gender equality

Caricom to approve gender equality strategy

Published on: November 21, 2023
15:30

Georgetown, Nov 21 (Prensa Latina) Ministers responsible for gender affairs in Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries are working today to approve a gender equality strategy focused on the protection and empowerment of women.

Anniversary of Cuban Women’s Federation celebrated in Panama

Published on: August 23, 2023
12:52

Panama, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina ) Several congratulatory messages celebrate in Panama on Wednesday the 63rd anniversary of the Cuban Women's Federation (FMC), whose historic leader is Vilma Espín Guillois.

Chilean women and rights organizations reject repeal of abortion

Published on: August 7, 2023
08:32

Santiago, Chile, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) Chilean organizations that advocate women's rights, political leaders and officials reject the threat by the extreme right to repeal the abortion law in the three grounds of 2017.

Uruguay´s FA urges for gender equality, feminisms

Published on: July 30, 2023
09:13

Montevideo, Jul 30 (Prensa Latina) The Frente Amplio (FA)´s 1st Meeting of Feminisms concluded on Sunday with the purpose of "debating and building" with gender equality.

UN calls for gender equality push, central to SDGs

Published on: July 11, 2023
14:55

United Nations, Jul 11 (Prensa Latina) “Halfway to the 2030 deadline the Sustainable Development Goals are dangerously off track,”, UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres said in his message to mark World Population Day on Tuesday.

Díaz-Canel attends presentation of web portal on gender equality

Published on: June 8, 2023
12:54

Havana, May 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel participated in the presentation of the web portal of the Observatory on Gender Equality, an initiative that the day before he described as essential for decision-making in this area.

It would take nearly three centuries to achieve gender equality – UN

Published on: September 7, 2022
18:48

United Nations, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) If current rate of progress continues, it could take nearly 300 years to achieve gender equality, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) inquiry on meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while adding it will take up to 286 years to close gaps in legal protection and eliminate discriminatory laws.

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