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Tenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Gender affairs
6 August 2007|Event

The tenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was convened by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in compliance with ECLAC resolution 619(XXXI) and was held in Quito, Ecuador, from 6 to 9 August 2007.

Tenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Tenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
Tenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean is a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and is the main regional intergovernmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality within the United Nations system.  It is organized by ECLAC as Secretariat of the Conference and, since 2020, with the support of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women). 

It is convened periodically, at intervals of no more than three years, to identify the situation of women’s autonomy and rights at the regional and subregional levels, present public policies recommendations for gender equality, and conduct periodic assessments of the activities carried out in fulfilment of regional and international agreements.  

The themes to be discussed at the tenth session of the Regional Conference are: "Political participation and gender parity in decision-making processes at all levels" and "Analysis of the contribution of women to the economy and social protection, especially in relation to unpaid work performed by women".

5 Aug 2007

  • Delivery of identification badges to delegates who had registered electronically by 31 July

    18:00 to 19:00

  • Fourteenth meeting of Specialized Agencies and other Bodies of the United Nations System on the Advancement of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

    19:00 to 20:30

6 Aug 2007

  • Registration of participants

    08:00 to 08:30

  • Meeting of heads of government delegations

    08:30 to 09:30

  • Opening ceremony of the tenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

    09:30 to 10:15

  • Coffee break

    10:15 to 10:45

  • High-level panel

    10:45 to 13:00
    • Rachel Mayanja, Subsecretaria General y Asesora Especial del Secretario General en Cuestiones de Género y Adelanto de la Mujer
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  • Plenary meeting

    14:30 to 16:30

  • Discussions

    16:30 to 17:30

  • Cocktail hosted by the Government of Ecuador

    19:30 to 20:30

7 Aug 2007

  • Presentation of national reports and reports by organizations on the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken in the Mexico City Consensus and on the advances achieved in the area of political participation and gender parity and unpaid work performed by w

    09:00 to 11:00
    SALA 3

  • Topic 1. Analysis of the contribution of women to the economy and social protection, especially in relation to unpaid work performed by women. Panel 1

    09:00 to 11:00
    SALA 1
    • María de los Ángeles Durán
      “La importancia del uso del tiempo en las políticas de igualdad”
      Saskia Sassen
      “Importancia del trabajo no remunerado para la igualdad de género”
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      Casimira Rodríguez
      “Situación de las mujeres trabajadoras del hogar en América Latina”

  • Topic 2. Political participation and gender parity in decision-making processes PANEL2

    09:00 to 11:00
    SALA2
    • Epsy Campbell
      La democracia intercultural paritaria: El verdadero desafío democrático del siglo XXI (presentación)
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      Epsy Campbell
      La democracia intercultural paritaria: El verdadero desafío democrático del siglo XXI (texto)
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      Soledad Murillo
      El significado y el aporte de la paridad en el desarrollo de la democracia
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  • Discussions

    11:30 to 13:00

  • Side event 1-2-3

    13:00 to 14:30
    • EVENTO PARALELO 1:Contribución de la economía del cuidado a la protección social
      EVENTO PARALELO 2:Hacia un nuevo contrato social y de género: políticas de corresponsabilidad entre el trabajo reproductivo y productivo en América Latina
      EVENTO PARALELO 3:La economía invisible y las desigualdades de género: La importancia de medir y valorar el trabajo no remunerado

  • Panel 1 -2-3 (continued)

    14:30 to 16:30

  • General discussion

    17:00 to 18:00

  • Cocktail hosted by ECLAC and the United Nations organizations in Ecuador

    19:00 to 19:30

8 Aug 2007

  • Side event 4-5-6

    13:00 to 14:30
    • EVENTO PARALELO 4:¡La mesa está servida! Regímenes jurídicos sobre trabajo doméstico remunerado en el Mercosur
      EVENTO PARALELO 5:Las políticas de paridad de género en y para la sociedad de la información: Nuevas agendas, nuevas alianzas
      EVENTO PARALELO 6:Ciudadanía y derecho de las mujeres indígenas y afrodescendientes

  • Topic 2. Political participation and gender parity in decision-making processes. PANEL 4

    13:15
    SALA 2

  • Presentation of national reports and reports by organizations on the fulfilment of the commitments undertaken in the Mexico City Consensus and on the advances achieved in the area of political participation and gender parity and unpaid work performed by w

    13:15
    SALA 3

  • Topic 1. Analysis of the contribution of women to the economy and social protection, especially in relation to unpaid work performed by women. PANEL 3

    13:15
    SALA 1
    • Ida Le Blanc
      Jeanette Sánchez
      Protección social y trabajo doméstico no remunerado en Ecuador
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  • Panels (continued)

    14:30 to 16:00

  • Conclusions

    16:30 to 18:00

9 Aug 2007

  • Plenary

    09:00 to 13:30

  • Closing session

    15:30 to 17:00

Practical information

Agenda
Annotated provisonal agenda

Women's contribution to equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Consensus
Quito Consensus 

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