Since the 1970s, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have embarked on the path of implementing ambitious regional policies in achieving gender equality. During the session, we are going to take a closer look at the success which has been achieved and the difficulties that women still face.
Today, it has become obvious that the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals cannot be fully implemented without the active participation of women. The experience of holding the section at RUDN University over the previous two years has shown how much the problem of achieving gender equality (SDG 5) permeates all the problems of modern society on the way to the goals of sustainable development: good health, quality education, social and economic inequality, environmentally friendly business, etc.
Facts and figures
The first World Conference on Women was held in Mexico at the initiative of the UN in 1975, the International Women’s Year.
Since 1977, the Regional Conference of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean has been operating. It is the main intergovernmental forum in the region, where states make commitments to fully guarantee women’s rights and eliminate gender inequality and discrimination. On average, women spend two thirds of their time in unpaid work and one third in paid work, while men spend one third of their time in unpaid work and two thirds in paid work.
The highest rates of femicides, feminicides, or deaths from gender-based violence against women among 26 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean which provided data for 2022 were recorded in Honduras (6.0), the Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Uruguay (1.6). The lowest rates (less than 1 femicide or femicide victim per 100,000 women) are found in Puerto Rico, Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Chile and Cuba. Cuba has the lowest rate (0.3 gender-related homicides per 100,000 women).
As of March 2022, the country with the highest representation of women in the presidential cabinet is Chile (58% women), followed by Costa Rica (50%), Mexico (44%) and Colombia (41.5%). The countries with the lowest persentage of women in presidential cabinets are Brazil (6.3%), Uruguay (10%) and Guatemala (11.5%). In the Caribbean, Anguilla has the highest proportion of women in cabinet (40%), followed by Guyana with 36.4%, and Trinidad and Tobago and Dominica, where both cabinets have 33% women.
Questions for discussion
Regional agenda of gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean – results, achievements and problems.
Institute of family and institute of labour – gender equality and traditional values.
Femicide or feminicide – regional specifics.
Gender equality and indigenous population – solutions.
Gender parity in public administration institutions – successful cases and obstacles.
Women in science and education – from the elimination of illiteracy to higher education.
TRE
Talia Randa Esnard (Trinidad and Tobago)
University of the West Indies, Head of the Department of Behavioral Sciences
NE
Natalia Erokhova
Deputy Director of the RUDN Institute of Foreign Languages for Science, member of the International Sociological Association (ISA)
Key speakers
Topic of the report
Problems and Prospects of Higher Education to Advance Gender Equality in Cuba and Latin American and Caribbean Region
Herminia Rodríguez Pacheco (Cuba)
Advisor to the Directorate General for Gender Equality, Ministry of Higher Education of Cuba
Topic of the report
Gender Equality and Sustainable Development in the Caribbean: Critical Analysis
Talia Randa Esnard (Trinidad and Tobago)
Head of Department of Behavioural Sciences, University of the West Indies
Topic of the report
Gender Law in Colombia
Rubén Darío Flórez Arcila (Colombia)
Associate Professor, National University of Colombia; President of the Leo Tolstoy Institute of Culture in Bogota
Topic of the report
Anti-Gender Movement in Latin America: Traditional Values vs. Modern Concepts of Human Rights
Olga Averina
Research Fellow, Institute of Latin America, Russian Academy of Sciences
Topic of the report
Politeness and Anti-Politeness in Spanish-Language Communication: Gender and Age Aspects
Olga Leontovich
Professor, Volgograd State Social and Pedagogical University; Scientific Director, Laboratory of Communication Research
Topic of the report
Life Care Policies in Terms of Gender. Shared Responsibility of State, Family and Market in Cuba and Latin American and Caribbean Region
Herminia Rodríguez Pacheco (Cuba)
Advisor to the Head of the General Directorate for Gender Equality, Ministry of Higher Education of Cuba
Topic of the report
Political Gender and Racial Violence in Latin American and Caribbean Countries
Marlise Matos (Brazil)
Professor, Department of Political Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Specialist in Gender Studies, Coordinator, Centre for Women’s Studies (Nepem)
Topic of the report
Women in University of Latin American Countries: Achievements and Social Barriers
Alicia Itati Palermo (Argentina)
Director of Doctoral Studies, National University of Lujan; Director, Centre for Social Research, Specialist in Gender Studies, Argentine Sociological Association
YOUTH TRACK
Topic of the report
Phenomenon of Masculinity in Short Videos (Shorts) of Hispanic Culture (using Latin American Countries as an Example)
Zarina Kholova
Topic of the report
Ancestor Syndrome: Is it possible to overcome inequality of opportunities for younger generation in Latin America and the Caribbean? The Case of Peru
Chirinos Ravichagua Deborah Jharryet (Peru)
Topic of the report
Ancestor Syndrome: Is it possible to overcome inequality of opportunities for younger generation in Latin America and the Caribbean? The Case of Ecuadorа
