The Sixty-Seventh Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place on December 1-2 using a hybrid format from ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

Ministers and senior authorities from women’s advancement mechanisms will participate in the Sixty-Seventh Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will take place on Monday, December 1 and Tuesday, December 2, 2025 using a hybrid format (in-person and virtual) from the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. 

In addition to delegates from ECLAC’s Member States, other participants in the meeting will include representatives of the United Nations (UN), multilateral agencies and civil society, in particular women’s and feminist movements and organizations.

This event is organized by ECLAC, in its capacity as Secretariat of the Conference, in coordination with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), with the Government of Mexico serving as Chair.

At the meeting, the delegations will review the actions foreseen to enact the Tlatelolco Commitment: A decade of action to achieve substantive gender equality and the care society, approved at the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Mexico City in August 2025. Mexico, as Chair of the Presiding Officers, will present a proposed road map for its implementation over the next three years.

In addition, a briefing will be held on the draft general recommendation No. 41 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) regarding gender stereotypes, and a session will take place on the Initiative for a biregional pact on care between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union.

On Tuesday, December 2, meanwhile, there will be a special session for regional consultation prior to the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70), the priority theme of which will be “Ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls, including by promoting inclusive and equitable legal systems, eliminating discriminatory laws, policies, and practices, and addressing structural barriers.” After that, a report on the Regional Fund in support of Women’s and Feminist Organizations and Movements will be presented.

The Presiding Officers, elected at the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, is made up of Mexico as Chair and Antigua and Barbuda, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti and Uruguay as Vice-Chairs.

WHAT: Sixty-Seventh Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.

WHEN: Monday and Tuesday, December 1-2, 2025. Inauguration 10-10:30 a.m. local time in Chile (GMT-3).

WHO: Ministers and senior authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean’s mechanisms for women’s advancement.

WHERE: ECLAC’s headquarters (Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3477, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile, Celso Furtado conference room).

Journalists must have their media credentials or IDs with them to gain access to the building and must get accredited ahead of time by emailing prensa@cepal.org. 

LIVE TRANSMISSION: https://live.cepal.org/MDCRM/