The Dominican Republic will host a conference in 2013 to analyze the challenges for women in Latin America and Caribbean. The 12th session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 14 to 18 October 2013, and its key theme will be the economic empowerment of women and information and communications technologies (ICTs) within the framework of the information society.
The Conference is a subsidiary body of ECLAC, which brings together government representatives to discuss the implementation of international and regional agreements on gender equality.
During a preparatory round of discussions ongoing this week in Santiago de Chile, Antonio Prado, deputy executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), said:
“We are counting on the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean to strengthen State initiatives and capacities to mainstream policies that promote the economic autonomy of women.”