Women in the digital economy: breaking through the equality threshold

Prepared by ECLAC for the twelfth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, this document systematizes and describes various dimensions that shape the way the region's women participate in the labour market and how they access and use the different elements of the digital economy. Information and communications technologies (ICTs); provide essential support across all economic, political, cultural and social activity, as well as being a production sector in their own right. As such, they are potential allies in the drive to achieve equality by helping reduce the gender inequities which constitute not only a gender digital gap but also a social divide. Public policies on gender equality must take into account the key and interconnected dimensions of economy, well-being and technology if they are to be capable of providing an ambitious and innovative response to the challenges of today's society. The core argument in the reflection on ICTs and gender equality thus has to do with how women engage in processes of change and sustainable development in the countries, which cannot be achieved without equal participation by men and women. From this perspective, the gender digital gap offers a specific opportunity to tackle gender inequalities in the region.

Women in the digital economy: breaking through the equality threshold. Summary

Prefacio Prepared by ECLAC for the twelfth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, this document systematizes and describes various dimensions that shape the way the region's women participate in the labour market, and how they access and use the different elements of the digital economy. Information and communications technologies (ICTs) provide essential support across all economic, political, cultural and social activity, as well as being a production sector in their own right. As such, they are potential allies in the drive to achieve equality by helping reduce the gender inequities which constitute not only a gender digital gap but also a social divide. Public policies on gender equality must take into account the key and interconnected dimensions of economy, well-being and technology if they are to be capable of providing an ambitious and innovative response to the challenges of today's society. The core argument in the reflection on ICTs and gender equality thus has to do with how women engage in processes of change and sustainable development in the countries, which cannot be achieved without equal participation by men and women. From this perspective, the gender digital gap offers a specific opportunity to tackle gender inequalities in the region.

Women's contribution to equality in Latin America and the Caribbean: draft annotated index

Includes bibliography

Review and appraisal of the achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace in the Caribbean

Contiene una evaluacion de los logros alcanzados y problemas encontrados en el cumplimiento de las metas y objetivos del decenio de las NU para la mujer, en particular en el area salud, empleo y educacion, y recomienda una estrategia para el ano 2000.

Report on the Meeting of delegates from CDCC countries attending the Regional Meeting of Latin America and the Caribbean Preparatory to the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace = Informe de la Reunión de delegados de los países del CDCC que participaron en la Reunión Regional de América Latina y el Caribe Preparatoria de la Conferencia Mundial para el Examen y Evaluación de los Logros del Decenio de las Naciones Unidas para la Mujer: Igualdad, Desarrollo y Paz

Informa sobre la reunion realizada con el objetivo de intercambiar informacion y buscar una posicion comun del Caribe en los temas a considerar en la Reunion Regional: problemas y logros alcanzados en la region en la implementacion de las metas y objetivos del decenio de las NU para la mujer, estrategia para el ano 2000.

Informe de la Reunión Regional de América Latina y el Caribe Preparatoria para la Conferencia Mundial para el Examen y la Evaluación de los Logros del Decenio de las NU para la Mujer: Igualdad, Desarrollo y Paz = Report of the Regional Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean in Preparation for the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace = Rapport de la Réunion Régionale de l'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes Préparatoire de la Conférence Mondiale Chargée d'Examiner et d'Evaluer les Résultats de la Décennie des Nations Unies pour la Femme: Egalité, Développement et Paix

Contiene: asistencia y organizacion de los trabajos, resumen de los debates, y evaluacion del decenio y estrategias y medidas concretas de ejecucion para el adelanto de la mujer hasta el ano 2000, aprobadas por la Reunion.

Damage Detection Based on Electromechanical Impedance Principle and Principal Components

This paper presents a novel time domain approach for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems based on Electromechanical Impedance (EMI) principle and Principal Component Coefficients (PCC), also known as loadings. Differently of typical applications of EMI applied to SHM, which are based on computing the Frequency Response Function (FRF), in this work the procedure is based on the EMI principle but all analysis is conducted directly in time-domain. For this, the PCC are computed from the time response of PZT (Lead Zirconate Titanate) transducers bonded to the monitored structure, which act as actuator and sensor at the same time. The procedure is carried out exciting the PZT transducers using a wide band chirp signal and getting their time responses. The PCC are obtained in both healthy and damaged conditions and used to compute statistics indexes. Tests were carried out on an aircraft aluminum plate and the results have demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed method making it an excellent approach for SHM applications. Finally, the results using EMI signals in both frequency and time responses are obtained and compared. © The Society for Experimental Mechanics 2014.

The practical interpretation and application of the polluter pays principle

Revisa brevemente la teoría que hay detrás de las dos interpretaciones del principio contaminador-pagador, para comentar las implicaciones de éstas en la política ambiental, y considerar en qué medida este principio es aplicado en la práctica.

Ageing, solidarity and social protection: time for progress towards equality. Third Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing in Latin America and the Caribbean, San José, 8-11 May 2012

This publication summarizes the "Report on application of the Brasilia Declaration and the Regional Strategy for the Implementation in Latin America and the Caribbean of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing", which will be presented at the Third Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing in Latin America and the Caribbean, to be held in San José from 8 to 11 May 2012.

Report of the first meeting of the focal points appointed by the governments of the signatory countries of the declaration on the application of principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, 6 and 7 November 2012

Incluye Bibliografía

Annotated provisional agenda. Second meeting of the focal points appointed by the Governments of the signatory countries of the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Incluye Bibliografía

Provisional agenda. Second meeting of the focal points appointed by the Governments of the signatory countries of the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Incluye Bibliografía

Report of the second meeting of the focal points appointed by the governments of the signatory countries of the declaration on the application of principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, Guadalajara, Mexico, 16 and 17 April 2013

Incluye Bibliografía

Selección de publicaciones de la CEPAL realizadas durante el Decenio de las Naciones Unidas para la Mujer: Igualdad, Desarrollo y Paz = Selected publications prepared by ECLAC during the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace

Lista bibliografica de los principales trabajos realizados en CEPAL sobre la mujer, ordenados cronologicamente para facilitar la apreciacion de la evolucion que ha tenido el tema a lo largo del decenio; incluye resenas de algunas de las publicaciones.