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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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Report of the Eleventh Session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

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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.

40 years of the regional gender agenda

The first Regional Conference on the Integration of Women into the Economic and Social Development of Latin America and the Caribbean was held almost 40 years ago (Havana, 1977). It provided a regional forum for exchange after the World Conference of the International Women’s Year in Mexico City in 1975, where participants supported the idea of social demands for women’s rights and gender equality (which were starting to spread from country to country) being converted into government commitments. On that occasion they adopted the Regional Plan of Action for the Integration of Women into Latin American Economic and Social Development, the region’s first road map for progress towards the recognition of women’s contribution to society and the obstacles that they face in improving their situation. At that same conference, the Governments gave the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) a mandate to convene periodically, at intervals of no more than three years, a Regional Conference on Women. In fulfilment of this mandate, over the next four decades ECLAC organized 12 Regional Conferences on Women, first through its Women and Development Unit, then its Division for Gender Affairs. This interaction between governments, with the active participation of the women’s and feminist movement and the support of the entire United Nations system, has become the main forum for the negotiation of a broad, profound and comprehensive regional agenda on gender equality, in which women’s autonomy and rights are front and centre. Policies for development and overcoming poverty have always been a key focus at these meetings. This publication is a compilation of all the agreements adopted by the Governments at the regional conferences and will serve not only as a tool for reference, but above all as a tool for action and for building a future based on the collective memory of the women of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Informe de la Undécima Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe

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Informe da Décima Primeira Conferência Regional sobre a Mulher da América Latina e do Caribe

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Quel genre d'État pour quel genre d'égalité?: XI Conferénce régionale sur les femmes de l'Amérique latine et les Caraibes: Brasilia, 13 al 16 juillet 2010

Le document Quel genre d'état pour quel genre d'égalité? analyse les progrès de l'égalité entre les sexes dans la région, 15 ans après l'Adoption du Programme d'action de Beijing, 10 ans après la formulation des objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement et 3 ans après l'Adoption du Consensus de Quito à la dixième Conférence régionale sur les femmes de l'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes qui s'est tenue en 2007. Il examine en outre les succès et les défis auxquels sont confrontés les gouvernements à la lumière de l'interaction entre l'état, le marché et les familles, en tant qu'institutions sociales construites sur la base de politiques, de lois, d'us et coutumes qui, ensemble, créent les conditions pour rénover ou perpétuer les hiérarchies sociales et de genre.

Quel genre d'État pour quel genre d'égalité?: XI Conferénce régionale sur les femmes de l'Amérique latine et les Caraibes: Brasilia, 13 al 16 juillet 2010. Synthese

Le document Quel genre d'État pour quel genre d'égalité? analyse les progrès de l'égalité entre les sexes dans la région, 15 ans après l'adoption du Programme d'action de Beijing, 10 ans après la formulation des objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement et 3 ans après l'adoption du Consensus de Quito à la dixième Conférence régionale sur les femmes de l'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes qui s'est tenue en 2007. Il examine en outre les succès et les défis auxquels sont confrontés les gouvernements à la lumière de l'interaction entre l'État, le marché et les familles, en tant qu'institutions sociales construites sur la base de politiques, de lois, d'us et coutumes qui, ensemble, créent les conditions pour rénover ou perpétuer les hiérarchies sociales et de genre.

¿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.

The invisible face of child labour in Latin America and the Caribbean

Child labour has a gender bias related to the dominant stereotypes regarding gender roles. While out-of-home paid work is carried out predominantly by boys, girls bear the greater burden in unpaid domestic tasks, whether in their own homes or the homes of others. Boys are more exposed to the risks of being out on the street and find it more difficult to combine work and education. For girls it may be easier to reconcile the spheres of work and education, but they suffer costs that remain hidden and that reinforce their disadvantages throughout the life cycle. On the one hand, they are marked by the assumption that the burden of the care economy is entirely their responsibility, which determines future labour prospects. Indeed, even when girls show greater educational achievement, their occupational options are more limited. On the other hand, girls are exposed to risk within the household, where overexploitation, maltreatment and abuse are as frequent as they are unpunished.

Meeting held on engendering macroeconomic policy

.--Home.--Meeting on engendering macroeconomic policy.--Are macroeconomic policies gender neutral?.--Women, Men and Poverty.--UNDP support for a gender-responsive macroeconomic development planning in the Caribbean.--COMMENTARY: Males and females are victims of marginalisation.--Legislative reform project on Family Law and Domestic Violence.--Gender Focal Points in regional organisations and institutions.