This document was prepared for the Special Session of Latin America and the Caribbean’s Regional Consultation prior to the Sixty-fith Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65) to be held virtually on February 24 and 25, 2021 in the framework of the Sixtieth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean. More
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The study analyzes the socioeconomic effects of the expansion of the National Care System of El Salvador. It highlights how the free public provision of care services for dependent persons aged 18 and over not only responds to a social need but also constitutes a strategic investment for economic growth and gender equity, generating jobs and freeing time from unpaid care work, especially for women.
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This humanitarian update examines the differentiated impact of the earthquakes in Venezuela on women and girls and identifies the key priorities for integrating the gender dimension into the humanitarian response. The report highlights risks such as gender-based violence, the increased burden of unpaid care work, barriers to accessing health services, and the impacts on mental health and livelihoods.
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Effective humanitarian response requires gender-responsive programming across all sectors, addressing both the distinct needs and capacities of women, girls, men, and boys, while recognizing that gender inequality is both a pre-existing vulnerability amplified by crisis and a barrier to effective humanitarian assistance. This Rapid Gender Analysis examines the gender-differentiated im-pacts of armed gang violence and displacement in Haiti, providing evidence-based recommendations to strength-en humanitarian response.
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Effective humanitarian response requires gender-responsive programming across all sectors, addressing both the distinct needs and capacities of women, girls, men, and boys, while recognizing that gender inequality is both a pre-existing vulnerability amplified by crisis and a barrier to effective humanitarian assistance. This Rapid Gender Analysis examines the gender-differentiated im-pacts of armed gang violence and displacement in Haiti, providing evidence-based recommendations to strength-en humanitarian response.
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This publication by the Inter-American Task Force on Women’s Leadership is framed within regional efforts to strengthen digital transformation in the Americas, including the commitments undertaken by Heads of State and Government in the Regional Agenda for Digital Transformation, adopted at the Ninth Summit of the Americas (Los Angeles, 2022).
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Developed by GWL Voices in collaboration with UCLG and UN Women, this report examines women’s participation and leadership in local and regional governments in Latin America, with a focus on the barriers and challenges they face in holding subnational executive positions, and puts forward policy-relevant recommendations to advance parity and inclusive governance.
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Este documento de políticas analiza cómo Trinidad y Tobago se convirtió en el primer país del Caribe en adoptar un Plan de Acción Nacional de Mujeres, Paz y Seguridad. Recoge lecciones de la Academia regional de PAN de MPS y ofrece recomendaciones prácticas para fortalecer la planificación inclusiva, el compromiso político y la implementación de la agenda en el Caribe.
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La infografía de Impactos y Resultados del programa MELYT – Fase II (2023–2026), implementado por ONU Mujeres, presenta sus resultados de implementación hacia la autonomía económica de las mujeres rurales en El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras, mediante inclusión financiera, desarrollo empresarial, sistemas de cuidado y liderazgo colectivo. En su Fase II, ha fortalecido a más de 1,100 mujeres empresarias, apoyado miles de MiPYMES y promovido políticas de corresponsabilidad de cuidados, con impactos en empleo, bienestar y desarrollo territorial inclusivo.
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This document provides a comprehensive review of the status of MAMs in Latin America and the Caribbean, from their origins to their recent evolution, as well as of the regulatory framework that underpins them. This includes the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action itself, and the regional agreements emerging from the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which together constitute the Regional Gender Agenda.
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Mujeres del Bicentenario surge con el propósito de reconocer a quienes, desde la política, la ciencia, el arte, la educación, el periodismo y múltiples ámbitos de la vida pública y comunitaria, desafiaron los límites impuestos y abrieron caminos de equidad y justicia para las generaciones futuras.
La publicación es resultado del trabajo del Servicio Estatal de Autonomías, institución que ha impulsado diversas iniciativas orientadas a visibilizar la participación de las mujeres bolivianas en la historia nacional.
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Este documento describe cómo alcanzar la justicia climática feminista a través de cuatro dimensiones interrelacionadas (reconocimiento, redistribución, representación y reparación) y los principios de interdependencia e interseccionalidad. Ofrece orientaciones prácticas sobre lo que los países deben hacer para transitar hacia economías de bajas emisiones resilientes al cambio climático, reconociendo al mismo tiempo el liderazgo de mujeres, niñas y personas de género diverso en impulsar el cambio que se necesita con urgencia.
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This 2025 interagency factsheet from the UNiTE Campaign presents a comparative country-by-country overview of violence against women and girls in Latin America and the Caribbean. It brings together recent data on femicide, intimate partner homicide, prevalence of physical and sexual violence, and child marriage, with specific information for over 15 countries in the region and a dedicated section on the Caribbean.
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This inter-agency factsheet from the UNiTE Campaign 2025 presents an updated global and regional overview of violence against women and girls, featuring key data from UN Women, UNODC, ECLAC, and WHO. The document compiles recent figures on femicide, physical and sexual violence, legal frameworks, child marriage, digital violence and its impacts, highlighting trends, gaps, and urgent priorities for action in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Within the framework of COP30 on Climate Change, UN Women, together with various regional counterparts, has been weaving a common pathway in which governments, civil society, academia, and international organizations join forces to ensure that gender equality becomes a guiding compass—rather than a footnote—in global negotiations.
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This Policy Brief presents lessons learned from the development and launch of the first Women, Peace and Security (WPS) National Action Plan (NAP) in the Caribbean, led by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago with technical support from UN Women and Our Secure Future (OSF). It highlights the catalytic role of the WPS NAP Academy—co-hosted in Port of Spain in 2024—which served as a platform for peer learning, stakeholder coordination, and strategic engagement across government, civil society, and regional actors. The brief outlines key milestones, best practices, and challenges faced in designing and implementing the WPS NAP
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A regional programme by UN Women with the support of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (2023–2027)
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The member States of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean participating in the sixteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, gathered from 12 to 15 August 2025 in Tlatelolco, Mexico City, where the first World Conference on Women was held 50 years ago (1975).
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The Caribbean faces severe climate threats, worsened by historical injustices and social inequalities. In this context, care emerges as a survival strategy sustaining life and resilience, especially through the unpaid labor of women. Highlighted at the Caribbean Academic Forum, care is also vital to environmental sustainability. This brief argues that the Caribbean, though vulnerable, offers valuable insights for climate action rooted in interdependence, solidarity, and memory, drawing on UN Women’s regional work.
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This document presents an overview of the progress and challenges related to women's political participation in Latin America and the Caribbean. The region has developed a solid framework of laws and public policies aimed at ensuring the full and effective exercise of women's political rights, with a vision of parity-based democracy grounded in the Regional Gender Agenda.
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This document aligns with urgent calls to rethink the financial architecture from an environmental sustainability perspective. The climate and ecological crises exacerbate existing inequalities, disproportionately affecting women—especially those living in poverty, rural women, Indigenous women, and Afro-descendant women—who continue to face structural inequalities and multiple forms of discrimination, despite regional efforts to leave no one behind within the framework of the 2030 Agenda.