The Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean is a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the foremost intergovernmental forum of the United Nations on women’s rights and gender equality in the region. It has been regularly convened since 1977 to analyse the status of women’s autonomy and rights at the regional and subregional levels, and present recommendations regarding public policies on gender equality, in fulfilment of regional and international agreements on the subject. It is organized by ECLAC as the Conference Secretariat with the support of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).

The commitments assumed by the governments of the region at the Regional Conference on Women have resulted in a meaningful, progressive and comprehensive Regional Gender Agenda that guides the countries' public policies to achieve gender equality, the guarantee of the rights of women, adolescents and girls in all their diversity, the exercise of their autonomy and the sustainable development of the region.

The XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean discussed political, economic, social, cultural and environmental transformations as a means of advancing the care society and gender equality.

This meeting reaffirms the region's commitment to advancing the care society and achieving gender equality and women's autonomy through ambitious and urgent solutions, fostering a more productive, inclusive, and sustainable future.