In 2021, at least 4,473 women were victims of femicide (also known as feminicide) in 29 countries and territories of the region, according to the latest official data that countries reported to the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEO) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This represents at least 12 women per day who die violent, gender-based deaths in the region, the institution warns.
“For 15 years, Latin American and Caribbean States have recognized the seriousness of femicidal violence and the gender-related killing of wome…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) expressed its concern today over the persistence of gender-based violence against women and girls in the region and high rates of femicide, or feminicide. According to the latest official data reported to the Commission’s Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEO), in 2019, 4,640 cases of femicide were recorded in 24 countries (18 in Latin America and 6 in the Caribbean).
The situation of women and girls has been aggravated under confinement and the restrictions on movement ordered by countries in th…
In 2022, at least 4,050 women were victims of femicide (also known as feminicide) in 26 countries and territories of Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the latest data that official agencies reported to the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEO) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). This is equivalent to one gender-related killing of a woman every two hours in the region.
“It is not possible to identify an upward or downward trend in the rates of femicide or feminicide in each country, since the variations are small an…
Ministers of Women’s Affairs and authorities from mechanisms for women’s advancement in the region, in addition to other government officials, representatives of United Nations and intergovernmental organizations, academia and civil society – particularly women’s and feminist movements – will meet on October 11-12, 2023 to follow up on the commitments that countries have adopted on gender equality and women’s autonomy, and moving towards the care society.
The Sixty-fifth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean – which will take p…
An emphatic call to avert setbacks on gender equality and women’s autonomy in today’s global crisis scenario and to move towards a care society in the region, which would put the sustainability of human life and of the planet at the center, was made today by authorities and international officials during the inauguration of the Special Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is being held under a hybrid format at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
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High-level government authorities, officials from the United Nations (UN) and representatives of civil society reaffirmed today their commitment to gender equality and urged for picking up the pace to achieve substantive equality, on the ground, and to avert setbacks in Latin America and the Caribbean, at a special event held during the Fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development in Costa Rica.
“This is a day to renew our commitment to gender equality and women’s autonomy. We have advocated for the physical, economic and political a…
Senior government officials along with representatives of international organizations, academia, women’s and feminist organizations, and civil society made an urgent call today for investing in the care economy in Latin America and the Caribbean, with emphasis on creating decent jobs for women, and for moving towards a care society to achieve a transformative and sustainable recovery with gender equality in the region, on the first day of the Sixty-first Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place virtually thr…
The Vice Presidents of Colombia (Marta Lucía Ramírez), Costa Rica (Epsy Campbell), and El Salvador (Félix Ulloa), along with twenty-odd ministers of women’s affairs and senior authorities from mechanisms for women’s advancement, as well as officials from other areas of government, will gather at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile on January 27-31 to participate in the XIV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, the foremost intergovernmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality in the region.
The event – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin Americ…
Government authorities, international officials and representatives of civil society in Havana, Cuba today looked back on the policies in favor of gender equality and women’s rights implemented over the past 40 years in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, which make up the Regional Gender Agenda, and debated the main challenges that lie ahead.
This Thursday, October 5, the Fifty-Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba. It was organized by the Economic Commission fo…
(1 October, 2013) The situation of Latin American and Caribbean women is once more at the heart of regional debate thanks to the meeting organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to review fulfilment of national gender equality commitments.
The 12th session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held from 15 to 18 October 2013 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to bring together authorities, experts, international officials and representatives from civil society and the business sector.
Organized by ECLAC and th…
In 2023, at least 3,897 women were victims of femicide or feminicide in 27 countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean. This means at least 11 violent deaths of women every day due to their gender, according to information that official agencies reported to the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean (GEO) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
The Bulletin No. 3 – Femicidal violence in figures. Latin America and the Caribbean: urgent action to prevent and eliminate femicides, launched today, is included in the UNITE to…
Women’s full participation in the strategies for emerging from the crisis that has stemmed from the COVID-19 pandemic, with emphasis on their digital inclusion and on the forging of a care society, is indispensable for an egalitarian and sustainable recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean, authorities and international officials agreed today during the inauguration of the 60th Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place virtually through Thursday, February 25.
The meeting – which features the participation …
During today’s inauguration of the XIV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, authorities and international officials called for prioritizing policies for gender equality and women’s autonomy in the current regional context, characterized by economic deceleration – which debilitates the space for needed social, economic and environmental policies – and by a deterioration in poverty and inequality indices.
The gathering – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) with support from the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and…
Government officials and experts from across the Caribbean participated in the subregional preparatory meeting of the XIV session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, an ECLAC subsidiary body, held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 18 June 2019, to examine progress as well as obstacles for advancing women’s autonomy and gender equality in the context of the Caribbean’s changing economic scenarios.
The event was organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean and ECLAC’s Divisi…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) called today for taking innovative and effective measures to guarantee the full exercise of Latin American and Caribbean women’s rights, at a time when societies in several of the region’s countries have risen up to demand an end to gender violence and to the inequalities that affect their well-being and quality of life.
On Monday, the United Nations regional body launched the document Equality and women’s autonomy in the sustainable development agenda, which will be discussed by the authorities, international officials and re…
Public policies geared toward equality in the labor market, education and social protection, among other areas, will be examined by government officials and academics during a seminar to be held on Monday, March 30 and Tuesday 31, 2015 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
The high-level seminar “Paths Toward Equality and Development: Latin America-Norway Dialogue” is organized by ECLAC and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It will be opened on March 30, at 0900 a.m. by Hege Araldsen, Norwegian Ambassador to Chil…
Latin America and the Caribbean must expand women’s participation in science, technology and innovation to make progress on gender equality and achieve inclusive and sustainable development, authorities, specialists and international officials agreed today at the inauguration of the Gender Summit 12 being held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
“It is truly an honor that this first Summit for Latin America and the Caribbean is taking place in Chile, and I say this as the president and as a woman who has worked for the …
The specific challenges facing Caribbean women were at the center of attention during the 57th meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was held from 30-31 July 2018 at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
Among the obstacles faced by Caribbean women, countries noted the serious constraints faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS), due to their middle-income country status, highly indebted situation, heavy dependence on tourism, and vulnerability to climate change and environmental hazards, that negatively…
The situation of Latin American and Caribbean women is once more at the heart of regional debate thanks to the meeting organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to review fulfilment of national gender equality commitments in a few weeks time.
The twelfth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held from 15 to 18 October 2013 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to bring together authorities, experts, international officials and representatives from civil society and the business sector.
Organized b…
Femicide is the most dramatic expression of violence against women. According to official data from the region’s countries compiled by the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean of ECLAC, 1903 women were murdered because of their gender in fifteen Latin American countries and three Caribbean nations in 2014.…