Violence against women
Gender-based violence against women and girls refers to all discrimination and unequal use of power that threatens their physical, sexual or psychological integrity, in public as well as in private life. Its most extreme expression is feminicide or femicide and includes harmful practices such as child marriages and early unions, which have a severe impact on adolescents and girls.
Activities
Stakeholder review of regional study on Technology-Facilitated Gender-based Violence (TFGBV) against...
Regional Dialogue to present and discuss the findings of Caribbean study on TFGBV and develop advocacy strategy, through high-level knowledge sharing,...
Sixty-first meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America a...
Sixty-first meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held virtually from 29 to...
Fifty-ninth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America a...
The Fifty-ninth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was held on 28 January 2020, ...
News
Rights, Justice and Action for All Women and Girls
By José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
Ministers and Senior Authorities Will Meet to Discuss Implementation of the Tlatelolco Commitment an...
The Sixty-Seventh Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place on December...
Final consultation Guide for the mainstreaming of the gender perspective in the implementation of th...
According to Decision III/4 on “Mainstreaming the gender perspective” of COP3 of the Escazú Agreement, the Secretariat has prepared a complete version...
ECLAC: At Least 19,254 Femicides Have Been Registered in the Last Five Years in Latin America and th...
Preventing and eliminating this widespread and ongoing pandemic is an urgent goal of the Decade of Action to achieve substantive gender equality and t...