From today, November 7th to November 11th, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the XV. Regional Women’s Conference in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will include the participation of representatives from governments, United Nations and intergovernmental organizations, academia and civil society, particularly women’s and feminist movements. The main topic of the meeting is “The Nursing Society: Horizon for Sustainable Recovery with Gender Justice”.
The Regional Conference for Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, is the premier regional intergovernmental forum of the United Nations on women’s rights and gender equality. It is organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) as the secretariat of the conference and since 2020 in coordination with the United Nations Organization for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women).
Argentina will host the XV. Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
the encounter will be inaugurated on Tuesday, November 8th at 16.00 in Argentina (GMT-3) by Alberto Fernández, President of Argentina, in his capacity as host country of the XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean; José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC; Ayelén Mazzina, Minister for Women, Gender and Diversity of Argentina; Antonia Orellana, Chilean Minister for Women and Gender Justice; María-Noel Vaeza, Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean at UN Women; Claudia Mojica, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System in Argentina; Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (via video); and Gabriel Boric, President of Chile, in his capacity as the country holding the outgoing Chair of the Regional Conference (via video).
On Wednesday 9th, ECLAC will present the position paper The Nursing Society: Horizon for Sustainable Recovery with Gender Justice, which stresses the urgency of changing the style of development towards a caring society that recognizes the interdependence between people and the interdependence between production processes and society; a caring society that puts the sustainability of human life and the planet at the heart of development.
Two documents will be released on Thursday 10th: The Funding of Care Systems and Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Contributions to Sustainable Recovery with Gender Equality, Prepared by ECLAC and UN Women, and Breaking the Statistical Silence to the Achieving gender equality by 2030: Application of the Axis to Information Systems of the Montevideo Strategy for the Implementation of the regional gender agenda within the framework of sustainable development by 2030prepared by ECLAC under two subsidiary bodies: the Conference on Statistics and the Regional Conference on Women.
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The program of XV. Regional Women’s Conference It includes a high-level debate on the care society in the region, two thematic panel discussions – on financing care and protecting the planet – and a roundtable on shared responsibility for care.
Before the opening of the meeting, a parliamentary forum will be held on Monday, November 7th and the morning of November 8th, and various civil society activities will be organized, including the Forum of Feminist Organizations. At least 31 parallel events are also planned.
ECLAC invites you to follow the meeting with the tags #XVConferenceMujerALC Y #CareSociety on social networks and through the website http://live.cepal.org/XVConferenciaMujerALC.
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