67ᵃ Reunión de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre las Mujeres de América Latina y el Caribe

XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

The sixteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was held at the Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco in Mexico City, from 12 to 15 August 2025, and focused on the political, economic, social, cultural and environmental transformations as a means of advancing the care society and gender equality.

XXVII Meeting with Specialized Agencies for the Advancement of Women (OEM27)

The XXVII Meeting with Specialized Agencies for the Advancement of Women was held virtually on Thursday 10 April 2025, from 11.00 to 14.00 p.m. (Chilean time, GMT-4). 

Data that Drive Change: The 26th International Meeting on Gender Statistics Reaffirms Latin America and the Caribbean Commitment to Equality

The annual meeting promotes dialogue and partnerships among National Statistical Offices (NSOs), National Machineries for the Advancement of Women in the region (NMAWs), international organizations, academia, and civil society organizations, among other stakeholders.

Latin America and the Caribbean stands out for time-use measurement and the valuation of unpaid work

In the framework of the XXVI International Meeting on Gender Statistics, the 22nd International Meeting of Experts on Time-Use Information and Unpaid Work brought together representatives from across the region in Mexico City to strengthen the measurement and valuation of care work.

ECLAC called for placing the right to care at the center of public policies during the United Nations International Day of Care and Support commemoration

During the third United Nations International Day of Care and Support, held in Geneva, Ana Güezmes, Director of the Division for Gender Affairs of ECLAC, underscored the historic opportunity represented by the care society proposal that Latin America and the Caribbean brings to the world as a new paradigm for sustainable development, equality and peace, one that places the sustainability of life and the care of people and the planet at its core.

ECLAC Calls for Accelerating the Achievement of Substantive Gender Equality and the Care Society on the Occasion of the International Day of Care and Support

On 29 October 2025, the International Day of Care and Support, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2023, will be commemorated. This date seeks to raise awareness of the centrality of care in our societies and its contribution to people’s well-being and prosperity and to the achievement of gender equality and sustainable development.