Care society

Care society

América Latina y el Caribe se caracteriza por ser una región con una desigualdad estructural, profundizada con la llegada de la pandemia de COVID-19. Para revertirla, desde la CEPAL se propone transitar hacia la sociedad del cuidado como horizonte y camino para una recuperación transformadora, sostenible y con igualdad. La sociedad del cuidado pone en el centro el principio feminista de sostenibilidad de la vida y reconoce la interdependencia entre las personas, la dimensión ambiental y el desarrollo económico y social en forma sinérgica. Incluye el autocuidado, el cuidado de las personas, de quienes cuidan y del planeta.

Activities:

February 11 2025 | Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies
February 11 2025 | Presiding officers

Sixty-second meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

The 62ⁿᵈ Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held virtually from 26 to 27 January 2022.

February 11 2025 | Presiding officers

Special meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Special Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place in hybrid format (in person and virtually) at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, on 22 and 23 June 2022.

February 11 2025 | Presiding officers

Sixty-first meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Sixty-first meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held virtually from 29 to 30 September 2021. The meeting is being organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), as secretariat of the Conference, in coordination with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women).

News:

February 11 2025 |

Importance is Stressed of Investing in Comprehensive, Public Care Policies and Systems Aimed at Achieving Gender Equality and Promoting Their Financial Sustainability

In the framework of the XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place in Buenos Aires, the joint ECLAC-UN Women document “Financing care systems and policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: contributions for a sustainable recovery with gender equality” was presented.

February 11 2025 | Press Release

ECLAC: It is Time for Transformational Changes, Like the One Proposed by the Care Society

The regional organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, presented today the main document of the XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place through Friday in Buenos Aires.

February 11 2025 | Briefing note

Considerar el cuidado como una necesidad, un trabajo y un derecho contribuye a reducir la desigualdad de género, dice la CEPAL

Ana Güezmes, Directora de la División de Asuntos de Género de la CEPAL participó en el conversatorio “Las dimensiones económicas del cuidado: mitos y realidades”, organizado por ParlAmericas en Colombia. Explicó que considerar el cuidado como derecho, necesidad y trabajo es lo que propone la sociedad del cuidado para transitar hacia un estilo de desarrollo basado en la igualdad y la sostenibilidad de la vida.

February 11 2025 |

Achieving Gender Equality and the Care Society Requires Transforming Data into Information, Information into Knowledge, and Knowledge into Political Decisions

New document by ECLAC was presented today in the framework of the Fifteenth Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is being held through Friday, November 11 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.