Care economy

The care society prioritizes the sustainability of life, linking care for people and for the planet. It can help to reverse social and gender inequalities in synergy with the environmental dimension and economic development. It helps to reduce the precariousness of care work and highlights the multiplier effects of the care economy.

Activities

7 - 9 Nov 2023 | Meetings and technical symposiums

Festival de Datos 2023

The Festival de Datos takes place in Punta del Este, from November 7-9, 2023, bringing together more than 400 delegates from governments, multilateral organizations, the private sector, academia and civil society of various nationalities.

7 - 11 Nov 2022 | Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies

XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

The fifteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was held in Buenos Aires from 7 to 11 November 2022.

29 Sep 2021 - 11:45 | Other events

The burden of unpaid care work on Caribbean women in the time of COVID-19

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

13 Jul 2021 - 08:00 | Other events

Panel: Women's autonomy and the care economy in the framework of a…

The crisis caused by the COVID-19 virus has accentuated the structural challenges of gender inequality and has generated a setback of more than a decade in terms of women's participation in the labor market, a deepening of the feminization of poverty and an increase in the burden of care work, even in higher-income countries such as Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay. Furthermore, as one of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the digitalization of economies that still face a significant gender gap in terms of access to and use of technologies, accentuated even more by income levels, has accelerated.

News

15 Aug 2025 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Approved the Tlatelolco Commitment, which Establishes a Decade of Action to Achieve Substantive Gender Equality and the Care Society

Today the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean ended in Mexico City, having been organized by ECLAC in coordination with UN Women, under the leadership of the Government of Mexico as Chair.

13 Aug 2025 | News

How Can We Achieve the Care Society in Latin America and the Caribbean?

A position paper presented by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, at the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, analyzes how to more effectively manage the major transformation towards the care society in the region.

12 Aug 2025 | Press Release

With a Call to Recognize the Contribution and Rights of All Women and to Move Towards Substantive Equality and the Care Society, the XVI Regional Conference on Women Kicked Off in Mexico

“This is not only the time for women in Mexico, but throughout the world,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said at the inauguration of the intergovernmental gathering.

11 Aug 2025 | News

Latin American and Caribbean Legislators Play a Crucial Role for Making Progress on Care Policies in the Region

The Parliamentary Forum of Latin America and the Caribbean within the framework of the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean – inaugurated at the San Lázaro Legislative Palace in Mexico City – was organized by the Congress of the Union, UN Women and ECLAC.