The XII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean will focus on gender equality, empowerment of women as well as on information and communications technologies. The Government of the Dominican Republic will host the meeting, which will take place on 15-18 October 2013.
The Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean is a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) which convenes not more than every three years, to identify women's needs at the regional and sub-regional levels, present recommendations, undertake periodic assessments of the activities carried out in fulfillment of regional and international plans and agreements on the subject, and serves as a forum for debates on relevant issues.
For more information, please visit the official website of the Conference here.