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Women's economic autonomy
Economic autonomy refers to women’s ability to access and control resources such as their own income, assets, productive, financial and technological resources and time. It takes into account paid and unpaid work and the impact of the unequal gender distribution thereof.
Activities
VIII Session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the…
The eighth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, convened by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in compliance with ECLAC resolution 567(XXVII), was held in Lima, Peru, from 8 to 10 February 2000.
Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Grenada
ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.
Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Saint Kitts…
ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.
Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Antigua and…
ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. The workshops should provide tools necessary to enhance entrepreneurship and related business activities, specifically targeted toward youth and female entrepreneurs.
News
Latin American and Caribbean Countries Committed to Accelerating the Effective Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the Regional Gender Agenda
Today the Sixty-sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean came to a close at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
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.
Academic Forum on Care Begins in Preparation for the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
Representatives from universities, academic networks, governments, civil society especially women’s and feminist organizations—and international organizations from Latin America and the Caribbean will participate in this regional space for exchange and dialogue on the research agenda necessary to address the challenges of care policies in the region.
