Note d'information
Preparatory meeting of the XIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean with Caribbean countries
Port of Spain, 26 - 27 July 2016
San Fernando Room, Radisson Hotel
PROGRAMME
Tuesday 26 July 2016
8:30 – 9.00 am Registration of Participants
9.00 – 10.30 am Technical Meeting to examine the economic autonomy of women in the Caribbean
10.30 – 10.45 am Coffee Break
10.45 am – 1.00 pm Technical Meeting to examine the economic autonomy of women in the Caribbean
1.00 – 2.30 pm Lunch Break
2.30 – 3.00 pm Inauguration of the Preparatory Meeting of the XIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Diane Quarless, Director, ECLAC Subregional Office for the Caribbean
- Bernarda Bernard, Chargée d’Affaires a.i., Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Trinidad and Tobago
- Jacqueline Johnson, Permanent Secretary, Gender and Child Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister, Trinidad and Tobago
3.00 – 4.15 pm High-level Panel “Autonomy and gender equality: The Caribbean towards 2030”
- Gale T.C. Rigobert, Honourable Minister for Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development, Saint Lucia
- Jennifer Rouse, Director of the Division of Ageing, Ministry of People and Social Development, Trinidad and Tobago
- Line Bareiro, Regional specialist on women’s rights
- Debate
4.15 – 4.30 pm Coffee
4.30 – 5.00 pm Report of the preparation of the XIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Ana Stefanovic, Gender Affairs Division, ECLAC
5.00 – 5.30 pm Presentation of the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean 2016
- Ana Stefanovic, Gender Affairs Division, ECLAC
Wednesday 27 July 2016
9.00 – 10.00 am Presentation of advances of the position document of the XIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Pamela Villalobos, Gender Affairs Division, ECLAC
- Comments from UN Women, UNFPA and UNDP
- Debate
10.00 – 11.15 am Panel “Subregional challenges for the implementation of the regional gender agenda” (first part)
- The Bahamas, Grenada, Jamaica
11.15 – 11.30 am Coffee
11.30 am – 1.00 pm Panel “Subregional challenges for the implementation of the regional gender agenda” (second part)
- Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
1.00 – 2.30 pm Lunch Break
2.30 – 4.00 pm Debate on the design of a regional strategy for the implementation of commitments on gender equality and the 2030 agenda
- Nicole Bidegain, Gender Affairs Division, ECLAC
4.00 – 4.30 pm Coffee
4.30 – 5.00 pm Other matters
5.00 – 5.30 pm Closing and conclusions of the preparatory meeting
- Pamela Villalobos, Gender Affairs Division, CEPAL