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
Youth Tourpreneurship Bootcamp: Dominica and Saint Lucia
To guide young people in Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts & Nevis, and Saint Vincent & the Grenadines into seeing tourism not as something that only large tour companies, hotels and cruise ships run, but as something they too can do, while placing them on a path to self-sustainability.
II Parliamentary Summit on Climate Change and Just Transition of Latin America and the Caribbean
The II Parliamentary Summit on Climate Change and Just Transition of Latin America and the Caribbean will take place on August 6–7, 2025, at the National Congress in Brasília. The event will gather legislators from across the region to align strategies in preparation for the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30).
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).
Caribbean preparatory meeting of the XVI session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (hybrid format)
The Caribbean preparatory meeting of the XVI session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was held in hybrid format (in person and virtually), in Barbados, on 27 March 2025, from 11.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. (Barbados time, GMT-4).
News
Data that Drive Change: The 26th International Meeting on Gender Statistics Reaffirms Latin America and the Caribbean Commitment to Equality
The annual meeting promotes dialogue and partnerships among National Statistical Offices (NSOs), National Machineries for the Advancement of Women in the region (NMAWs), international organizations, academia, and civil society organizations, among other stakeholders.
Latin America and the Caribbean stands out for time-use measurement and the valuation of unpaid work
In the framework of the XXVI International Meeting on Gender Statistics, the 22nd International Meeting of Experts on Time-Use Information and Unpaid Work brought together representatives from across the region in Mexico City to strengthen the measurement and valuation of care work.
Regional Population and Development Gathering Culminated at ECLAC with Warnings about Low Fertility, Population Ageing and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean took place at the United Nations regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
ECLAC called for placing the right to care at the center of public policies during the United Nations International Day of Care and Support commemoration
During the third United Nations International Day of Care and Support, held in Geneva, Ana Güezmes, Director of the Division for Gender Affairs of ECLAC, underscored the historic opportunity represented by the care society proposal that Latin America and the Caribbean brings to the world as a new paradigm for sustainable development, equality and peace, one that places the sustainability of life and the care of people and the planet at its core.