“No social actor, on their own, can achieve fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Without cooperation and without partnerships, there is no 2030 Agenda.” With this declaration by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the official inauguration took place this Tuesday, April 1 of the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, the main intergovernmental gathering on the 2030 Agenda in the region, which is held each year under the auspices of ECLAC.
Senior government authorities from…
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…
In the framework of his official visit to the country, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, met today in Guatemala City with the President of the Republic of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo de León, where they discussed the current cooperation agenda between the Government and the United Nations regional organization and explored areas of collaboration for the Central American nation’s development.
ECLAC has stressed the importance of Latin American and Caribbean countries invigorating their growth and making…
On Monday March 6, 2023, government officials and experts will come together at two high-level events organized by the CAF-development bank of Latin America- and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Among other topics, participants will debate the challenges related to taxation and decentralisation in the region and the role of public policies and cooperation for gender equality.
Both in-person events will be held at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago to coincide with the CLXXVII meeting of the CAF board of directors scheduled for March 6-9 in Chile.
The first, …
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, reiterated today the organization’s commitment to continue accompanying the region’s countries in the analysis and proposals for a way out of the emergency and a transformative recovery, during a session of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2021, focused on listening to the messages coming from the distinct regions of the world.
The senior United Nations official participated in the segment entitled “Messages from the Regions: Harnessing the regional dimension…
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 …
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, urged today for strengthening triangular cooperation and fostering its role as a catalyst of the post COVID-19 recovery during a regional conference organized by Argentina’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
The senior United Nations official was one of the main speakers at the V Regional Conference “Perspectives on Triangular Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean”, whic…
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…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold its most important biennial meeting in Mexico City from May 23 to May 27, 2016, where officials will present to its 45 member and 13 associate countries a report on recent activities and will offer governments a reflection upon development strategies in the context of the commitments contained in the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Mexico’s Foreign Minister, Claudia Ruiz Massieu, and ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, signed the agreement on 12 February through which Mexico becomes the ve…
During a forum of women leaders convened by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, called on the Group of Seven (G7) to use a collective approach to address the matter of international cooperation in order to resolve global problems, including the migratory crisis.
Bárcena spoke in the name of a region that is considered to be middle income and no longer qualifies to receive Official Development Assistance (ODA). “We have to think about what kind of cooperation we want to establish,” the i…
This document was prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) for the official visit of Geung-hye Park, President of the Republic of Korea, to several countries in the region.
The Republic of Korea’s success in economic and social development offers many lessons for Latin America and the Caribbean and the developing world as a whole. From being one of the poorest countries in the world in the early 1960s, in six short decades the Republic of Korea has succeeded in transforming itself into a high-income economy, a major manufacturing, scientific and export po…
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…
(13 January 2015) The post-2015 development agenda should not only include gender equality as a specific objective, but also as a cross-cutting perspective to increase women’s economic autonomy. This was agreed upon by representatives of the Governments of Chile and Norway and senior officials from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) at a high-level dialogue held on January 12.
The meeting, which was held at the headquarters of this United Nations Commission in Santiago, Chile, was attended by the Minister of Chile’s National Women’s Service (SERNAM), Claudia Pa…
A few months before the thirty-fifth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is to be held in Lima, Peru, representatives of the Peruvian government and officials from the United Nations organization agreed to launch the project "Political Dialogue for the Economic Empowerment and Autonomy of Women."
The project -which will get technical assistance from ECLAC, specifically from the Economic Development and Gender Affairs divisions- aims to bring to light the situation of Peruvian women in the productive, labor and economic arenas and identify public poli…
The economic crisis could increase unemployment among women in Latin America and the Caribbean in productive sectors such as commerce, the manufacturing industry (maquilas and textiles), financial services, tourism and domestic help services.
Inequality, informal employment and lack of social protection may also rise among women in lower income groups. This scenario requires, among other things, redefining fiscal pacts in order to ensure resources for public policies, and strengthening official development assistance, such as the provision of loans from multilateral financial institutions.
The…
Making progress on women’s autonomy and gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean is not just a matter of social justice – it is also an indispensable factor for the sustainable development of the region’s countries, ministers of women’s affairs, specialists and international officials emphasized today while participating in the fifty-seventh meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
The meeting, which will conclude on Tuesday, July 31, was inaugurated on Monday by Alicia Bárcen…
Representatives of more than 200 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in various countries, government authorities and officials from international bodies agreed today at ECLAC that the active participation of civil society is indispensable for adopting decisions, planning and applying the policies that foster compliance with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
At this gathering of civil society – prior to the second meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which will be held on April 18-20…
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 …