Latin America and the Caribbean Must Move Towards a Care Society that Puts the Sustainability of Life, and the Planet at the Center
Women’s Affairs Ministers and representatives of international organizations, academia, and civil society; are participating in the Special Meeting of the Presiding Officers; of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Points said in the Conference
An emphatic call to avert setbacks on gender equality; and women’s autonomy in today’s global crisis scenario and to move towards a caring society in the region; which would put the sustainability of human life and the planet at the center.
The event – held in the Summer of 2022- spanned two days and includes the participation of Ministers of Women’s Affairs; and authorities from Mechanisms for Women’s Advancement in Latin American and Caribbean countries; along with representatives of international organizations, academia, and civil society. Attendees prepared the XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 7-11, precisely with the main theme of “The caring society: horizon for a sustainable recovery with gender equality.”
Guest speakers at the Conference
Participating in the opening session of the conference we had Raúl García-Buchaca, Deputy Executive Secretary for Management and Programme Analysis of ECLAC; María-Noel Vaeza, Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Woman (UN Women); and Antonia Orellana, Minister of Women’s Affairs and Gender Equity of Chile, in her capacity as Chair of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean. In the end, we have Ana Güezmes, Director of ECLAC’s Division for Gender Affairs, present progress on the drafting of the XV Regional Conference’s position document.
“The theme of this Regional Conference on Women was about how to move towards a caring society where time, work, resources, and power are redistributed. For this reason that a sustainable recovery with gender equality is urgently needed. We need to change the course of this configuration; which is based on inequality and adopt a different development pattern; one that would recognize people’s interdependence; and put the sustainability of human life and the planet at the center,” García-Buchaca affirmed.
María-Noel Vaeza, Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean of UN Women, likewise sustained: “Care is critical. If we do not have care systems; we will not have time to participate in politics, the economy, or the negotiating table, which is our right. We need academia, the private sector, civil society, and, primarily, the political will of States. Our hope this will be very present at the XV Regional Conference on Women.”
Ending
The Regional Gender Agenda encompasses the commitments to women’s autonomy and rights that the region’s governments; have approved at the Regional Conferences on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean; organized by women in the region and women’s and feminist organizations.
Source: UNWomen Website