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Distr. LIMITED LC/CRM.14/7 3 August 2020 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: SPANISH 20-00518 Distr. LIMITED LC/CRM.14/7 3 August 2020 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: SPANISH 20-00518 REPORT OF THE FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THE REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON WOMEN IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Santiago, 27–31 January 2020 2 CONTENTS Paragraph Page A. ATTENDANCE AND ORGANIZATION OF WORK ...................................................... 1–9 3 Place and date of the meeting .............................................................................................. 1 3 Attendance ........................................................................................................................... 2–8 3 Election of Presiding Officers ............................................................................................. 9 4 B. AGENDA ............................................................................................................................ 10 4 C. PROCEEDINGS ................................................................................................................. 11–128 5 Annex 1 Santiago Commitment .................................................................................................. – 31 Annex 2 Explanation of the voting position of Brazil ............................................................... – 38 Annex 3 Explanation of the voting position of Canada ............................................................. – 40 Annex 4 Civil society declaration ............................................................................................... – 45 Anexo 5 Declaration on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action ............................................................................................... – 51 Annex 6 List of participants ........................................................................................................ – 62 3 A. ATTENDANCE AND ORGANIZATION OF WORK Place and date of the meeting 1. The fourteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was convened by the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in compliance with ECLAC resolution 699(XXXVI), and was held in Santiago, from 27 to 31 January 2020. Attendance1 2. The meeting was attended by representatives of the following member States of the Commission: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Plurinational State of Bolivia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey and Uruguay. 3. Representatives of the following Member States of the United Nations that are not member States of the Commission attended in a consultative capacity: Denmark, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and Sweden. 4. Attending from the United Nations Secretariat were Resident Coordinators of the United Nations system and representatives of the United Nations Resident Coordinator Office in Chile, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). 5. The meeting was also attended by representatives of the following United Nations funds, programmes and bodies: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and World Food Programme (WFP). 6. Representatives of the following specialized agencies of the United Nations also attended: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Labour Organization (ILO), International Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), World Health Organization (WHO)–Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and World Bank. 7. Representatives of the following intergovernmental organizations attended the meeting: Andean Development Corporation (CAF), Association of Caribbean States (ACS), Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, Ibero-American Secretariat (SEGIB), Ibero-American Social Security Organization (OISS), International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Organization of American States (OAS), Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture, ParlAmericas and the European Union. 1 See annex 6. 4 8. The meeting was attended by representatives of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, other non-governmental organizations, universities, academic institutions, private sector entities, legislative bodies, and local governments. Election of Presiding Officers 9. The Conference elected the following Presiding Officers: Chair Chile Vice-Chairs: Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Brazil Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Haiti Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Plurinational State of Bolivia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Uruguay B. AGENDA 10. The Conference adopted the following agenda: 1. Election of officers. 2. Adoption of the agenda. 3. Presentation of the position document Women’s autonomy in changing economic scenarios. 4. High-level panel on the Montevideo Strategy for Implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda within the Sustainable Development Framework by 2030: the perspective of Latin America. 5. High-level panel on the Beijing Platform for Action and the Montevideo Strategy for Implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda within the Sustainable Development Framework by 2030 and international and regional instruments on women’s rights and gender equality: the perspective of the Caribbean. 5 6. Special session: Generation Equality: outlook and challenges for Beijing+25 in Latin America and the Caribbean. 7. High-level seminar: Women’s autonomy in changing economic scenarios. 8. Consideration and adoption of agreements by the Conference. 9. Other matters. C. PROCEEDINGS2 Opening session 11. At the opening session, statements were made by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Åsa Regnér, Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), Silvia Rucks, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations system in Chile, Mariella Mazzotti, Director of the National Women’s Institute (INMUJERES) of Uruguay, Isabel Plá, Minister of Women’s Affairs and Gender Equity of Chile, and Carolina Valdivia, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Chile. 12 The Executive Secretary of ECLAC welcomed the participants to the fourteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean. She said that at the thirteenth session of the Regional Conference held in Montevideo in 2016 the commitments of the Regional Gender Agenda had converged with those of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the Montevideo Strategy for Implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda within the Sustainable Development Framework by 2030 had been adopted. If progress was not made with implementation of the Montevideo Strategy, it would be difficult to overcome the structural obstacles of gender inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean. The situation had changed, and the region was at a difficult crossroads: a less favourable international context, with a significant economic slowdown that limited the room for the necessary social, economic and environmental policies. In addition, poverty was increasing, the reduction in inequality —a structural feature of the region, based on its production structure— was stalling, and the quality of employment was declining. It was clear that the economic model associated with concentration of wealth and environmental degradation was no longer sustainable. Discriminatory, conservative discourse was emerging that questioned the rights gained in terms of women’s autonomy and gender equality. However, there was a growth in women’s and feminist movements in the region that sought to bring an end to the precariousness in women’s lives, and to the inequality and gender-based violence they faced. These movements had highlighted the prevalence of harassment and violence and challenged governments on human rights violations; their protests should not be criminalized, they should be listened to. 13. The Executive Secretary warned that, although progress had been made in recent years in women’s participation in the labour force, the labour market participation rate among women in Latin America remained stalled at around 50% (compared with 74.4% for men), and the unemployment rate among women continued to be higher than among men. The overburden of unpaid work was one of the main obstacles to more stable participation by women in the labour market in better quality jobs, and also affected their access to social protection. Harassment and violence against women remained widespread, and despite the progress made, the countries of the region still lacked the resources and institutional frameworks needed to 2 The statements and presentations are available on the website of the Conference [online]: https://conferenciamujer.cepal.
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