Hidden Treasures: "Women in Latin America"

The Economic Commission for Latin America (CEPAL) activities pertaining to the situation of Latin began in compliance with CEPAL resolution 321 (XV),adopted at the fifteenth session of the Commission (Quito, March 1973), in which the member governments recommended that the CEPAL Secretariat should prepare a study on participation of women in the development of the region and the measures to be taken to eliminate discrimination and the lack of educational, employment and economic opportunities for women. A brief selection of some documents that reflect regional initiatives and ECLAC in relation to the progress.

Resolution 321(XV): Participation of women in Latin American development (1973)

://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/15558

Regional Plan of Action for the Integration of Women into Latin American Economic and Social Development (1977)

://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/15049

Selection of resolutions adopted in 1979-1980 on the situation of women and their integration into economic and social development

://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/15458

Women in Latin America: the situations as regards the implementation of the Regional Plan of Action (1979)

://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/16810

Five studies on the situation of women in Latin America(1982)

://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/7638

Women as participants: reflections on their role in the family and in society (1983)

://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/16781

Legal situation of women in Latin America and the Caribbean defined according to the resolutions and mandates of the United Nations system (1983)

://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/16736

Latin America: analysis of the social problems affecting women in various sectors (1983)

://repositorio.cepal.org/handle/11362/16803

These and others documents about the women situation can be found in the ECLAC Digital Repository, 37,000 documents and publications, from 1948 onwards, in one place. For further information about the "Hidden Treasures" series visit the Library at ://www.cepal.org/en/eclac-libraries or Ask Us here