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Fourth Regional Conference on the Integration of Women into the Economic and Social Development of Latin America and the Caribbean

Gender affairs
27 September 1988|Event

The fourth Regional Conference on the Integration of Women into the Economic and Social Development of Latin America and the Caribbean was held in Guatemala City, from 27 to 30 September 1998. It was convened by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC in fulfilment of ECLAC resolution 495 (XXII), to evaluate what had been done to meet the requirements of the Regional Plan of Action for the Integration of Women into Latin American Economic and Social Development in the light of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, taking into consideration the impact of the crisis on the status of women.

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) which is convened on a regular basis, at least every 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, undertake periodic assessments of the activities carried out in fulfilment of regional and international plans and agreements on the subject, and serve as a forum for debates on relevant issues.

ECLAC has been given the mandate to convene the member States to sessions of the Regional Conference. Generally, a member country of ECLAC offers to host the conference. 

Provisional agenda:

1. Election of Officers

2. Adoption of the agenda

3. Report by the Chairman of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on the Integration of Women into the Economic and Social Development of Latin America and the Caribbean on the work done since the third Regional Conference 

4. Review and critical evaluation of some aspects of the status of women in the region, including their incorporation into the labour market, women heads of household and the role of women in commerce in the Caribbean

a) Report by the Secretariat

b) General debate

5. Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women up to the Year 2000 and their implementation at the national, subregional and regional level, with consideration of the national machinery responsible for implementing the Strategies and special attention to the problem of the abuse of women and the effect of violence on their status

6. The impact of the regional crisis on women

7. Preparations for the fifth Regional Conference

8. Other business

9. Consideration and adoption of the report of the Conference

 

Estrategias de ejecución para el adelanto de la mujer hasta el año 2000 y su puesta en práctica a nivel nacional, subregional y regional, incluido el tema de los mecanismos nacionales encargados y el de la mujer maltratada y el efecto de la violencia sobre la situación de la mujer

6. El impacto de la crisis de la región sobre la mujer

7. Preparativos de la Quinta Conferencia Regional

6. Otros asuntos

9. Consideración y aprobación del informe de la reunión

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