Women's economic autonomy

Economic autonomy refers to women’s ability to access and control resources such as their own income, assets, productive, financial and technological resources and time. It takes into account paid and unpaid work and the impact of the unequal gender distribution thereof.

Activities

26 - 30 May 2025 | Event | Meetings and technical symposiums

Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Antigua and Barbuda

ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. T...

19 - 23 May 2025 | Event | Meetings and technical symposiums

Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Grenada

ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. T...

25 - 29 Nov 2024 | Event | Meetings and technical symposiums

Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. T...

8 - 12 Jul 2024 | Event | Meetings and technical symposiums

Skill WAVE: Workshop for Action, Vision and Entrepreneurship - Saint Kitts and Nevis

ECLAC Caribbean will be hosting a series of capacity building workshops, meant to build entrepreneurship skills among target groups in each country. T...

News

8 Mar 2026 | Article

Rights, Justice and Action for All Women and Girls

By José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.

2 Dec 2025 | News
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Latin America and the Caribbean Makes Headway with Concrete Actions for Gender Equality and the Care Society

Today marked the end of the Sixty-Seventh Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, he...

27 Nov 2025 | News
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Ministers and Senior Authorities Will Meet to Discuss Implementation of the Tlatelolco Commitment and Participate in a Consultation Prior to the CSW70

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...

30 Sep 2025 | Article

Care Is the Future: Latin America and the Caribbean Launch the Decade of the Care Society

By Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women; José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC; and Citlalli Hernández Mora, Secretary fo...