Tracking and achieving gender parity in local government is crucial for gender equality and sustainable development.

Transformar datos en información, información en conocimiento y conocimiento en decisión política.

The progress towards a development agenda based on economic, social and environmental sustainability must incorporate the
concept of care to ensure a structural change within the framework of inclusive growth. As ECLAC has stated, it is necessary to
move from the culture of privilege to the culture of equality, and place emphasis on new forms of distribution (of time and other
resources), incorporating essential aspects for the reproduction of life, such as care work.

No geral, os sistemas previdenciários na América Latina e o Caribe reproduzem e aprofundam as desigualdades estruturais presentes em outros âmbitos. Nos países da região, os sistemas previdenciários estão fortemente associados ao tipo de vínculo que as pessoas estabelecem com o mercado laboral, o qual se caracteriza, por sua vez, por altas taxas de informalidade, precariedade e por reproduzir desigualdades de gênero. Em um contexto de mudanças demográficas relacionadas com o envelhecimento e a feminização da população idosa, se agudizam os desafios que enfrentam as mulheres para alcançar sua autonomia econômica.

The segmentation of Latin American labour markets - a consequence of the high degree of structural heterogeneity and the persistent sexual division of labour - limits women’s employment and concentrates them in certain sectors and occupations of the economy. The accelerated changes product of the adoption of digital technologies pose new scenarios for the world of work. In addition, the ongoing process of population aging presents challenges and opportunities for women’s autonomy and for the achievement of a more equal participation in the labour market.

At least 2,795 women were victims of femicide in 23 Latin American and Caribbean countries in 2017, according to data provided by national public agencies to ECLAC’s Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean. The severity of the phenomenon has forced 18 Latin American countries to modify their laws to sanction femicide: Costa Rica (2007), Guatemala (2008), Chile and El Salvador (2010), Argentina, Mexico and Nicaragua (2012), Bolivia (Plur. State of), Honduras, Panama and Peru (2013), Ecuador, Dominican Republic and Venezuela (Bol. Rep.) (2014), Brazil and Colombia (2015), Paraguay (2016) and Uruguay (2017).

A situação atual que vivem as mulheres afrodescendentes na América Latina e no Caribe mostra a persistência de profundas desigualdades frente a outros grupos sociais. O estudo “Mulheres afrodescendentes na América Latina e Caribe: Dívidas de igualdade” oferece evidências que permitirão avançar em direção a políticas transformadoras que reflitam um dos grandes desafios da Agenda 2030 na América Latina e Caribe: alcançar a igualdade de gênero em perspectiva interseccional, que reconheça e valorize a diversidade étnico-racial existente na região.

In Latin America, cities play a central role in planning and developing policies to promote the progress of its people, improve their living conditions and guarantee their rights. In this context, women and men have different needs and aspirations in the urban space, as well as unequal opportunities to access the goods and resources of the city, particularly due to the current sexual division of labour.

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.