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ECLAC - The Economic Commission for Latin America, has been given the mandate to convene the member States to sessions of the Regional Conference.The ECLAC secretariat sends out invitations to the member countries and associate members of the Commission to participate in the deliberations. Other States Members of the United Nations and representatives of other bodies and programmes forming part of the United Nations system are invited to attend as observers, as are representatives of intergovernmental organizations and of non-governmental organizations enjoying consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and special guests.
ECLAC Regional Conference on
Women in Latin America & Caribbean
Brasilia, Brazil - 13-16
July, 2010
Objectives &
Programme
Objective of the eleventh session of the Regional Conference on
Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
The
eleventh session of the Regional Conference will examine the achievements made
in gender equality and the challenges still facing the region in this regard,
with a particular focus on women's autonomy and economic empowerment. The
deliberations will be based on the assessment of the main advances and
challenges concerning fulfilment of the commitments arising from the Fourth
World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995) and the regional conferences on women.
The strategic questions proposed as a guide for the debate are:
1. What type of economic development and democracy are needed to achieve equality between men and women?
2. What kind of public policies are conducive to gender equality in the context of the growth and development models of the countries of the region?
What kind of State? What kind of
equality? is the theme of
the eleventh session of the Regional Conference. ECLAC will present a position
document examining the achievements made in gender equality and the challenges
still facing the Governments of the region in this regard, in light of the
interplay between the State, the market and families -the three social
institutions built up over time through policies, institutions, legislation,
usage and custom, that together establish the conditions in which social and
gender hierarchies are changed or perpetuated. What kind of State? What kind of
equality? are the questions the document asks and attempts to answer from the
perspective of women's human rights -the parameter set by the community of
nations for driving and measuring progress towards gender equality.
Preliminary information:
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