Briefing note
The Economic Commission for Latin America (CEPAL) activities pertaining to the situation of Latin began in compliance with CEPAL resolution 321 (XV),adopted at the fifteenth session of the Commission (Quito, March 1973), in which the member governments recommended that the CEPAL Secretariat should prepare a study on participation of women in the development of the region and the measures to be taken to eliminate discrimination and the lack of educational, employment and economic opportunities for women. A brief selection of some documents that reflect regional initiatives and ECLAC in relation to the progress.
Resolution 321(XV): Participation of women in Latin American development (1973)
://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/15558
Regional Plan of Action for the Integration of Women into Latin American Economic and Social Development (1977)
://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/15049
Selection of resolutions adopted in 1979-1980 on the situation of women and their integration into economic and social development
://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/15458
Women in Latin America: the situations as regards the implementation of the Regional Plan of Action (1979)
://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/16810
Five studies on the situation of women in Latin America(1982)
://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/7638
Women as participants: reflections on their role in the family and in society (1983)
://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/16781
Legal situation of women in Latin America and the Caribbean defined according to the resolutions and mandates of the United Nations system (1983)
://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/16736
Latin America: analysis of the social problems affecting women in various sectors (1983)
://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/16803
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