What kind of State? what kind of equality?: XI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: Brasilia, 13-16 July 2010

Este documento recoge contribuciones de las ministras y autoridades de los mecanismos para el adelanto de la mujer de América Latina y el Caribe, que definieron su contenido en la cuadragésima tercera reunión de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe (Puerto España, 7 y 8 de julio de 2009), y que enviaron documentos e información para su preparación y enriquecieron su versión final con aportes y debates en dos foros virtuales. En este informe se integran los avances del Observatorio de igualdad de género de América Latina y el Caribe y se da c…

Desigualdad es un obstáculo para el cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio

(8 de septiembre, 2010) Altos funcionarios de organismos internacionales y multilaterales coincidieron en que la desigualdad es uno de los mayores obstáculos para que los países de América Latina y el Caribe logren cumplir con los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio de las Naciones Unidas hacia 2015, en un foro realizado hoy en la capital de Estados Unidos. La XXV Mesa Redonda de Políticas de la OEA analizó el documento El progreso de América Latina y el Caribe hacia los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio. Desafíos para lograrlos con igualdad, que examina el estado de avance a 2010 de l…

La CEPAL promueve igualdad en el trabajo para fomentar autonomía de las mujeres de la región

(5 de julio, 2010) El trabajo es la base de la igualdad entre los géneros. Para ello es fundamental el logro de la autonomía económica, física y política de las mujeres, según el documento ¿Qué Estado para qué igualdad?, que será presentado por la CEPAL en la Undécima Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe. La reunión es el foro intergubernamental más importante de la región para el análisis de las políticas públicas de los países para la igualdad de género y se realizará del 13 al 16 de julio en Brasilia, Brasil. Se espera la presencia de más de 800 asistentes…

CEPAL realizará en Brasil la XI Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe

(21 de junio, 2010) Jefes de Estado, autoridades ministeriales, representantes de organismos internacionales y de la sociedad civil se reunirán del 13 al 16 de julio en Brasilia, Brasil, para celebrar la Undécima Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe. Se trata del foro intergubernamental más importante de la región para el análisis de las políticas públicas de los países para la igualdad de género. En esta oportunidad se espera la presencia de más de 800 asistentes. La Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe es un órgano s…

Kirchner, a Multilateralist

The premature death of former president Néstor Kirchner is a great loss not only for Argentina, but for the entire international community. Kirchner was a friend of the United Nations and a national and international leader who firmly believed in true multilateralism. A long and distinguished career in public service, which included being intendent of his home town Río Gallegos and governor of Santa Cruz, prepared him well for the challenges he would face early into his presidency. From 2003 to 2007, he boldly tackled the effects of the deepest financial and economic crisis in Argentina's hist…

Evaluation of Development Account Project 06/07 H. Implications of macroeconomic policy, external shocks and social protection systems for poverty, inequality and social vulnerability in Latin America and the Caribbean. Final evaluation report

Caribbean synthesis review and appraisal report in the context of the 15th anniversay of the adoptaton of the Beijing declaration and platform for action

The report is a summary based on information received by ECLAC from the eight English-speaking Caribbean countries of Barbados, Belize, the Cayman Islands, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Jamaica, Suriname, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago in response to the questionnaire to governments on the Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) and the Outcome of the Twenty-Third Special Session of the General Assembly (2000). The report is therefore set in the context of the regional review and appraisals of the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption …

Information and communication technologies in the health sector: opportunities and challenges for the reduction of inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean

This document starts by identifying and describing the several benefits expected as a result of incorporating ICTs in health and goes on to summarize present and future challenges for health policies, especially inasmuch as the most vulnerable populations are concerned. Thirdly, the document showcases global progress made in several applications, strategies implemented and difficulties faced in some developed and LAC countries. The document finishes with generic proposals for the formulation of policies and strategies to be considered and adapted by countries throughout the region.…

Challenges and Opportunities for a State Role in the Post-Crisis

Abstract: The global financial crisis that emerged in developed countries' markets revealed the shortcomings of an economic policy approach which believed in the self-regulation of markets and minimized the role of the State. The post-crisis reality demands a reformulation of the role of the State. Latin America and the Caribbean countries face this challenge in a context of ongoing changes in the world production structure that threaten its position in the global economy. Although many Latin American and Caribbean countries were successful in overcoming the crisis, four key areas of policymak…

ICT for growth and equality: renewing strategies for the information society. Summary

In this new phase of post-financial-crisis economic recovery, the countries of the region are meeting considerable challenges and opportunities involving the information society, an economic and social system in which knowledge and information are vital sources of wellbeing and progress. It has been said that the countries of the region will be able to achieve greater and better growth only if they renew their strategies for development with equality and lay a sounder foundation for growth and greater social inclusion in a new technological era based on information and communications technolog…

Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL visitó sede de la CAN

(Lima, 23 de noviembre, 2010) La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, visitó hoy la sede de la Comunidad Andina de Naciones (CAN) en Lima, Perú, en donde fue distinguida con la insignia de la institución y además firmó el libro de visitantes ilustres. "Ha llegado la hora de la igualdad", dijo durante su visita a la sede de la CAN, ocasión en la cual hizo también un llamado a los gobiernos a que diseñen políticas mucho más profundas para cerrar la brecha entre ricos y pobres. Alicia Bárcena fue recibida en una sesión solemn…

Executive Secretary of ECLAC Visits Headquarters of the Andean Community

(Lima, 23 November 2010) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, visited the headquarters of the Andean Community in Lima, Peru, where she was handed the seal of the institution and signed the special visitors' book. "The time for equality has arrived", she said during her visit to the Andean Community headquarters, and she also called on governments to design more in-depth policies to narrow the gap between rich and poor. Alicia Bárcena was welcomed at a formal ceremony attended by the acting Secretary-General of the And…

Visita del Secretario General de la OEA, José Miguel Insulza a la CEPAL

"More Democracy with More Equality, Two Sides of the Same Coin in Politics and Development"

(Brasilia, 30 May 2010) "In terms of social equality, the State should ensure that popular will is expressed in agreements that provide political legitimacy and ensure the application of medium- and long-term policies," stated Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) during the inauguration today of the Commission's Thirty-third session in Brasilia, capital of Brazil. In her inaugural speech, Bárcena highlighted the role of the State in promoting strategic agendas that reflect the deliberations of a broad range of stakehol…