Provisional agenda. Special meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Ministers and Senior Officials for Women’s Affairs Review at ECLAC the Implementation of the Montevideo Strategy for Gender Equality

Ministers and senior officials from mechanisms for women’s advancement in the region are participating this Thursday and Friday, May 25-26, in the fifty-fifth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean to review implementation of the Montevideo Strategy, approved in October 2016 to achieve gender equality, rights guarantees and women’s autonomy. The gathering was inaugurated by Mariella Mazzotti, Director of the National Women’s Institute (Inmujeres) of Uruguay – in that country’s capacity as Chair of the Presiding Officers of the R…

Senior Government Officials Call for Greater Autonomy and Gender Equality across the Caribbean

High-level government officials and senior international gender experts are calling for more to be done to ensure the economic and social autonomy of Caribbean women. Within the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the opportunities and challenges faced by women as against men in such areas as employment, education, human rights and political leadership speak to the issues of equality which are at the heart of discussions being held at the Caribbean preparatory meeting of the XIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, taking place on 26-27 July 201…

Senior Government Officials Address Sustainable Development Priorities of the Caribbean

“The challenge facing the Caribbean is to identify paths to development that emphasize macroeconomic stability with growth, equity, and environmental sustainability. This will provide a bulwark against external shocks and the protection necessary for those that are most vulnerable”, Mr. Antonio Prado, Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC, said during the opening of the 26th session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), held in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis on 22 April 2016. Addressing senior policy makers from across the subregion, Diane Quarless, Director of ECLAC …

Government Representatives and Officials Discussed the Post-2015 Agenda in the Caribbean

(12 July, 2013) The medium-term challenges and the shaping of a post - 2015 development agenda in the Caribbean were discussed during the Sixteenth Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Georgetown, Guyana. During the High- level meeting, held on 11 July 2013, government representatives and officials discussed three issues. Presentations were made on the outcome of the Caribbean regional preparatory meeting for the 2014 third international conference on Small Is…