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15 December 2020 | Press Release

United Nations Warns about the Increased Risk of Violence in the Home against Children and Adolescents Amid COVID-19 and Issues Recommendations to Address It
The document produced jointly by ECLAC, UNICEF and the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, recommends concrete actions for addressing violence against children and adolescents within the framework of the response to the COVID-19 crisis.
photo older persons
29 October 2020 | News

The Protection of Older Persons Must Have Dignity and Humanity at the Center
In the framework of its 38th session, ECLAC presented a document that analyzes the situation of this population in the countries of Central America and Mexico.
24 August 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC and UNESCO Publish a Document Analyzing the Challenges for Education Engendered by the Pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean
The United Nations organizations launch a report revealing the consequences and measures taken by educational systems in the region in the face of the COVID-19 crisis while offering recommendations for managing the impact, outlining opportunities for learning and innovation.
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary, during her presentation.
2 April 2020 | News

Alicia Bárcena Calls for Implementing Universal, Redistributive and Solidarity-Based Policies to Avoid Another Lost Decade
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated today in a virtual meeting on the role of Latin America and the Caribbean’s Social Development Ministries in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was organized by Mexico’s Secretariat of Welfare and the UN Regional Commission.