XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
La XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean It was held in person in Buenos Aires from November 7 to 11. On this occasion, the Conference discussed the care society as a horizon for a sustainable recovery with gender equality.
The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, was in charge of the inauguration on Tuesday, November 8th at the Sheraton Hotel in Buenos Aires, which was also attended by Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC; Ayelén Mazzina, Minister of Women, Gender and Diversity of Argentina; Antonia Orellana, Minister of Women and Gender Equity of Chile; María-Noel Vaeza, Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean of UN Women; Claudia Mojica, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System in Argentina; and Gabriel boric, President of Chile, in his capacity as the country holding the outgoing Presidency of the Regional Conference (via video).
Within the framework of the Conference, on Friday, November 11, Karina Batthyány, Executive Director of CLACSO, participated in the Round Table on Shared responsibility for care.
On Wednesday the 9th, ECLAC presented the position paper “The care society: a horizon for a sustainable recovery with gender equality”, which highlights the urgency of implementing a change in the development style to move towards a care society in which the interdependence between people is recognized, as well as the interdependence between production processes and society; a care society that places the sustainability of human life and the planet at the center of development.
On Thursday the 10th, two documents were released: Financing care systems and policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: contributions to a sustainable recovery with gender equality, prepared by ECLAC and UN Women, and Breaking the statistical silence to achieve gender equality by 2030: application of the information systems axis of the Montevideo Strategy for the Implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda within the Framework of Sustainable Development towards 2030, Prepared by ECLAC within the framework of two subsidiary bodies: the Statistical Conference of the Americas and the Regional Conference on Women.
The program of the XV Regional Conference on Women includes a high-level debate on the care society in the region, two thematic panels -on financing of care y planet care– and a round table discussion shared responsibility for care.
Prior to the opening of the meeting, on Monday, November 7th and the morning of November 8th, a Parliamentary Forum of a regional nature with the aim of sharing experiences and advancing the Regional Gender Agenda in the parliamentary sphereThere were also more than 30 side events.
La Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean It is the main regional intergovernmental forum of the United Nations on women's rights and gender equality. The meeting, which celebrates its 45th anniversary this year, will be attended by representatives of governments, United Nations and intergovernmental agencies, academia, and civil society, particularly women's and feminist movements.
It is a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and is the main regional intergovernmental forum of the United Nations on women's rights and gender equality. It is organized by ECLAC, as the Conference Secretariat, and, since 2020, in coordination with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).
The Conference concluded with the approval by acclamation of the document «Buenos Aires Commitment«.
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