Selected online learning experiences in the Caribbean during COVID-19. Policy Brief

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread closure of schools and disruption of education systems worldwide, requiring unprecedented adaptation to ensure learning continuity for students. In place of classroom learning, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been adopted to support online distance learning – with mixed results. While Caribbean governments have piloted a range of online learning modalities, many children in the subregion, especially those from poor and rural households, were not able to leverage those facilities. As a result of a lack of access to the Internet …

ICT in Latin America: a microdata analysis

This book is the final report of the ECLAC-IDRC project Observatory for the Information Society in Latin American and the Caribbean OSILAC, which aims at understanding the dynamics of the ICT evolution and revolution and producing evidence on its potential to promote socio-economic development. As such, microdata analysis drawn from National Household Surveys and National Innovation Surveys in Latin America were used in the framework of the project in the attempt to reach those objectives. Both statistical information sources provide attractive potentialities in order to investigate not only d…

Persiste brecha de género en inclusión digital en países de la región

(9 de abril, 2013) Las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) abren variadas oportunidades para el empoderamiento de las mujeres y la igualdad de género, pero las mujeres latinoamericanas y caribeñas no están todavía en igualdad de condiciones en comparación con los hombres en la sociedad de la información y el conocimiento, señaló Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). Bárcena fue la oradora principal en el panel "Las mujeres y la inclusión social" que forma parte del Foro de Líderes Gubernamentales: América Lat…

Migration data collection, management, sharing in the Caribbean

This paper is to assist governments and other concerned parties in the subregion to identify, at the national and regional levels, already existing mechanisms for migration data collection, management and sharing and to provide guidance on how to identify and bridge the still existing information gaps on migration data in the subregion…

The new information technologies and women: essential reflections

This document was presented as a background study for the discussion at the meeting of experts on Globalization, technological change and gender equity (São Paulo, Brazil, 5-6 November 2001), organized by the Women and Development Unit together with the International Trade Division of ECLAC and the Centre for Women's Studies and Social Gender Relations of the University of São Paulo. It is clear from the text that the new technologies are taking us into a dizzy time of new exclusions, and that in addition to being a material reality they are also a discursive product with effects on…

Report of the twenty-ninth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Se destaca la Alianza Regional para la Digitalización de las Mujeres de América Latina y el Caribe en evento en el marco del Sexto Foro Multiactor sobre Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación para los ODS

La Ministra de la Mujer y la Equidad de Género de Chile, Mónica Zalaquett, en su calidad de Presidenta de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe presentó la Alianza Regional para la Digitalización de las Mujeres de América Latina y el Caribe en el evento paralelo Igualdad de Género en la Ciencia, la Tecnología y la Innovación: Hacia un Ecosistema de CTI Inclusivo y Conectividad para Todos y Todas. Este evento se llevó a cabo el 5 de mayo de 2021 en el marco del Sexto Foro Multiactor sobre Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación para los Objetivos de …

Virtual Side Event on the margins of the 6th Annual Multi-stakeholder STI Forum for the Sustainable Development Goals: Gender Equality in Science, Technology and Innovation: Towards an Inclusive STI Ecosystem and Connectivity for All

On the occasion of the 6th Annual Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals, the Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations, the Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the…

Enhancing data for development: policy imperatives for tracking the implementation of the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean. Policy Brief

For small island developing States (SIDS), sustainable development is a delicate balance of pursuing economic growth, social development and environmental stewardship in the context of economic volatility, social challenges, climate change threats and global uncertainties while striving to build resilience. Recognized as a special case for development since the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, SIDS remain highly vulnerable to external shocks due to their small economies, limited connectivity and reliance on external markets. Over the years, global frameworks such …

Intergenerational relations: creating a world for all ages so that no one is left behind

This paper, prepared jointly by the five regional commissions of the United Nations, explores the social and economic challenges and opportunities of demographic shifts towards multigenerational societies across the countries covered by the five regional commissions. It discusses the latest evidence on demographic trends and intergenerational relations, labour markets, social protection, care, living arrangements and digitalization across regions, and it provides recommendations to build societies for all ages. With a strong interdisciplinary and interregional focus, the paper addresses interg…