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21 de February de 2024 | Press Release

Ministerios de Educación de América Latina y el Caribe se comprometen a aumentar los esfuerzos para reactivar, recuperar y transformar los sistemas educativos
Las autoridades, reunidas en Chile en la Ministerial de Educación Santiago 2024 a fines de enero, acordaron trabajar para recuperar lo perdido durante la pandemia y transformar los sistemas educativos. Subrayaron la importancia de un financiamiento sostenible, políticas innovadoras y estrategias inclusivas y resilientes para pasar del compromiso a la acción.
25 January 2024 | Press Release

The “Ministerial Meeting of Education” Begins in Santiago, With an Urgent Call to Recover and Reactivate the Educational Systems of Latin America and the Caribbean
The meeting, organized by the Ministry of Education of Chile (MINEDUC) and UNESCO, with the support of ECLAC, CAF, UNICEF and the World Bank, addresses the challenge of educational reactivation, the transformation of teaching, and financing. To overcome these challenges, it is necessary to have public policies to guarantee the right to education for 125 million students in the region.
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18 January 2024 | Announcement

Chile Will Host an Extraordinary Meeting of the Ministers of Education from Latin America and the Caribbean
The meeting is convened by UNESCO and the Ministry of Education of Chile. It is co-organised with the CAF BANK, the World Bank, ECLAC and UNICEF.
29 de September de 2023 | Press Release

América Latina y el Caribe necesita avanzar hacia un nuevo pacto social para lograr el crecimiento y mejorar la distribución de los ingresos: Revista CEPAL
Nueva edición de la publicación destaca trabajos académicos sobre la urgencia de un acuerdo social de largo plazo en la región para lograr un crecimiento económico equitativo y con mayor inclusión social, los efectos de la pandemia de COVID-19 en el mercado laboral, y la relación de las evaluaciones de los alumnos con la productividad de la investigación universitaria, entre otros temas.
24 November 2022 | Press Release

Poverty Rates in Latin America Remain Above Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2022, ECLAC Warns
The Social Panorama 2022 report projects that 201 million people (32.1% of the region’s total population) live in situations of poverty, with 82 million (13.1%) of them in extreme poverty. The regional organization calls for urgently addressing the silent crisis in education to avert the risk of a lost generation.
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21 November 2022 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Release New Figures on Poverty and Inequality in the Region and on the Silent Crisis in Education
The annual report, Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2022, will be presented on Thursday, November 24 at a press conference given by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization.
25 January 2022 | Press Release

Extreme Poverty in the Region Rises to 86 Million in 2021 due to the Deepening of the Social and Health Crisis Prompted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
In its annual report Social Panorama of Latin America, ECLAC estimates that the number of people living in extreme poverty rose by around 5 million between 2020 and 2021. The United Nations organization calls for moving towards universal, comprehensive, sustainable and resilient social protection systems.
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21 January 2022 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Release the Latest Poverty and Inequality Figures in the Context of the Prolonged Health and Social Crisis Linked to COVID-19
The Social Panorama of Latin America 2021 report will be unveiled on Thursday, January 27 at a virtual press conference by the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena.
De izquierda a derecha: Erland Skutlaberg, Encargado de Negocios a.i. de la Embajada de Noruega en Chile; Juan Manuel Santa Cruz, Director Nacional del SENCE Chile; Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL; y Laís Abramo, Directora de la División de Desarrollo Social de la CEPAL.
13 March 2019 | News

Specialists Underscore the Importance of Technical and Vocational Education for Labor Inclusion and Development with Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Erland Skutlaberg from the Norwegian Embassy in Chile, and Juan Manuel Santa Cruz, the National Director of SENCE Chile, inaugurated a seminar in Santiago, Chile.
14 de August de 2015 | Press Release

En Revista CEPAL se analiza el potencial redistributivo de la fiscalidad en la región
Según artículo publicado en la última edición de Revista CEPAL, aún existe espacio en los países para aumentar el impacto redistributivo de la política fiscal.
23 de February de 2015 | Infographic

Derecho a una educación relevante e integral
El balance que muestra América Latina y el Caribe en cuanto a este derecho ofrece luces y sombras. Aunque se observa un avance notorio en la matrícula y las tasas de asistencia educativa en varios niveles, también se registran cuellos de botella que dejan a una proporción de adolescentes fuera del sistema educativo. Esta infografía es parte de una serie producida por la CEPAL y UNICEF sobre los derechos de la infancia.
9 de February de 2015 | Infographic

Derecho a la salud
La situación de la niñez y adolescencia en América Latina y el Caribe con relación al derecho a la salud muestra avances en materia de inmunización y controles médicos regulares, aunque refleja desafíos pendientes en cuanto a maternidad adolescente. Esta infografía es parte de una serie producida por la CEPAL y UNICEF sobre los derechos de la infancia.
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2 December 2013 | News

Illiteracy Affects Almost 38 Million People in Latin America and the Caribbean

The plans and programmes implemented to turn the situation around in 23 countries are analysed in a new ECLAC report.
8 July 2013 | Op-ed

Teenage Pregnancy - Early Warning Sign for Inequality
Op-ed by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC Executive Secretary (04/07/2013)
22 March 2013 | Press Release

Conditional Transfer Programmes Perpetuate Women's Role as Carers
The publication presented today as part of International Women's Day includes various recommendations on not reproducing economic gender inequality.
29 de September de 2011 | Press Release

113 millones de personas de escasos recursos reciben apoyo de programas de transferencias condicionadas
Estos programas, claves para mejorar el acceso de los más pobres a alimentos, salud y educación, serán analizados en un seminario internacional el 29 y 30 de septiembre en Santiago de Chile.
27 December 2010 | Press Release

Conditional Transfer Programmes Benefit Over 100 Million People in the Region
Brazil has the largest number of beneficiaries, followed by Mexico and Colombia.
21 October 2010 | Press Release

Adopting New Technologies is Key to Reducing Inequality Gaps in the Region
Experts analyzed the contribution of information and communications technologies in the fields of education and health and their incorporation in social policies.
20 October 2010 | Press Release

Government Officials and Experts to Analyze Contribution of Information Technologies to Social Development
The advances in the fields of health and education will be highlighted in order to promote their inclusion in the region's public social policies.
30 June 2004 | Press Release

ECLAC Proposes a New Social Cohesion Covenant for Latin America and the Caribbean
30 June, 2004