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30 October 2013 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Unemployment Rate Could Fall to 6.2% in 2013
Agencies state that this would be a slight decrease in relation to 2012, owing to a slowdown in the labour participation rate.
29 October 2013 | Press Release

ECLAC Promotes Social Covenants for Equality as Tools for Regional Security
Alicia Bárcena emphasizes that achieving multidimensional security that is legitimate for everyone is a major challenge for Latin America and the Caribbean.
23 October 2013 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean countries approve Santo Domingo Consensus to advance towards gender equality
Delegates meeting in the Dominican Republic agreed on actions for building a new technological, scientific and digital culture geared towards women and girls.
18 October 2013 | Press Release

Innovation, diversification and better logistics key to sustainable and inclusive growth, says new report
OECD, ECLAC and CAF presented the document Latin American Economic Outlook 2014, during the XXIII Ibero-American summit.
17 October 2013 | Press Release

Foreign Direct Investment Flows to Latin America Rose by 6% in the First Half of 2013
The United Nations commission reiterates its call for the region's countries to devise strategies to attract FDI resources to sectors with high technology content.
17 October 2013 | Press Release

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
"Our impressive achievement in cutting poverty by half should not blind us to the fact that more than 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty worldwide", states the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, in his message.
17 October 2013 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls on Latin American and Caribbean Countries to Make Progress in Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Women
Document highlights the deep inequalities affecting over 23 million indigenous women.
16 October 2013 | Press Release

Opening of the Twelfth Session of the ECLAC Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
President of the Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina, led the opening ceremony for the event, which closes on Friday.
15 October 2013 | Press Release

Women's Unequal Participation in the Digital Economy Affects the Development of Latin America and the Caribbean
The twelfth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America will be opened today in the Dominican Republic.
15 October 2013 | Press Release

President of the Dominican Republic Met with the Executive Secretary of ECLAC
Danilo Medina and Alicia Bárcena highlighted the twelfth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is being held this week in the country's capital.
14 October 2013 | Press Release

Region's Countries Will Discuss Gender Equality Policies in the Dominican Republic
The twelfth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by ECLAC, will focus on the economic autonomy of women - particularly in the digital economy.
7 de October de 2013 | Press Release

CEPAL propone redefinir la ciudad como bien público orientado a la igualdad
Pese a la expansión de los servicios de agua potable y saneamiento, cerca de 24% de la población de América Latina y el Caribe aún vive en tugurios.
5 October 2013 | Press Release

ECLAC Describes Regional Migration Challenges
The Commission's Deputy Executive Secretary represented the five United Nations regional commissions at the Second High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development.
4 October 2013 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls on Countries to Promote Social Covenants for Investment
Latin America and the Caribbean will have to adopt short- and long-term policies to tackle an international context characterized by fiscal uncertainty and financial volatility.
3 October 2013 | Press Release

Latin American Countries Analyse the Mass Use of Mobile Broadband Using the 450MHz Frequency
ECLAC, in its role as technical secretariat for the Dialogue, will carry out a study on the subject.
2 October 2013 | Press Release

Database Launched to Analyse Impact of Climate Change on the Region's Coasts
Initiative supported by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, University of Cantabria and ECLAC.
2 October 2013 | Press Release

Dominican Republic Will Host the 12th Session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
This meeting organized by ECLAC and the Government of the Dominican Republic will be attended by authorities, international officials, experts and civil-society representatives.