Ambassadors and other official representatives of the member countries of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reaffirmed their commitment today to strengthening multilateralism and recognized the vital role of the United Nations Regional Commissions – including ECLAC – as engines for implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, during the thirty-eighth session of the Commission’s Committee of the Whole.
Gathered at the United Nations headquarters in New York, the participating authorities reviewed the report on ECLAC’s activities in 2024 and li…
Embajadores y representantes oficiales de los países miembros de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) reafirmaron hoy su compromiso con el fortalecimiento del multilateralismo y reconocieron el papel indispensable de las Comisiones Regionales de las Naciones Unidas -entre ellas la CEPAL- como motores para la implementación de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, durante el Trigésimo octavo período de sesiones del Comité Plenario de la Comisión.
Reunidos en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York, las autoridades presentes revisaron el informe de acti…
Using the care diamond framework proposed by Shahra Razavi, we analyse paid and unpaid care (especially childcare) in Mexico on the basis of four provider categories: family or household, the State, the market and the non-profit sector. Our work combines two main types of data: descriptive statistics and published studies based on empirical research and in-depth policy analysis. We offer a comprehensive description of childcare distribution in Mexico, outlining the four provider categories and institutional and private arrangements that support social reproduction. We highlight the weak public…