Human rights, migration and regional security

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Food and nutrition security and the eradication of hunger CELAC 2025: Furthering discussion and regional cooperation

The region of Latin America and the Caribbean can boast a successful track record in the process of eradicating hunger: it is the only region in the world that has halved both the proportion of people who suffer from hunger (the target set in the Millennium Development Goals) and their absolute number (the target set at the World Food Summit of 1996). This publication aims to provide the region’s countries with up-todate and timely information on the status of food and nutrition security; on the role in eradicating hunger played by the different areas such as agriculture, agrifood trade and natural resources management; and on the possibility of successfully addressing the twin burden of malnutrition, in a context where the effects of climate change could threaten the progress achieved in Latin America and the Caribbean thus far. The CELAC Plan for Food and Nutrition Security and the Eradication of Hunger 2025 is a cross-cutting tool for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; and it thus encourages the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to redouble their efforts to identify key policy areas that will make it possible to speed up and consolidate the process of eradicating hunger and tackle the twin burden of malnutrition in the region, in which overweight and obesity are increasingly adding to that scourge.

Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2004: 2005 trends

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Millennium development goals: progress towards the right to health in Latin america and the Caribbean

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The United Nations Regional Commissions: Enhancing Capacities To Eradicate Violence Against Women

This study captures the significant regional and national knowledge that has been accumulated on measuring violence against women through the interregional project "Enhancing capacities to eradicate violence against women through networking of local knowledge communities". Supported by the United Nations Development Account, this two-year project was coordinated by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), through its Division for Gender Affairs, and implemented by the five regional commissions of the United Nations, in cooperation with the United Nations Statistical Division and UN-Women. Through the project, more than 30 countries worldwide have been engaged in the development, dissemination and testing of core indicators endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Commission. This process has made a decisive contribution to designing and building consensus around a common methodology to measure and document violence against women. Furthermore, the inclusion of all five regions in piloting the newly-developed tools to measure violence has also ensured that these tools capture a more comprehensive and complex vision of violence as experienced by women across cultures and regions. This report presents an overview of the activities that have taken place in the five regions, and outlines the key outcomes and lessons learned. Through its activities, the interregional project has made the cumulative body of existing knowledge in terms of policies, findings, innovative practices, processes and statistical data available to policymakers, activists and women's organizations. New knowledge was also produced through national studies that examined underexplored sources of data on violence against women. National capacities to collect information on violence against women through official statistics were strengthened through targeted training activities as well as through participation in expert meetings which provided the space for an effective exchange of best practices.

Regional Panorama: Latin America. Megacities and sustainability

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Poverty, hunger and food security in Central America and Panama

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What kind of State? what kind of equality?: XI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: Brasilia, 13-16 July 2010

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What kind of State? What kind of equality? XI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean: Brasilia, 13-16 July 2010. Summary

The document What kind of State? What kind of equality? analyses the progress of gender equality in the region 15 years after the approval of the Beijing Platform for Action, 10 years after the drafting of the Millennium Development Goals and 3 years after the adoption of the Quito Consensus at the tenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in 2007. It also examines the achievements made and challenges faced by governments in light of the interaction between the State, the market and families as social institutions built on the foundation of policies, laws, and customs and habits which, together, establish the conditions for renewing or perpetuating gender and social hierarchies.

¿Qué Estado para qué igualdad?: XI Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe: Brasilia, 13 al 16 de julio de 2010. Síntesis

En el documento ¿Qué Estado para qué igualdad? se analiza el progreso de la igualdad de género en la región tras 15 años de la aprobación de la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing, 10 años de la formulación de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Mileno y 3 años de la adopción del Consenso de Quito en la décima Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe realizada en 2007. Se examinan además los logros y desafíos que enfrentan los gobiernos a la luz de la interacción entre el Estado, el mercado y las familias como instituciones sociales construidas a partir de políticas, leyes, usos y costumbres que, en conjunto, establecen las condiciones para renovar o perpetuar las jerarquías sociales y de género.

Que tipo de estado? que tipo de igualdade? XI Conferencia Regional sobre a Mulher da América Latina e do Caribe: Brasília, 13 a 16 de julho de 2010. Síntese

No documento Que tipo de Estado? Que tipo de igualdade? analisa-se o progresso da igualdade de gênero na Região depois de 15 anos da aprovação da Plataforma de Ação de Beijing, 10 anos da formulação dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento do Milênio e 3 anos da adoção do Consenso de Quito, na décima Conferência Regional sobre a Mulher da América Latina e do Caribe realizada em 2007. Examinam-se, além disso, as conquistas e desafios que enfrentam os governos à luz da interação entre o Estado, o mercado e as famílias como instituições sociais construídas a partir de políticas, leis, usos e costumes que, em conjunto, estabelecem as condições para renovar ou perpetuar as hierarquias sociais e de gênero.

¿Qué Estado para qué igualdad?: XI Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe: Brasilia, 13 al 16 de julio de 2010

Este documento recoge contribuciones de las ministras y autoridades de los mecanismos para el adelanto de la mujer de América Latina y el Caribe, que definieron su contenido en la cuadragésima tercera reunión de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe (Puerto España, 7 y 8 de julio de 2009), y que enviaron documentos e información para su preparación y enriquecieron su versión final con aportes y debates en dos foros virtuales. En este informe se integran los avances del Observatorio de igualdad de género de América Latina y el Caribe y se da cuenta del trabajo realizado durante sus dos primeros años de funcionamiento, con énfasis en la autonomía económica de las mujeres.

Temario provisional. Tercera Conferencia regional intergubernamental sobre envejecimiento en América Latina y el Caribe

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Provisional agenda. Third Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Temario provisional anotado. Tercera Conferencia regional intergubernamental sobre envejecimiento en América Latina y el Caribe

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