurement and valuation of care work.

During the third United Nations International Day of Care and Support, held in Geneva, Ana Güezmes, Director of the Division for Gender Affairs of ECLAC, underscored the historic opportunity represented by the care society proposal that Latin America and the Caribbean brings to the world as a new pa...

As part of the series of events entitled “Time Use Surveys and their application for the measurement of the Care Society,” countries from Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, and specialists from the United Nations System discussed methodological and conceptual adjustments in recent applications...

During the 19th meeting of the Group, held on 30 September 2025 in Tbilisi, Georgia, the session “Looking back and looking forward: a regional lens to the evolution of gender statistics at Beijing+30 and beyond” brought together the five United Nations Regional Commissions to share advances, challen...

The meeting featured the presentation of the interactive tool that maps the location of more than 9.000 care centers and includes functionalities that facilitate navigation and the use of the information collected.

The meeting brought together authorities and specialists from both regions to exchange tools, approaches, and lessons learned in building comprehensive care systems that promote women’s autonomy based on a logic of social and gender co-responsibility.

Within the framework of the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC, CAF and the IDB, together with the Governments of Chile and Mexico, presented the Care Policies and Systems Investment Accelerator in Latin America and the Caribbean. Senior authorities from the i...

The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), held in Seville, addressed key challenges to reform the international financial system.

The publication “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Regional Gender Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean: Gender Indicators of the Dominican Republic, 2024” provides an overview of the current progress toward gender equality, based on gender indicators for monitoring the SDGs i...

The high-level dialogue took place on February 18 and 19 in Amman, Jordan. The event was organized by the Arab Women Organization (AWO), in collaboration with UN Women, UN ESCWA, and the ILO.

From December 11 to 12, the "Working Meeting on Guiding Principles for Care Policies from a Gender, Intercultural, Intersectional, and Territorial Perspective" was held in Montevideo, Uruguay.

The Division for Gender Affairs of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated in the First Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by ECLAC on June 19, 2024. The event’...

Through a community of practice involving Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, Germany, and ECLAC, the capacities of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Agencies will be strengthened for the design and implementation of feminist foreign policies and international cooperation for ...

At ECLAC we uphold that investing in gender equality and a care society is essential, not only for reasons of justice and inclusion, but also as a strategic investment to boost the economy and accelerate progress towards sustainable development.

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) conducted a training on gender statistics and indicators for the Ministry of Finance of Chile and its dependent and related institutions. This training was carried out in the context of the technical assistance that the Division for...

On November 30, 2023, the second call for grant applications was launched for women's and feminist civil society organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean. The deadline for receipt of proposals is January 30, 2024.