Millennium development goals. 2006 report: a look at gender equality and empowerment of women in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Selección de documentos y publicaciones de la CEPAL relacionados con la incorporación de la perspectiva de género en las principales áreas del desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe = Selected ECLAC documents and publications relating to mainstreaming the gender perspective in the main spheres of the regional development process in Latin America and the Caribbean

Publicación bilingüe

Progress report on gender equality, poverty eradication and the Millennium Development Goals in the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Desarrollo y equidad de género: una tarea pendiente = Development and gender equity: an uncompleted task

Incluye Bibliografía

Gender, the environment and the sustainability of development

Includes bibliography

Activities of the ECLAC Secretariat to support the integration of a gender perspective into the economic and social development of Latin America and the Caribbean (1 January 2000 to 31 December 2003)

Includes bibliography

Activities of the ECLAC Secretariat to support the integration of a gender perspective into the economic and social development of Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Activities of the ECLAC Secretariat relating to the mainstreaming of a gender perspective in the economic and social development of Latin America and the Caribbean: 1 July 2001 to 31 March 2003

Includes bibliography

Desarrollo sostenible, pobreza y género en América Latina y el Caribe: medidas hacia el año 2000 = Sustainable development, poverty and gender in Latin America and the Caribbean: working towards the year 2000

Incluye Bibliografía

La mujer en el desarrollo del Caribe: equidad de género y transformación productiva = Women in Caribbean development: gender equity in changing production patterns

Incluye Bibliografía

Consultancy study for the development of a strategy for institutionalizing the gender perspective in the substantive work of ECLAC

Includes bibliography

The use of databases of social and gender statistics in the development of policies and programmes

The unavailability of data to inform policy planning and formulation has been repeatedly cited as the main challenge to economic and social progress in the Caribbean. Furthermore, even in instances when data is produced, broader gaps exist between its production and eventual use for evidence-based policy formulation. Owing to those challenges, this report explores the use of databases of social and gender statistics in the development of policies and programmes in the Caribbean subregion. The report offers a general appraisal of databases against two main considerations: (i) maximizing the use of existing databases in relevant policies and programmes; and (ii) bridging the gaps in data availability of relevant statistical databases and their analyses. The assessment entailed an inventory of social and gender databases maintained by data producers in the region and analysis of the extent to which the databases are used for policy formulation. To that end, a literature search as well as consultations with a number of knowledgeable persons active in the field of statistics and data provision was conducted. Based on the review, a set of recommendations were produced to improve current practices within the region with respect evidence based policy formulation.

Gender and the Millennium Development Goals

It has now been five years since the landmark United Nations Millennium Declaration and related Development Goals (MDGs), wad adopted by Member States. The Declaration is a blueprint for action and has created a political momentum which holds great potential not only for improving the rights and empowerment of women, but more fundamentally for achieving the MDGs. The targets and indicators represent concrete benchmarks to measure progress on the eight development goals. The 2000 Millennium Declaration commits States to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women as effective ways to combat poverty, hunger, disease and to stimulate development that is truly sustainable. The acknowledgement that the achievement of women’s rights and equality is central to the achievement of social and economic development is a significant achievement. This issue of Gender Dialogue, looks at gender equality and women’s empowerment and the achievement of the MDGs.