Gender affairs

Gender affairs

The Division for Gender Affairs plays an active role in gender mainstreaming within regional development in Latin America and the Caribbean. It works in close collaboration with the national machineries for the advancement of women in the region, civil society, the women’s movement, feminist organizations and public policymakers, including national statistics institutes.

Activities

25 - 26 March 2025 | Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies

CARIBBEAN ACADEMIC FORUM. Contributions to the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: Advancing Towards Care Societies

The Caribbean Academic Forum, titled Contributions to the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: Advancing Towards Care Societies, will be held at the University of West Indies in Bridgetown, Barbados, on the 25th and 26th of March 2025.

27 March 2025, 11:00 - 14:00 | Conferences and meetings of subsidiary bodies

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 will be held in hybrid format (in person and virtually), at the University of the West Indies, Bridgetown, Barbados, on 27 March 2025, between 11.00 to 14.00 p.m. (Barbados time, GMT-4).

6 March 2025, 11:00 - 12:30 | Other events

Launch of the Gender Equality Bulletin - No. 4: Time for Care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards Social and Gender Co-responsibility

As part of the commemoration of International Women’s Day, the publication “Time for Care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards Social and Gender Co-responsibility,” jointly prepared by ECLAC and the ILO, will be presented.

19 February 2025, 10:00 - 12:15 | Other events

Subregional Dialogue on Advancing Gender Equality: A Review of the Beijing +30 in the Caribbean Virtual meeting- Wednesday 19th February 2025

The Subregional Dialogue on Advancing Gender Equality: A Review of the Beijing +30 in the Caribbean will be held virtually on Wednesday 19th February 2025, from 10 a.m. to 12.15 p.m. (GMT-4, Trinidad and Tobago Time).

News

6 March 2025 | Press Release

ECLAC and ILO Call on Countries in the Region to Adopt Regulations to Increase Time for Care in Latin America and the Caribbean

Today, the two United Nations organizations launched a bulletin titled Time for care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards social and gender co-responsibility.

18 February 2025 | Briefing note

The Division for Gender Affairs presented the Regional Gender Agenda and the concept of the Care Society during the high-level dialogue: "Towards a Roadmap for the Care Economy in the Arab region."

The high-level dialogue took place on February 18 and 19 in Amman, Jordan. The event was organized by the Arab Women Organization (AWO), in collaboration with UN Women, UN ESCWA, and the ILO.

12 December 2024 | Briefing note

Regional dialogue to guide care policies with a gender, intercultural, intersectional, and territorial approach

From December 11 to 12, the "Working Meeting on Guiding Principles for Care Policies from a Gender, Intercultural, Intersectional, and Territorial Perspective" was held in Montevideo, Uruguay.

5 December 2024 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Committed to Accelerating the Effective Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the Regional Gender Agenda

Today the Sixty-sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean came to a close at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

Publication featured

Action for equality, development and peace in Latin America and the Caribbean

March 7 2025 | Publication

The present document, prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), is based on 25 reports prepared by countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean,…

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