Gender affairs

In the area of gender affairs, ECLAC aims to strengthen gender equality and women’s autonomy within the development strategies of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Through its Division for Gender Affairs, ECLAC provides advisory services to governments in the design and implementation of public policies with a gender perspective; promotes South-South and triangular cooperation; and fosters the production, dissemination and use of statistical information, diagnostics and analytical tools through the Gender Equality Observatory. In addition, ECLAC organizes the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, the foremost intergovernmental forum in the region since 1977 for advancing substantive equality and the care society, in fulfilment of regional and international agreements.