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This section presents publications produced by ECLAC in collaboration with other organizations, classified according to the type of resources and topics related to gender equality.
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24 May 2017 | Notes for equalityNote for Equality N° 24: Planning for equality and women's autonomy
The gender equality plans developed by the governments of the region show how States intend to overcome the critical nodes of gender discrimination and women's autonomy in all areas of development, in line with the international commitments of the Regional Gender Agenda.… -
26 Apr 2017 | Notes for equalityNote for Equality N°23: Women’s rights and autonomy at the center of Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Progressing towards SDG 5 involves implementing public policies to end discrimination and violence against women, recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work, ensuring women’s full and effective participation at all levels of decision-making, as well as universal access to sexual and reproductive health. To this end, laws must be approved to ensure women’s rights to economic and natural reso… -
8 Mar 2017 | ECLAC PublicationMontevideo Strategy for Implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda within the Sustainable Development Framework by 2030
The Montevideo Strategy for Implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda within the Sustainable Development Framework by 2030 was adopted by the member States of ECLAC at the thirteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean. The aim of the Montevideo Strategy is to guide the implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda and ensure that it serves as a road ma… -
7 Mar 2017 | Notes for equalityNote for Equality N°22: Women: the most harmed by unemployment
Despite that the rate of unemployment in Latin America has tended to be low, accumulating a decline of 2.8 percentage points between 2002 and 2013, since 2015 this tendency has reversed. According to data from the Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean of ECLAC, for that year the rate of unemployment reached 7.4%, with women being the most affected: for them unemp… -
7 Mar 2017 | ECLAC PublicationGender equality plans in Latin America and the Caribbean: Road maps for development
In Latin America and the Caribbean, various measures and concrete public policy proposals exist enshrining the will of the States in the region to overcome the obstacles that prevent women’s full integration on an equal footing into all areas of social, cultural and economic life. The gender equality plans drawn up by the countries of the region are important policy and planning instruments that, … -
24 Jan 2017 | ECLAC PublicationReport of the technical meeting to examine the economic autonomy of women in the Caribbean
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean convened a half-day Technical Meeting to examine the economic autonomy of women in the Caribbean on 26 July 2016 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.… -
19 Dec 2016 | ECLAC PublicationEquality and women’s autonomy in the sustainable development agenda
Through the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Latin American and Caribbean States have almost four decades of experience in generating successive consensuses —with the support and participation of civil society— aimed at eliminating gender inequality and ensuring fulfilment of women’s rights and autonomy.… -
29 Nov 2016 | InfographicsViolence against women
Violence against women is a form of discrimination, directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects women disproportionately. This violence seriously inhibits women's ability to enjoy their human rights and freedoms on a basis of equality with men.… -
25 Nov 2016 | Notes for equalityNote for Equality N°21: Bullying and sexual harassment in the working and educative environments. Violence against women made invisible
Sexual harassment is defined as any unwelcome sexual advance, request for sexual favour, verbal or physical conduct or gesture of a sexual nature, or any other behaviour of a sexual nature that might reasonably be expected or be perceived to cause offence or humiliation to another, when such conduct interferes with work, is made a condition of employment or creates an intimidating, hostile or offe… -
22 Nov 2016 | Other ECLAC PublicationsTo erradicate violence against women and girls in Latin America and The Caribbean: 12 key messages
Launched by the UN Secretary General in 2008, UNITE to end violence against women aims to mobilize governments and the public opinion to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls (VAWG) all over the world. The campaign, coordinated by UN Women, calls on all UN agencies, governments, civil society, women’s organizations, the private sector, the media, men, young people and women and gi… -
11 Oct 2016 | Notes for equalityNote for Equality N°20: Girl children and adolescents and the early construction of gender roles
On the International Day of the Girl Child, it is fundamental to emphasise the need to consolidate specific information and analysis about their situation, to generate evidence for the design of policies that eradicate the barriers that affect girl children and adolescents in order to achieve their autonomy and exercise of rights, and assure their well-being in the present and the future.… -
30 May 2016 | ECLAC PublicationClassification of Time-Use Activities for Latin America and the Caribbean (CAUTAL)
The Classification of Time-Use Activities for Latin America and the Caribbean (CAUTAL) is the outcome of an extensive working process undertaken by the Working Group on Gender Statistics of the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA) to meet the need of Latin American and Caribbean countries for a gender-sensitive instrument appropriate to the regional context that could be used to harmonize … -
| 27 Apr 2016 | Notes for equalityNotes for Equality N° 19: Women’s participation in Chile’s mining sector increases steadily
The mining sector represents an opportunity for women’s economic autonomy, and their incorporation increases the productivity and innovation of the mining industry, thus contributing to sustainable development.… -
8 Mar 2016 | Notes for equalityNote for Equality N° 18: The wage gap persists between men and women
Earning the same as men under equal conditions is a woman’s right, and a requisite for her autonomy as well as for the achievement of gender equality.… -
16 Nov 2015 | InfographicsFemicide
Femicide is the most dramatic expression of violence against women. According to official data from the region’s countries compiled by the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean of ECLAC, 1,678 women were murdered because of their gender in fourteen Latin American countries and three Caribbean nations in 2014.…
