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30 de July de 2018 | Speech

57a Reunión de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe
Palabras de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL.
30 July 2018 | Press Release

Gender Equality is not only Fair but also Indispensable for the Region’s Sustainable Development
Ministers of women’s affairs and other representatives are participating as of this Monday in the fifty-seventh meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is being held in Santiago, Chile.
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27 de July de 2018 | Announcement

Debatirán en la CEPAL sobre la autonomía de las mujeres en escenarios económicos cambiantes
El lunes 30 y martes 31 de julio se realizará en la sede de la Comisión en Chile la quincuagésima séptima reunión de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe.
19 June 2018 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena Receives Recognition of Excellence from the Powerful Women Forbes Forum 2018
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary was awarded for her work against inequality and poverty and for women’s economic empowerment.
11 May 2018 | Press Release

ECLAC Renews its Calling to Serve as a Pertinent and Effective Instrument for Regional Development
Amina Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the regional commission, and Rodrigo Malmierca, Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, closed the thirty-seventh session of ECLAC held in Havana, Cuba.
9 May 2018 | Press Release

Countries Highlight ECLAC’s Leadership for the Development of Latin America and the Caribbean
On the second day of its 37th session, ECLAC presented a report on activities carried out in the last biennial, as well as the projected work agenda through 2020.
17 April 2018 | Press Release

Active Participation of Civil Society is Indispensable for Fulfilling the 2030 Agenda in the Region
Representatives of citizen organizations held a meeting in the framework of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, taking place at ECLAC.
8 March 2018 | Statement

International Women’s Day
"Achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls is the unfinished business of our time, and the greatest human rights challenge in our world", United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says in his message.
IWD 2018 - Trinidad
7 March 2018 | News

Port of Spain City Village showcases women entrepreneurs

The theme of this year’s IWD is the `Time is now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives’.
1 February 2018 | News

Analysing the role of Caribbean migrant women
A newly published joint study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Organization for Migration, `Women’s Empowerment and Migration in the Caribbean’, analyses the implications of female migration at the individual, household and community levels, in both sending and receiving countries.
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18 December 2017 | Announcement

In a New Report, ECLAC Analyses Trends in Regional Poverty and the Situation of the Pension Systems in Latin America
The United Nations organization will unveil its report Social Panorama 2017 at a press conference in Mexico on Wednesday 20 December.
12 December 2017 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena Called for Breaking the Statistical Silence on Women’s Participation in Trade, Production and Value Chains
In the framework of the eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference taking place in Argentina, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in an event addressing the relationship between trade and gender equality.
6 December 2017 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Faces the Challenge of Boosting Women’s Participation in Science, Technology and Innovation
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet led the inauguration of a Gender Summit on this issue, being held this Wednesday and Thursday at ECLAC.
5 de December de 2017 | Announcement

CEPAL albergará la 12ª Cumbre de género sobre ciencia y tecnología, la primera para América Latina y el Caribe

El encuentro internacional se celebrará mañana miércoles 6 y el jueves 7 de diciembre en Santiago, Chile. Se espera la presencia de la Presidenta Michelle Bachelet en la inauguración.
21 November 2017 | Speech

International seminar on the topic “Who provides care in the city? Urban policies and women’s economic autonomy”
Remarks by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC (in Spanish).
21 de November de 2017 | Press Release

CEPAL propone avanzar hacia “ciudades cuidadoras” en América Latina y el Caribe
Claudia Pascual, Ministra de la Mujer y la Equidad de Género de Chile, y Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión, encabezaron la sesión de apertura de un seminario internacional donde se presentó el libro “¿Quién cuida en la ciudad? Aportes para políticas urbanas de igualdad”.
17 de November de 2017 | Announcement

Autoridades y especialistas en políticas urbanas con enfoque de género y cuidado participarán en seminario internacional en la CEPAL
El evento tendrá lugar los días 21 y 22 de noviembre en la sede del organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas en Santiago, Chile.
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6 October 2017 | News

Authorities on Women’s Issues Agreed to Continue Strengthening the Institutional Architecture for Advancing toward Gender Equality in the Region
ECLAC’s next Regional Conference on Women – which will take place in 2019 in Santiago, Chile – will focus on the achievement of women’s economic autonomy, which is key for enabling them to exercise the rest of their rights, according to officials.
5 October 2017 | Speech

Opening of the fifty-sixth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
Remarks by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC (in Spanish).
5 October 2017 | Press Release

Commemoration in Havana of 40 Years of Advancement of Women’s Equality and Rights in the Region with a Focus on Pending Challenges
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Vice President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, and Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, led the inauguration of the Fifty-Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women.

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