5 October 2021 | Briefing note
The side event entitled “The burden of unpaid care work on Caribbean women in the time of COVID-19”, which took place within the context of the 61st Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean focused on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Caribbean women with particular focus on the increasing burden of unpaid care work. It also showcased experiences and progress in the development of time use measurements in the subregion. The event was moderated by Malaka Parker and included interventions from ECLAC’s subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, ECLAC’s Division for Gender Affairs, the OECS Commission, and showcased country experiences from Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Lucia, and Grenada.