Support for the creation of an observatory on gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean PDF Print E-mail
Press release
José Luis Machinea, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and Carmen Moreno, Director at UN-INSTRAW signed an agreement to support the establishment of an Observatory on Gender Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean.

During the 10th Regional Conference on Women in Quito, Ecuador (2007) Member States recognized that “equality is one of the driving forces of democracy and that its aim is to achieve equality in the exercise of power, in decision-making, in mechanisms of social and political participation and representation…a goal for the eradication of women’s structural exclusion.” They requested the creation of an observatory on equality that will strengthen national gender machineries.

The Observatory will coordinate an annual evaluation of gender inequality, covering such themes as remunerated and non-remunerated work, the use of time, poverty, access to decision-making and political representation and gender-based violence.

UN-INSTRAW’s participation in this initiative is part of the implementation of the UN-INSTRAW/AECID project “Fortalecimiento de la Gobernabilidad con enfoque de genero y la participación política de las mujeres en al ámbito local,” which looks to strengthen the participation and political leadership of women in the planning and management of local governments in Latin America.

The Technical Secretary will be responsible of ECLAC through its Women and Development Division.

Among the participants, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and various donor agencies (Agencia Española de Cooperacion International para el Desarrollo (AECID), Secretaria General de Iberoamericana (SEGIB) and the Government of France).

The Observatory will offer member countries a variety of strategic tools and methodologies to track and monitor the goals established in the Quito Consensus.

The agreement was signed within the context of the 32nd Session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which took place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (9 to 13 June 2008).

Read the Press Release on the 32nd Session of ELCAC

Read the Consensus of Quito

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Ex-Consejera Provincial de Pichincha - Ecuador
Lilian Oliva 2008-06-19 16:48:29
En Ecuador se ha iniciado un proceso de la participacion de las mujeres en los
procesos politicos y de la transversalizacion de genero en las politicas
publicas locales a traves del CONAMU y con el apoyo de INSTRAW, PNUD,
HABITAT-Rolac, UNIFEM, UNFPA y otras organizaciones locales. Tarea nada facil y
digna de felicitar en Ecuador. He participado en muchas de ellas y hay mucho que
hacer en este campo. Mi experiencia esta a su disposicion. Lilian Oliva, Master
en Desarrollo Economico, ex VNU PNUD en Africa, Oficial de Programa de HABITAT
Ecuador Programa de Desarrollo Comunitario, Coordindora Nacional FAO.
Saludos,
Adelante

Informacion
Katherin Bautista Castro 2008-06-22 16:24:16
Buenos dias, por medio de un correo me llego la siguiente informacion sobre
aplicaciones para una consultoría de 6 meses. en este programa vivo en la ciduad
de Bogota - Colombia y me gustaria saber como aplico para este proceso gracias
estare al pendiente de cualquier información ademas en el correo no aparece sino
la pagina y este medio de contacto .

Anonymous 2008-06-23 10:43:33
Para aplicar a nuestras consultarias, favor visite:

http://www.un-instraw.org/en/instraw/opportunitie s/13.html

Arquitecto
Rebeca Guardado 2008-07-10 12:36:53
Quisiera asaber que hacer en mi pais, soy de EL Salvador,tengo un titulo, pero
no un trabajo remunerado. Como lograr esta situacion que vivimos muchas
salvaadoreñas con preparacion, cuando para acceder a un trabajo ademas se nos
solicitan favores sexuales, tenemos que terminar con este patriarcado o minimi
igualarlo, los trabajo, las tomas de decisiones que muchas nos affectan
especificamente a las mujeres, son tomadas por hombres. ya no masss. Que hacer y
como obtener un trabajo remunerado y digno.

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