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21 de February de 2024 | Press Release

Ministerios de Educación de América Latina y el Caribe se comprometen a aumentar los esfuerzos para reactivar, recuperar y transformar los sistemas educativos
Las autoridades, reunidas en Chile en la Ministerial de Educación Santiago 2024 a fines de enero, acordaron trabajar para recuperar lo perdido durante la pandemia y transformar los sistemas educativos. Subrayaron la importancia de un financiamiento sostenible, políticas innovadoras y estrategias inclusivas y resilientes para pasar del compromiso a la acción.
25 January 2024 | Press Release

The “Ministerial Meeting of Education” Begins in Santiago, With an Urgent Call to Recover and Reactivate the Educational Systems of Latin America and the Caribbean
The meeting, organized by the Ministry of Education of Chile (MINEDUC) and UNESCO, with the support of ECLAC, CAF, UNICEF and the World Bank, addresses the challenge of educational reactivation, the transformation of teaching, and financing. To overcome these challenges, it is necessary to have public policies to guarantee the right to education for 125 million students in the region.
23 November 2023 | Press Release

Poverty in Latin America Returned to Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2022, ECLAC Reports with an Urgent Call for Progress on Labour Inclusion
Despite this improvement in the indicators, more than 180 million people in the region do not have enough income to meet their basic needs and 70 million of them lack the income needed to acquire a basic food basket, the Commission warns in its report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023.
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17 de March de 2022 | News

Nuevo documento analiza la cohesión social desde una mirada regional y nacional a fin de identificar prioridades y oportunidades para las políticas públicas
Informe elaborado por la CEPAL y AECID fue presentado en un seminario virtual en el que participaron destacados analistas internacionales.
25 January 2022 | Press Release

Extreme Poverty in the Region Rises to 86 Million in 2021 due to the Deepening of the Social and Health Crisis Prompted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
In its annual report Social Panorama of Latin America, ECLAC estimates that the number of people living in extreme poverty rose by around 5 million between 2020 and 2021. The United Nations organization calls for moving towards universal, comprehensive, sustainable and resilient social protection systems.
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21 January 2022 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Release the Latest Poverty and Inequality Figures in the Context of the Prolonged Health and Social Crisis Linked to COVID-19
The Social Panorama of Latin America 2021 report will be unveiled on Thursday, January 27 at a virtual press conference by the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena.
9 July 2020 | Statement

Building Back Better Requires Transforming the Development Model of Latin America and the Caribbean
Message by the United Nations' Secretary-General, António Guterres, for the launch of policy brief on the impact of COVID-19 on Latin America and the Caribbean.
12 May 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Proposes Moving Towards a Basic Income to Help the Most Vulnerable Population Overcome the Coronavirus’s Effects
The organization presented a new report on the social challenges of the crisis stemming from COVID-19. In a context of low growth, a significant increase in poverty, extreme poverty and inequality is foreseen in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Reunión virtual sobre el rol de los Ministerios de Desarrollo Social del Caribe ante la pandemia del COVID-19
21 April 2020 | News

Alicia Bárcena Encouraged Caribbean Countries to Advance Towards Less Unequal and More Caring Societies, Leaving No One Behind
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated today in a virtual meeting on the role of Social Development Ministries in the Caribbean in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was organized jointly by the Secretariat of Welfare of Mexico and the UN Regional Commission.
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC's Executive Secretary, during her presentation.
2 April 2020 | News

Alicia Bárcena Calls for Implementing Universal, Redistributive and Solidarity-Based Policies to Avoid Another Lost Decade
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated today in a virtual meeting on the role of Latin America and the Caribbean’s Social Development Ministries in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was organized by Mexico’s Secretariat of Welfare and the UN Regional Commission.
1 de October de 2019 | Speech

Inauguración de la Tercera Reunión de la Conferencia Regional sobre Desarrollo Social de América Latina y el Caribe
Palabras de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL.
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10 December 2018 | News

New Public Policies Are Proposed to Eradicate Racism and Discrimination in Guatemala
The study, requested to ECLAC by the Presidential Commission on Discrimination and Racism against the Indigenous Peoples of Guatemala (CODISRA), offers recommendations that would allow for moving toward social equality while also promoting cultural diversity.
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22 de November de 2018 | Announcement

CEPAL acogerá primer conversatorio regional a 30 años de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño
La reunión, organizada por la comisión regional de las Naciones Unidas y la Oficina Regional para América Latina y el Caribe de UNICEF, se celebrará del 27 al 29 de noviembre en Santiago, Chile.
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12 de June de 2018 | News

Expertos analizan desafíos de la inclusión social y laboral de las personas migrantes para los sistemas de protección social en la región
Seminario sobre migración e inclusión, organizado por la CEPAL y la SISCA, se extenderá hasta el jueves 14 en San Salvador.
7 de September de 2015 | Infographic

Infografía de la Unidad de Desarrollo Social de la CEPAL en México
En la presente infografía se muestran los objetivos, los ejes temáticos prioritarios, las acciones y breve información estadística que la Unidad de Desarrollo Social de la CEPAL en México trabaja específicamente para los países de América Central y el caribe.
2 June 2014 | Op-ed

Reinforcing Complementarity in the Social Agenda of Latin America and the Caribbean
Op-ed by Martín Hopenhayn, Director of ECLAC's Social Development Division, published in ECLAC Notes Nº 80 (June 2014).
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2 June 2014 | News

Authorities and Civil-Society Representatives Discussed Situation of People with Disabilities

During a meeting organized by ECLAC, participants analysed the strategic priorities for ensuring the political and social participation of this section of society.
20 October 2010 | Press Release

Government Officials and Experts to Analyze Contribution of Information Technologies to Social Development
The advances in the fields of health and education will be highlighted in order to promote their inclusion in the region's public social policies.