Gender equality

Gender equality entails ensuring equal rights for women and men, both in terms of regulations and laws (formal equality) and opportunities and results (substantive equality). Gender equality, women’s autonomy and the care society are a condition, a path and a catalyst for sustainable development.

4-5 Dec 2024 Santiago, Chile | Presiding officers
Sixty-sixth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Sixty-sixth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place from 4th to 5th December 2024, in ECLAC Headquarters in...
12 Nov 2024 Meetings and technical symposiums
Turning Potentialities into Reality: The Importance of the Legislative Branch in Driving Decarbonization and Technological Advancement in the Productive Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean.

OPCC Side Event at the Legislators’ Pavillion, located at Pavilion G22b, Blue Zone. There won’t be live broadcast.
12 Nov 2024 Meetings and technical symposiums
Turning Potentialities into Reality: The Importance of the Legislative Branch in Driving Decarbonization and Technological Advancement in the Productive Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean.

OPCC Side Event at the Brazil’s Pavillion, located at Office E27, Pavilion D1, Blue Zone. There will no be live broadcast.
4-5 Jul 2024 La Paz, Bolivia | Other events
Seminario internacional “Equidad de género en la minería: rumbo a un futuro inclusivo”

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4 Dec 2024

Press Release

It is Time for Strategic Investments and Public Policies to Advance Towards Substantive Gender Equality and the Care Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Sixty-sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean is taking place on December 4-5 at ECLAC’s headquarters in Chile.
29 Nov 2024

Announcement

Ministers and Senior Authorities Will Meet at ECLAC to Review Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 30 Years After its Approval as well as Preparations for the XVI Regional Conference on Women, to be Held in Mexico in 2025

On December 4-5, the Sixty-sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean will ocurr in Santiago, Chile.
22 Nov 2024

Press Release

At Least 11 Women Are Victims of Femicide Every Day in Latin America and the Caribbean

ECLAC calls for urgent action to prevent and eliminate gendered violence in the region.
29 Oct 2024

Op-ed

The Care Society: Acting Today for a Better Future

By José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC

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30-Dec-2019 | Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, Institutional Documents and Books

Women’s autonomy in changing economic scenarios

In the current regional context, progress towards the commitments set out in the Regional Gender Agenda and the 2030 Agenda must be accelerated as a matter of urgency, in order to face the many challenges posed by an economic scenario that is constantly changing due to economic, technological,...

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Mensaje de Alicia Bárcena con motivo del Día Internacional de la Mujer 2022

8 Mar 2022

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Gender equality

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

Turning Potentialities into Reality: The Importance of the Legislative Branch in Driving Decarbonization and Technological Advancement in the Productive Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Turning Potentialities into Reality: The Importance of the Legislative Branch in Driving Decarbonization and Technological Advancement in the Productive Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Seminario internacional “Equidad de género en la minería: rumbo a un futuro inclusivo”

News

It is Time for Strategic Investments and Public Policies to Advance Towards Substantive Gender Equality and the Care Society in Latin America and the Caribbean

Ministers and Senior Authorities Will Meet at ECLAC to Review Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 30 Years After its Approval as well as Preparations for the XVI Regional Conference on Women, to be Held in Mexico in 2025

At Least 11 Women Are Victims of Femicide Every Day in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Care Society: Acting Today for a Better Future

Highlighted publication

Women’s autonomy in changing economic scenarios

Mensaje de Alicia Bárcena con motivo del Día Internacional de la Mujer 2022

Mensaje de Alicia Bárcena con motivo del Día Internacional de la Mujer 2022

Género

Igualdad de género y desarrollo sostenible: desafíos de la Agenda 2030

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ECLAC Subregional Headquarters in Mexico

ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean

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