Growth, Poverty and Inequality in the Caribbean

.--Director’s Desk: Growth, Poverty and Inequality in the Caribbean.--Non-Comunicable Diseases: A Growing Epidemic.--Policies and Programmes for an Ageing Population.--Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV in the Caribbean.--International Migration and Development: Challenges and Opportunites.--Gender Based Violence

Guía operacional para la implementación y el seguimiento del Consenso de Montevideo sobre Población y Desarrollo: segundo borrador

Presentación .-- I. Antecedentes generales .-- II. Marcos para la implementación de la agenda regional en población y desarrollo .-- III. Operacionalización de las medidas prioritarias del Consenso de Montevideo sobre Población y Desarrollo: A. Integración plena de la población y su dinámica en el desarrollo sostenible con igualdad de género y respeto de los derechos humanos. B. Derechos, necesidades, responsabilidades y demandas de niños, niñas, adolescentes y jóvenes. C. Envejecimiento, protección social y desafíos socioeconómicos. D. Acceso universal a los servicios de salud sexual y salud reproductiva. E. Igualdad de género. F. La migración internacional y la protección de los derechos humanos de todas las personas migrantes. G. Desigualdad territorial, movilidad espacial y vulnerabilidad. H. Pueblos indígenas: interculturalidad y derechos. I. Afrodescendientes: derechos y combate al racismo y la discriminación racial.

Draft operational guide for implementation and follow-up of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development: second draft

Introduction .-- I. Background .-- II. Frameworks for implementing the regional agenda on population and development .-- III. Making operational the priority measures of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development: A. Full integration of population dynamics into sustainable development with gender equality and respect for human rights. B. Rights, needs, responsibilities and the demands of girls, boys, adolescents and youth. C. Ageing, social protection and socioeconomic challenges. D. Universal access to sexual and reproductive health services. E. Gender equality. F. International migration and protection of the human rights of all migrants. G. Territorial inequality, spatial mobility and vulnerability. H. Indigenous peoples: interculturalism and rights. I. Afro-descendants: rights and combating racial discrimination.

Caribbean synthesis review and appraisal report in the context of the 15th anniversay of the adoptaton of the Beijing declaration and platform for action

The report is a summary based on information received by ECLAC from the eight English-speaking Caribbean countries of Barbados, Belize, the Cayman Islands, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Jamaica, Suriname, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago in response to the questionnaire to governments on the Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) and the Outcome of the Twenty-Third Special Session of the General Assembly (2000). The report is therefore set in the context of the regional review and appraisals of the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in 2010. This Executive Summary highlights the achievements and the challenges for the Caribbean subregion in the progress towards implementation of the Beijing Platform of Action.