Gender equality experts from Latin America and representatives from United Nations entities met in Chile to share best practices for public policies.

The feminist movement as well as migrant organizations and associations of domestic workers will gather to discuss and reach agreements with the Spanish overnment and labour unions on the restoration of their rights in face of the reform of national regulations for domestic labour.

UN-INSTRAW participated in the event entitled “First international seminar – Migration in the dawn of the XXI Century” which was held from 13 to 15 October at the Economic Research Institute of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

UN-INSTRAW welcomes the General Assembly decision to adopt Resolution (A/RES/63/311) in support of the establishment of a strengthened gender architecture that will reinforce the work of the United Nations to make a difference in women’s lives.

The Internship Programme at UN-INSTRAW is designed to acquaint students or recent graduates with gender issues and the work of UN-INSTRAW and of the United Nations in general. Students spend anywhere from three to six months (or longer) at the Institute's headquarters in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

The fact that women migrants travel from the South to the North to work in the care sector puts a spotlight on serious deficiencies found in the social organization of care. Migration, gender and care was one of the issues during the III Hemispheric Event on Migratory Policies that was held in Quito, Ecuador, from 17 to 19 September 2009.