Gender affairs

The Division for Gender Affairs plays an active role in gender mainstreaming within regional development in Latin America and the Caribbean. It works in close collaboration with the national machineries for the advancement of women in the region, civil society, the women’s movement, feminist organizations and public policymakers, including national statistics institutes.

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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...

22 May 2024 Other events

Evento de Lanzamiento y Presentación de Proyecto “Fortalecimiento de la Política Exterior Feminista y la Cooperación Internacional Feminista a través de una comunidad de práctica entre Chile, Colombia, México, Alemania y CEPAL”

Evento que se realizará en el marco de la VII Conferencia Regional de Cooperación Trilateral con América Latina y el Caribe 2024: “Superando obstáculos, construyendo puentes”, Brasil.

25 Apr 2024 Santiago, Chile | Other events

Panel discussion "The fundamental role of women and gender mainstreaming in the implementation of the Escazú Agreement"

Event organized on the occasion of the Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement (Santiago, 22-24 April 2024).

28 Feb 2024 Santiago, Chile | Other events

Briefing for Ministers and High-level Authorities of the Machineries for the Advancement of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean about CSW68 (Virtual meeting)

The briefing on the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 68) was held virtually on February 28, 2024, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Chilean time, GMT -3), with the purpose of to...

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News

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.

foto de personas con las manos juntas en puño

28 Oct 2024

News

ECLAC Calls for Transforming Development Models in Latin America and the Caribbean and Building a Society that Prioritizes People and the Planet on the Occasion of the International Day of Care and Support

Lucía Scuro Oficial Superior de Asuntos Sociales de la División de Asuntos de Género de la CEPAL

25 Oct 2024

Briefing note

CEPAL promueve la sociedad del cuidado y la autonomía de las mujeres en la Academia de Género e Inclusión de la OIT

En la Academia de Género e Inclusión de la OIT Lucía Scuro, Oficial Superior de Asuntos Sociales de la División de Asuntos de Género de la CEPAL, habló de las transformaciones indispensables para impulsar la sociedad del cuidado y la igualdad de género en América Latina y el Caribe, donde la crisis de los cuidados, que se verá exacerbada por el envejecimiento poblacional y el cambio climático, exige respuestas urgentes y políticas.

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Highlighted publication

06-Mar-2024 | Institutional Documents and Books

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Regional Gender Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean: gender indicators up to 2023

Latin America and the Caribbean is in the midst of cascading crises that are deepening historical and structural inequalities and which disproportionately affect women. It is therefore urgent for the countries of the region to speed up progress towards achieving gender equality and the full...

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Data and statistics

Elementos clave para pensar la Sociedad de cuidado

Mensaje Secretario Ejecutivo CEPAL - Día de Eliminación de la Violencia contra la Mujer 2024

22 Nov 2024

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Gender affairs

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Activities

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

Evento de Lanzamiento y Presentación de Proyecto “Fortalecimiento de la Política Exterior Feminista y la Cooperación Internacional Feminista a través de una comunidad de práctica entre Chile, Colombia, México, Alemania y CEPAL”

Panel discussion "The fundamental role of women and gender mainstreaming in the implementation of the Escazú Agreement"

Briefing for Ministers and High-level Authorities of the Machineries for the Advancement of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean about CSW68 (Virtual meeting)

News

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

ECLAC Calls for Transforming Development Models in Latin America and the Caribbean and Building a Society that Prioritizes People and the Planet on the Occasion of the International Day of Care and Support

CEPAL promueve la sociedad del cuidado y la autonomía de las mujeres en la Academia de Género e Inclusión de la OIT

Highlighted publication

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Regional Gender Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean: gender indicators up to 2023

Data and statistics

Elementos clave para pensar la Sociedad de cuidado

Mensaje Secretario Ejecutivo CEPAL - Día de Eliminación de la Violencia contra la Mujer 2024

Mensaje del Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL por el Día Internacional de Eliminación de la Violencia contra la Mujer 2024

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

Programa CEPAL-AECID, Componente Fortalecimiento de capacidades para la igualdad de género

Technical and vocational education

Boletín Violencia feminicida en cifras. América Latina y el Caribe - N°3. Actuar con sentido de urgencia para prevenir y poner fin a los feminicidios

Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean

XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Gender Affairs courses

Regional Gender Agenda

Statistical Databases and Publications

ECLAC Headquarters

ECLAC Subregional Headquarters in Mexico

ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean

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