United Nations
Care economy
The care society prioritizes the sustainability of life, linking care for people and for the planet. It can help to reverse social and gender inequalities in synergy with the environmental dimension and economic development. It helps to reduce the precariousness of care work and highlights the multiplier effects of the care economy.
Activities
Festival de Datos 2023
The Festival de Datos takes place in Punta del Este, from November 7-9, 2023, bringing together more than 400 delegates from governments, multilateral organizations, the private sector, academia and civil society of various nationalities.
The burden of unpaid care work on Caribbean women in the time of COVID-19
Side event as part of the Sixty-first meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
Panel: Women's autonomy and the care economy in the framework of a transformative and sustainable recovery with equality
The crisis caused by the COVID-19 virus has accentuated the structural challenges of gender inequality and has generated a setback of more than a decade in terms of women's participation in the labor market, a deepening of the feminization of poverty and an increase in the burden of care work, even in higher-income countries such as Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay. Furthermore, as one of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the digitalization of economies that still face a significant gender gap in terms of access to and use of technologies, accentuated even more by income levels, has accelerated.
News
Caribbean Academic Forum: Contributions to the XVI Regional Conference on Women to Advance the Care Society
The Forum brought together researchers, policymakers, civil society representatives, and students from the Caribbean and Latin America to deepen the regional dialogue on advancing care societies with substantive equality, particularly in the Caribbean context.
CEPAL, ESCAP, and ESCWA, together with the governments of Cambodia, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico, implement a South-South dialogue on transforming care systems in a changing world
The event, which took place in the framework of the CSW69, brought together the United Nations Regional Commissions, governments, international organizations, and civil society to exchange experiences on care policies and interregional cooperation.
ECLAC and ILO Call on Countries in the Region to Adopt Regulations to Increase Time for Care in Latin America and the Caribbean
Today, the two United Nations organizations launched a bulletin titled Time for care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards social and gender co-responsibility.
