In declarations to Prensa Latina, Yaneidys Pérez, from the national secretariat of the Cuban Women Federation, stated that the meeting dealt with issues that must be addressed urgently.

She mentioned among them the labor and wage gaps, the burden of unpaid care work on women, gender-based violence and the situations of vulnerability suffered by some women and girls.

One of the purposes of the event at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) was to review the progress of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, on the eve of the thirtieth anniversary of its adoption in 2025.

This is the broadest and most visionary program to achieve equity, empowerment of women and the realization of their human rights.

In the case of Cuba, the leader recalled that Article 43 of the Constitution provides a legal framework for the advancement of women, since the State promotes their integral development and social participation, ensures their sexual and reproductive rights and protects them from gender violence.

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