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24 November 2016 | Statement

International Day to End Violence Against Women and Girls
"Today, we are seeing the world lit up in orange, symbolizing a bright future for women and girls", UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in his message.
25 October 2016 | Press Release

XIII Regional Conference on Women Opens with Strong Condemnation of Gender Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean
The President of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez, the Minister of Social Development, Marina Arismendi, and ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, led the opening session of the inter-governmental conference being held through Friday, October 28 in Montevideo.
25 de October de 2016 | Speech

Inauguración de la XIII Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe
Intervención de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL.
24 de October de 2016 | Infographic

Feminicidio
En promedio, al menos 12 mujeres son asesinadas diariamente en la región por el hecho de ser mujeres. Los feminicidios ocasionados en el ámbito de las relaciones de pareja constituyen la forma más dramática de violencia contra la mujer.
24 October 2016 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Taking Innovative and Effective Measures to Guarantee Women’s Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean
In a new study released today, the regional organization details the enormous inequalities that are keeping women from exercising their physical, economic and political autonomy.
20 October 2016 | Speech

Lecture by Tarja Kaarina Halonen, former President of Finland: “Women in the twenty-first century”
Remarks by Antonio Prado, Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
20 de October de 2016 | Press Release

Tarja Halonen: Implementación de agenda de género es la base para alcanzar el desarrollo sostenible
La ex Presidenta de Finlandia dictó una conferencia magistral en la CEPAL, donde fue recibida por el Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto del organismo regional, Antonio Prado.
19 October 2016 | News

How to follow the XIII Regional Conference on Women of ECLAC being held in Montevideo
All the panel discussions and publication presentations will be transmitted live on the social networks under the hashtags #CRM13, #mujeresALC and #womenLAC.
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19 October 2016 | Announcement

President of Uruguay to participate in the opening of the XIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
On Tuesday 25 October, the intergovernmental meeting in Montevideo will be opened by President Tabaré Vázquez, together with other high-level authorities of Uruguay and representatives of United Nations agencies.
11 October 2016 | Statement

International Day of the Girl Child
"The wellbeing, human rights and empowerment of the world’s 1.1 billion girls are central to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. When we agreed on that agenda, we promised girls quality education and health services", United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says.
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15 de September de 2016 | Announcement

CEPAL invita a periodistas y comunicadores a inscribirse en taller sobre la XIII Conferencia Regional de la Mujer
La actividad, que no tiene costo y cuenta con cupos limitados, se realizará de forma presencial y virtual el miércoles 28 de septiembre.
8 March 2016 | Statement

International Women’s Day 2016
"From the glass ceiling to a carpet of shards" is this year's title for the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, message.
De izquierda a derecha, Delia Vergara, Consuelo Saavedra y Paula Molina, periodistas chilenas, y María Nieves Rico, Directora de la División de Asuntos de Género de la CEPAL.
26 de November de 2015 | News

Los medios de comunicación son actores clave para visibilizar la desigualdad que afecta a las mujeres
María Nieves Rico, Directora de la División de Asuntos de Género de la CEPAL, fue la principal oradora en una conferencia realizada en la sede del organismo de las Naciones Unidas en Santiago, Chile.
25 November 2015 | Statement

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
"Even in areas at peace, violence against women persists in the form of femicide, sexual assault, female genital mutilation/cutting, early marriage and cyberviolence", Ban Ki-moon says.
24 November 2015 | Press Release

ECLAC Warns About High Number of Femicides in Latin America and the Caribbean
At least 1,678 women were murdered in 2014 for gender reasons in 17 countries of the region.
16 November 2015 | Infographic

Femicide
Femicide is the most dramatic expression of violence against women. According to official data from the region’s countries compiled by the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean of ECLAC, 1903 women were murdered because of their gender in fifteen Latin American countries and three Caribbean nations in 2014.
11 November 2015 | Infographic

Violence against women
Violence against women in Latin America and the Caribbean must be addressed comprehensively by States, taking into account factors of economic, social and cultural inequality that operate in society and in the power relations between men and women.
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20 October 2015 | News

Women live globally longer, healthier lives with better education, reveals new UN report
But women and girls continue to be victims of gender based discrimination and violence, underscoring critical need for gender equality as defined by newly adopted SDGs.
9 October 2015 | Statement

International Day of the Girl Child
"Let us resolve to invest in today’s adolescent girls so that tomorrow they can stand strong as citizens, political leaders, entrepreneurs, heads of their households and more", UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in his message.
25 September 2015 | Press Release

“There Will Be No Progress On Implementation of the SDGs if Gender Equality Is Ignored”: Alicia Bárcena
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in a high-level debate at the Sustainable Development Summit held in the framework of the UN General Assembly in New York.

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