Fifty-Seventh Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Event

Work area(s)

Gender affairs

Topic(s)

Gender equality Violence against women Women's economic autonomy Women's political participation

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The fifty-seventh meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women was held on 30-31 July 2018 at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

Event information

Date

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Event type

Presiding officers
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The fifty-seventh meeting of the Presiding Officers was devoted to outlining preparations for the fourteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, and presenting and reviewing progress of the working group on the regional fund in support of women’s and feminist organizations and movements, among other matters.

Programme of work

30 July 2018

Registration.

4am - 5am
30 July 2018

Opening session of the fifty-seventh meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.

5am - 5am

Presentation(s)

Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).


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Mariella Mazzotti, Directora del Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres (INMUJERES) del Uruguay, en su calidad de Presidenta de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe.


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30 July 2018

Report on the outcomes of the meetings of other subsidiary bodies of the ECLAC and of intergovernmental meetings held since the fifty-sixth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.

5am - 7am

Presentation(s)

30 July 2018

Report by the secretariat on the activities carried out since the fifty-sixth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (Havana, 5 and 6 October 2017).

7am - 9am

Presentation(s)

30 July 2018

Lunch break.

9am - 10am
30 July 2018

Report on the United Nations Joint Global Programme on Essential Services for Women and Girls Subject to Violence

10am - 11am

Presentation(s)

30 July 2018

Report by the working group on the regional fund in support of women’s and feminist organizations and movements.

12pm - 2pm

Presentation(s)

30 July 2018

Preparations for the fourteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (Santiago, 2019).

2pm - 2pm

Presentation(s)

Presentación a cargo de Viviana Paredes, Directora del Servicio Nacional de la Mujer y Equidad de Género.


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31 July 2018

Discussion on women’s autonomy in changing economic scenarios in the framework of preparations for the fourteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (Santiago, 2019).

5am - 7am

Presentation(s)

- Introducción al debate:



- Presentaciones:


- Intervenciones.


31 July 2018

Discussion on women’s autonomy in changing economic scenarios in the framework of preparations for the fourteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (Santiago, 2019) (continued).

7am - 9am

Presentation(s)

La perspectiva del Caribe:


Samantha Marshall, Ministra de Transformación Social y Desarrollo de los Recursos Humanos de Antigua y Barbuda.


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Intervenciones.


31 July 2018

Lunch break.

9am - 10am
31 July 2018

Discussion on women’s autonomy in changing economic scenarios in the framework of preparations for the fourteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (Santiago, 2019) (continued)

10am - 11am

Presentation(s)

La visión de parlamentarias:


31 July 2018

Other matters.

11am - 11am
31 July 2018

Closing session

12pm - 12pm

Presentation(s)

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De izquierda a derecha, Mariella Mazzotti, Directora del Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres (INMUJERES) del Uruguay, Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL e Isabel Plá, Ministra de la Mujer y la Equidad de Género de Chile.
30 July 2018 | Press Release

Gender Equality is not only Fair but also Indispensable for the Region’s Sustainable Development

Ministers of women’s affairs and other representatives are participating as of this Monday in the fifty-seventh meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America…

Attachment(s)

Meeting documents

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Observatory(ies)

Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean

Subsidiary body(ies)

Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

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