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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 and the Caribbean brings to the world as a new paradigm for sustainable development, equality and peace, one that places the sustainability of life and the care of people and the planet at its core.…

ECLAC presents the progress of Latin America and the Caribbean in gender statistics at the United Nations Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics meeting

30 Sep 2025 | Briefing note

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, challenges, and priorities in the production, analysis, and use of gender statistics, in the framework of the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.…

ECLAC, CAF and IDB, together with the Governments of Chile and Mexico, presented the Care Policies and Systems Investment Accelerator in Latin America and the Caribbean

12 Aug 2025 | Briefing note

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 institutions, government representatives, and strategic partners of the initiative — UN Women, ILO, UNDP, the Global Alliance for Care, BMZ/GIZ, and the Wellspring Philanthropic Fund — took part in the event.…

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 central panels and co-organized the Thematic Forum “Critical Perspectives on Care, Gender Equality and Social Justice,” where the importance of advancing towards a Care Society and promoting exchanges among public policymaking institutions was highlighted.…

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 America and the Caribbean, to be held from 12 to 15 August in Mexico City. …

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-responsive budgeting: Gender tagging 2025" was presented. The seminar also featured, among others, remarks by the Minister of Finance, Mario Marcel, and the Minister of Women and Gender Equity, Antonia Orellana. Since 2023, the Ministry of Finance has received technical assistance from ECLAC and UN Women on this matter.…

Latin American and Caribbean countries advance preparations for the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

8 Apr 2025 | Briefing note

As part of the preparatory process for the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, to be held from 12 to 15 August 2025 in Mexico City, the Subregional Meetings were held on 27 March and 8–9 April 2025, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in its role as Technical Secretariat, in coordination with UN Women and under the leadership of the Government of Mexico as host country.…

Session of ECLAC

28 Aug 2024 | Briefing note

The fortieth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will be held from 9 to 11 October 2024 in Lima, pursuant to resolution 766(XXXIX), adopted at the thirty-ninth session of ECLAC, held in Buenos Aires from 24 to 26 October 2022. The meeting will be held in accordance with the ECLAC calendar of conferences for the period 2023–2024.…

ECLAC Division for Gender Affairs reports on project "Strengthening Feminist Foreign Policy and Feminist International Cooperation" at the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in LAC

19 Jun 2024 | Briefing note

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’s purpose was to conduct a dialogue to analyze the state of South-South and triangular cooperation and multi-stakeholder strategies to strengthen international cooperation for development.…

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