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ECLAC presents new study on long-term care policies to Brazil’s National Secretary of Care
20 Apr 2026 | Briefing note
The document analyzes international experiences aimed at improving the quality of life of older persons in situations of dependency and of caregivers in Brazil.
Colombia's Care Map: A Tool for Guiding Public Policy with a Territorial and Intersectional Approach
24 Mar 2026 | Briefing note
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 Na...
ECLAC addressed the right to care at the First Inter-American Seminar on Human Rights, organized by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
27 Jan 2026 | Briefing note
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 L...
ECLAC called for placing the right to care at the center of public policies during the United Nations International Day of Care and Support commemoration
29 Oct 2025 | Briefing note
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...
ECLAC’s Division for Gender Affairs advances in its support to the Government of Colombia for the creation of the National Care Map
23 Sep 2025 | Briefing note
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.
ECLAC promotes interregional dialogue between Latin America and the Caribbean and the Arab States to strengthen care policies
15 Aug 2025 | Briefing note
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...
ECLAC reaffirms that investing in the care economy and gender equality is key to accelerating sustainability and peace
3 Jul 2025 | Briefing note
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), held in Seville, addressed key challenges to reform the international financial system.
ECLAC participates in the Tenth Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Social Sciences organized by CLACSO and co-organizes the Thematic Forum: “Critical Perspectives on Care, Gender Equality and Social Justice”
9 Jun 2025 | Briefing note
This edition of the Conference focused on “Horizons and Transformations for Equality” and served as a space for dialogue on care and progress towards gender equality and sustainable development. The Division for Gender Affairs of ECLAC took part in c...
Dominican Republic Presents Its First Report on Gender Gaps in Collaboration with ECLAC and UN Women
27 May 2025 | Briefing note
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, ba...
With technical assistance from ECLAC, the Ministry of Finance of Chile identifies that more than 22% of public spending contributes to gender equality
10 Apr 2025 | Briefing note
The Division for Gender Affairs of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) participated in the seminar "Closing gender gaps through fiscal management in Chile: Gender-responsive budgeting," where the study "Gender-responsi...
Toward the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC Convened the Specialized Agencies for the Advancement of Women
10 Apr 2025 | Briefing note
Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Specialized Agencies and Other United Nations Bodies on the Advancement of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (OEM27) was held as part of the preparatory roadmap toward the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin...
Caribbean Academic Forum: Contributions to the XVI Regional Conference on Women to Advance the Care Society
25 Mar 2025 | Briefing note
The Forum brought together researchers, policymakers, civil society representatives, and students from the Caribbean and Latin America to deepen the regional dialogue on advancing care societies with substantive equality, particularly in the Caribbea...
CEPAL, ESCAP, and ESCWA, together with the governments of Cambodia, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico, implement a South-South dialogue on transforming care systems in a changing world
13 Mar 2025 | Briefing note
The event, which took place in the framework of the CSW69, brought together the United Nations Regional Commissions, governments, international organizations, and civil society to exchange experiences on care policies and interregional cooperation.
Regional dialogue to guide care policies with a gender, intercultural, intersectional, and territorial approach
12 Dec 2024 | Briefing note
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.
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 Caribb...