2021
October 4 | Virtual meeting: Plenary Session and PNGE Elections
13th Gathering of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network For Gender Equality. Bolstering Social Protection beyond COVID-19: What the Data Tells Us
RESOURCES
- Can social protection be a driver of gender equality? UNICEF, 2020.
- 2.7 billion people have had no social protection to cope with Covid-19 economic crisis. OXFAM, 2020
- COVID-19 Global Gender Response Tracker. UNDP and UN Women, 2021
- Making social protection gender-responsive: Lessons from UN Women’s work in the Eastern Caribbean. UN Women Caribbean, 2020
- Employment and informality in Latin America and the Caribbean: an insufficient and unequal recovery. ILO, 2021
- Policy Guide: Parental Leave. ParlAmericas, 2020.
During the 13th Gathering of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network for Gender Equality, elections will be held for the Network’s Executive Committee and for the host parliament of the next gathering. Nominations received can be found below.
- President
- Senator Verónica Noemi Camino Farjat (Mexico) – in Spanish
- Vice-President – North America
- Senator Mobina Jaffer (Canada) – in French
- Vice-President – Central America
- Vice-President – South America
- Vice-President – The Caribbean
- Host Parliament of the 14th Gathering of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network for Gender Equality
- Colombia – in Spanish
September 22 | Virtual meeting: Parliamentary Dialogue with Civil Society and Youth Representatives
13th Gathering of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network For Gender Equality. Bolstering Social Protection beyond COVID-19: What the Data Tells Us
RESOURCES
- Equal Measures 2020 Data Hub. Equal Measures, 2020
- Where are there gaps in gender data in five LAC countries? Data2X, 2020
- Differentiated socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 in the condition of women from SICA member countries (in Spanish). SICA, 2020
- United Nations survey on Latin American and Caribbean youth within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. UN Women, 2021
- COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: How to Incorporate Women and Gender Equality in the Management of the Crisis Response. UN Women, 2020
September 13 | Virtual meeting: Inter-parliamentary Dialogue
13th Gathering of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network For Gender Equality. Bolstering Social Protection beyond COVID-19: What the Data Tells Us
PRESENTATIONS
- Differences-Sensitive Social Protection in the context of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean, Carlos Maldonado, CEPAL (in Spanish)
- Gender, Food Security, Nutrition and Inclusive Social Protection: Keys to Post-Pandemic Recovery, Claudia Brito, FAO (in Spanish)
- Gender-Responsive Age-Sensitive Social Protection, Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed, UNICEF
RESOURCES
- Mainstreaming gender into social protection strategies and programs. UNICEF, 2021
- 2020 Social Panorama of Latin America. ECLAC, 2020
- Gender-responsive and age-sensitive social protection. UNICEF, 2021
- The recovery paradox in Latin America and the Caribbean. Growth amid persisting structural problems: inequality, poverty and low investment and productivity. ECLAC, 2021
- The economic autonomy of women in a sustainable recovery with equality. CEPAL, 2021
- Summary Status of Women and Men Report – The Impacts of COVID-19. UN Women Caribbean, 2021
- The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic: An Opportunity for a Systemic Approach to Disaster Risk for the Caribbean. ECLAC, 2021
- The Santiago Commitment. ECLAC, 2020
- Preventing the COVID-19 crisis from becoming a food crisis: Urgent measures against hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean. ECLAC, 2020
February 8 | Virtual Meeting
Building a Coordinated Caribbean Position for CSW65
RESOURCES
- Lessons from Guyana’s electoral quota law: Remarks by Hon. Minister Vindhya Persaud during the preparatory CSW65 Caribbean meeting. ParlAmericas Podcast, 2021
- CARICOM Statement Preparatory to CSW65. CARICOM, 2021
