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28 February 2015 | Press Release

Women Leaders Call to Act Now for Gender Equality

Ban Ki-moon participated in the closing ceremony of a high level event organized by the Government of Chile and UN Women.
27 February 2015 | Infographic

Women in Senior Positions in Major Latin American Companies
Despite the rapid incorporation of women into the labor market since the 1970s, inequalities remain in the quality of jobs and access to them. In the region this is clearly manifested in the limited presence of women in executive positions at major companies. ECLAC reviewed the situation of 72 such businesses.
13 January 2015 | Press Release

Gender Equality Should Be a Cross-Cutting Issue on the Post-2015 Agenda
Representatives of ECLAC and the Governments of Chile and Norway take part in a high-level dialogue on the economic autonomy of women.
18 November 2014 | Speech

Special session on Beijing+20 in Latin America and the Caribbean
Opening remarks by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
7 November 2014 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for an End to Inequalities that Contribute to Violence Against Women
At present 11 countries in the region have classified femicide or feminicide in their laws, said the United Nations organization in a report.
5 November 2014 | News

ECLAC Underlines Progress in Gender Statistics in the Region
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1 September 2014 | Announcement

Region's Countries Will Review Progress on Women's Rights 20 Years after the Beijing Conference
At the 51st Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will take place in November in Santiago, Chile, a special session will be held to review the achievements and challenges on gender issues in the region.
29 August 2014 | Infographic

Women’s Participation in Politics
Five female presidents govern today in Latin American and Caribbean countries, and the number of women legislators, judges and mayors has increased in recent years. But these leaders represent no more than 26% of the total, on average, according to data from ECLAC’s Gender Equality Observatory. The Commission provides here the latest data on women’s participation in different spheres of political power.
7 March 2014 | Infographic

Unemployment among women and their economic autonomy
12 November 2013 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Improving Quality of Statistics In Order to Progress towards Equality
The Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, opened the meeting that brings together heads of national institutes in Santiago, Chile.
12 November 2013 | Press Release

Region's Countries Will Strengthen Statistics on Poverty, Public Security, South-South Cooperation and Disability
Heads of national institutes pointed out the relevance of coordinating efforts facing the post-2015 agenda.
17 October 2013 | News

Civil Society Organizations Presented Index of Women's Well-being
Foto de una mujer usando un computador
2 July 2013 | Announcement

Women's Autonomy in the Digital Economy Will Be Discussed in the Dominican Republic
The 12th session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which regularly brings together officials, activists and experts in gender affairs from the region, will meet from 15 to 18 October 2013 in the Dominican Republic.
1 August 2012 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Agree to Generate Information on Public Security and Justice
In Quito, ECLAC's member States agreed to move forward on the standardization of figures for achieving comparability.
19 June 2012 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Agree to Forge Closer Collaboration in order to Improve Use of Statistics
They called for increased use of national data in human development reports, and highlighted progress in the code of good practice for statistics.
14 August 2009 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Nations to Create Code of Good Practices for Handling Statistics
Governments agreed to improve the production of indicators and deepen their cooperation.
11 August 2009 | Press Release

Statistical Data Is Vital for Strengthening Democracy
Colombian President Álvaro Uribe inaugurated the meeting, which gathers top statistics experts from the region.
10 August 2009 | Speech

Fifth Meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Remarks by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
27 July 2007 | Press Release

Agreement Signed to Collaborate in the Development of Official Statistics
Agreement between ECLAC and Colombia's National Statistics Department (DANE) to promote technical cooperation, strengthen the institutions of Colombia's statistics system, and encourage the use of statistics in the elaboration of public policies.
20 July 2007 | Press Release

Fourth Statistical Conference of the Americas Seeks to Improve Quality and Comparability of Data
Meeting will focus on Millennium Development Goals, Census preparations for 2010, and the institutional strengthening of national statistical offices.

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