Women's political participation
Activities

Sixty-first meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference…
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 30 September 2021. The meeting is being organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), as secretariat of the Conference, in coordination with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women).

Fifty-ninth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference…
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, in Santiago, Chile, prior to the XIV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.


Fifty-Eighth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference…
The 58th Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women was held on January 22 and 23, 2019, in Santiago, Chile.
News

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Approved the Tlatelolco Commitment, which Establishes a Decade of Action to Achieve Substantive Gender Equality and the Care Society
Today the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean ended in Mexico City, having been organized by ECLAC in coordination with UN Women, under the leadership of the Government of Mexico as Chair.
With a Call to Recognize the Contribution and Rights of All Women and to Move Towards Substantive Equality and the Care Society, the XVI Regional Conference on Women Kicked Off in Mexico
“This is not only the time for women in Mexico, but throughout the world,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said at the inauguration of the intergovernmental gathering.

Latin American and Caribbean Legislators Play a Crucial Role for Making Progress on Care Policies in the Region
The Parliamentary Forum of Latin America and the Caribbean within the framework of the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean – inaugurated at the San Lázaro Legislative Palace in Mexico City – was organized by the Congress of the Union, UN Women and ECLAC.

The Mexican Government and ECLAC Signed a Headquarters Agreement Confirming the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean Will Be Held in August
On August 12-15, the United Nations’ main intergovernmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality in the region will take place in Mexico City.