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Women’s Affairs Ministers and authorities from mechanisms for women’s advancement in Latin America and the Caribbean advocated for incorporating a gender perspective into the policies for responding to the pandemic to tackle the multiple forms of violence and inequality that affect women, while also reaffirming their commitment to take all necessary measures to accelerate effective implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and the Regional Gender Agenda in order to contribute t...

Authorities from the region, international officials and feminist organizations participated in the inauguration of the 60th Meeting of the Presiding...

Vice Presidents, Foreign Ministers, Ministers of Women’s Affairs and authorities from mechanisms for women’s advancement – among other representatives from the region’s countries – will participate on February 23-25, 2021 in the 60th Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will take place virtually. The meeting is being organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which holds the Conference’s Secretariat, in coordination with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality an...