The high-level dialogue took place on February 18 and 19 in Amman, Jordan. The event was organized by the Arab Women Organization (AWO), in collaboration with UN Women, UN ESCWA, and the ILO.

The two-day conference aimed to strengthen global and regional efforts to position the care economy as a public good by addressing gender inequalities in both paid and unpaid care work, while promoting decent working conditions in the sector. As a reference, the regional trajectory on the care economy in Latin America and the Caribbean was presented during the plenary session. This was the first time the concept of the Care Society was shared with actors from the Arab region.

Ana Ferigra Stefanovic, consultant for the Gender Affairs Division, presented the accumulated work in the framework of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean and the agreements reached over the last five decades on the care economy. The consultant highlighted the preparation and follow-up process of the Conference as an example of building broad and deep consensus, including governments, civil society organizations — especially women's and feminist movements, academia, and UN system organizations and other multilateral bodies.

During her intervention, Ana Stefanovic emphasized the relevance of care in the Regional Gender Agenda and elaborated on the Buenos Aires Commitment, adopted in 2022 during the XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean. Furthermore, she presented the roadmap towards the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will take place in Mexico City from August 12 to 15, 2025, focused on “Transformations in political, economic, social, cultural, and environmental spheres to promote the care society and gender equality.”

The experience of Latin America and the Caribbean was shared with a broad group of actors from Arab countries, including representatives of mechanisms for the advancement of women, as well as ministries of Social Affairs and Finance, members of parliaments, and representatives from academia and civil society.