United Nations
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.
Activities
Caribbean Youth Dialogues 2025 in preparation of the ECOSOC Youth Forum
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is an opportunity to galvanize action aimed at promoting greater inclusion of youth in all spheres. This roadmap recognizes in several of its goals the centrality of the full incorporation of youth as a necessary condition to move towards more inclusive societies, in which no one is left behind, on a path to sustainable development. However, youth in the Caribbean face many challenges that need to be addressed as precursors to creating environments that enable them to reach their maximum potential to contribute to the achievement of SDGs by 2030, thereby leaving a legacy for future youth generations.
XXVII Meeting with Specialized Agencies for the Advancement of Women (OEM27)
The XXVII Meeting with Specialized Agencies for the Advancement of Women was held virtually on Thursday 10 April 2025, from 11.00 to 14.00 p.m. (Chilean time, GMT-4).
Subregional Dialogue on Advancing Gender Equality: A Review of the Beijing +30 in the Caribbean Virtual meeting- Wednesday 19th February 2025
The Subregional Dialogue on Advancing Gender Equality: A Review of the Beijing +30 in the Caribbean will be held virtually on Wednesday 19th February 2025, from 10 a.m. to 12.15 p.m. (GMT-4, Trinidad and Tobago Time).
Briefing for Ministers and High-level Authorities of the Machineries for the Advancement of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean about CSW69 with Caribbean countries (virtual meeting)
The briefing on the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 69) with Caribbean countries will be held virtually on February 19, 2025, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Chilean time, GMT -3). The purpose of this meeting is to share progress and information about the region to support the participation of Caribbean governments in the deliberations of the CSW, will focus on the review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly. The CSW69 will be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 10 to 21 March 2025.
News
Forum on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Example of Multilateralism in Action
Five years before the deadline for fulfilling the 2030 Agenda, delegates agreed that the region must step up its efforts to move towards achieving the SDGs, through collaboration between multiple stakeholders and a focus on managing the transformations.
The Division for Gender Affairs presented the Regional Gender Agenda and the concept of the Care Society during the high-level dialogue: "Towards a Roadmap for the Care Economy in the Arab region."
The high-level dialogue took place on February 18 and 19 in Amman, Jordan. The event was organized by the Arab Women Organization (AWO), in collaboration with UN Women, UN ESCWA, and the ILO.
ECLAC and ILO Call on Countries in the Region to Adopt Regulations to Increase Time for Care in Latin America and the Caribbean
Today, the two United Nations organizations launched a bulletin titled Time for care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards social and gender co-responsibility.
