Programme

Tue, Aug 12 2025

Collection of credentials

10:00 am to 03:00 pm

Entrance hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico. Plaza Juárez 20, Floor 1, Colonia Centro, Delegación Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City.
Opening ceremony

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

Palacio Nacional, Salón Tesorería, by invitation.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, live stream.

• Clara Brugada Molina, Mayor of Mexico City
• José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) (Intervention)
• Sima Bahous, Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) (Intervention)
• Citlalli Hernández Mora, Minister for Women of Mexico (Intervention)
• Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, President of Mexico (Intervention)

Video of the inauguration (available in Spanish)

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs - Palabras de inauguración

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs - Opening remarks

Sima Bahous - Discurso inauguración

Sima Bahous - Opening remarks

Citlalli Hernández Mora - Discurso inauguración

Citlalli Hernández Mora - Opening remarks

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo - Discurso inauguración

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo - Opening remarks

Wed, Aug 13 2025

Collection of credentials

08:30 am to 01:30 pm

Entrance hall on the first floor of the Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco.
Election of Presiding Officers and adoption of the agenda

09:30 am to 10:00 am

Video screening of the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
Presentation of the position paper "The Care Society: Governance, Political Economy and Social Dialogue for a Transformation with Gender Equality"

10:00 am to 10:30 am

Moderator: Roberto de León, Director General, Office of the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
Presented by:
• José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC

Video recording of the session

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs - La sociedad del cuidado: gobernanza, economía política y diálogo social para una transformación con igualdad de género

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs - The Care Society: Governance, Political Economy and Social Dialogue for a Transformation with Gender Equality
Comments on the position paper

10:30 am to 11:00 am

• Paula Narváez Ojeda, Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Rhoda Reddock, Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, representing the Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) (Intervention)
• María-Noel Vaeza, Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean of UN-Women
• Laura Pautassi, Lead Researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) of Argentina and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Latin American Justice and Gender Team (ELA) (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• Citlalli Hernández Mora, Minister for Women of Mexico (Intervention)

Paula Narváez Ojeda - Intervención

Rhoda Reddock - Intervention

Laura Pautassi - Intervención

Citlalli Hernández Mora - Intervención

Citlalli Hernández Mora - Intervention
Break

11:00 am to 11:15 am
Statements by delegations

11:15 am to 12:45 pm
Stakeholder contributions

12:45 pm to 01:15 pm

• Feminist forum
• Academic forums
• Local government forum
• Parliamentary forum
Break

01:15 pm to 03:00 pm
Dialogue of high-level authorities on the care society: governance, political economy and social dialogue for a transformation with gender equality

03:00 pm to 04:30 pm

Moderator: Enrique Ochoa, Deputy Minister of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico

Statements by delegations

Video recording of the statements by heads of delegation

Video recording of the statements by agencies, funds and programmes, and intergovernmental organizations
Break

04:30 pm to 04:45 pm
Relaunch of the Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean

04:45 pm to 05:30 pm

Moderator: Yerlin Zúñiga Céspedes, Executive President of the National Women’s Institute of Costa Rica
Presented by: Ana Güezmes García, Chief of the Division for Gender Affairs of ECLAC
Comments:
• Teresa Amarelle, Secretary General of the Federation of Cuban Women (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Cristina Hernández Martín, Director of the Institute of Women, Ministry of Equality of Spain
• Lucy Garrido, Coordinator of the ISOQuito initiative of Articulación Feminista Marcosur (AFM) (Intervention - available in Spanish)

Statements by delegations

Video recording of the session

Ana Güezmes García - Presentación: Migración tecnológica y rediseño del Observatorio de Igualdad de Género de América Latina y el Caribe (OIG)

Ana Güezmes García - Technology migration and redesign of theGender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean

Teresa Amarelle - Intervención

Lucy Garrido - Intervención
Cultural event organized by the government of Mexico City at the Palacio de Bellas Artes: gala presentation of the Cuauhtémoc opera (in the Indigenous language Nahuatl)

07:30 pm to 08:30 pm

Thu, Aug 14 2025

Panel 1: Financing for gender equality

09:30 am to 11:00 am

Moderator: Sonia Brucke, Deputy Minister for Equality and Non-discrimination of the Ministry for Women’s Affairs of Paraguay
• Mayra Jiménez, Minister for Women’s Affairs of the Dominican Republic (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Mario Marcel, Minister of Finance of Chile (virtual) (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Alejandra Claros Borda, Secretary General of the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF)
• Ana María Alonso Giganto, Ambassador-at-large for Feminist Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Ayesha Constable, Coordinator of GirlsCARE
• Verónica Serafini, Gender and Macroeconomics Specialist of the Latin American Network for Economic and Social Justice (LATINDADD) (Intervention - available in Spanish)
Statements by delegations

Video recording of the session

Mayra Jiménez - Intervención

Mario Marcel - Intervención

Ana María Alonso Giganto - Intervención

Verónica Serafini - Intervención
Break

11:00 am to 11:30 am
Panel 2: Accelerators to generate synergies between the right to care and care for the planet

11:30 am to 01:15 pm

Moderator: Mónica Xavier, Director of the National Women’s Institute of the Ministry of Social Development of Uruguay

• Márcia Lopes, Minister for Women of Brazil
• Sharon Coburn, Principal Director of the Bureau of Gender Affairs of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport of Jamaica (Intervention)
• Tarcila Rivera Zea, Continental Coordinator of the Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas (ECMIA) (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Verónica Gómez, Judge, Inter-American Court of Human Rights
• Stefan Agne, Head of Cooperation of the Delegation of the European Union in Mexico

Statements by delegations

Video recording of the session

Sharon Coburn Robinson - Intervention

Tarcila Rivera Zea - Intervención
Break

01:15 pm to 03:00 pm
Panel 3: Guidelines for care policies from a gender, territorial and intersectional perspective

03:00 pm to 04:30 pm

Moderator: Wendy Pérez, Executive Director of the “Ana María Romero” Plurinational Service for Women and Depatriarchalization of the Plurinational State of Bolivia

• Presentation of the document Guidelines for care policies from a gender, territorial and intersectional perspective, prepared by ECLAC, the Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean of UN-Women, the Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), by Lucía Scuro, Senior Social Affairs Officer of the Division for Gender Affairs of ECLAC

Comments:
• Clara Brugada Molina, Mayor of Mexico City (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Arlene B. Tickner, Ambassador-at-large for Gender Affairs and Feminist Global Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia
• Heba Hagrass, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities (Intervention)
• Paola Yáñez, General Coordinator of the Network of Afro-Latin American, Afro-Caribbean and Diaspora Women (Intervention - available in Spanish)

Statements by delegations

Video recording of the session

Lucia Scuro - PPT: Lineamientos para políticas de cuidado desde una perspectiva de género, territorial e interseccional

Lucia Scuro - PPT: Guidelines for care policies from a gender, territorial and intersectional perspective

Clara Brugada Molina - Intervención

Heba Hagrass - Intervention

Paola Yáñez - Intervención
Break

04:30 pm to 04:45 pm
Statements by delegations

04:45 pm to 05:30 pm

Fri, Aug 15 2025

“Memory and future: 50 years since the first World Conference on Women (Mexico City, 1975)”

09:30 am to 11:30 am

Moderator: Jimena Salgado, Director of Historical Services and Outreach, National Institute of Historical Studies on the Revolutions of Mexico

Ritual for good fortune: Cirila Rodríguez Pérez, from Atlequizayan, Puebla

Stakeholder dialogue
• Carmen Moreno Toscano, Ambassador Emeritus of Mexico (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile and former Executive Director of UN-Women (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Alicia Bárcena, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico and former Executive Secretary of ECLAC (by video link) (Intervention)
• Citlalli Hernández Mora, Minister for Women of Mexico (Intervention)

Video screening
• Gloria Ann Thomas, Minister for Social and Community Development, Housing and Gender Affairs of Grenada (Intervention)
• Yamila González Ferrer, Expert with the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Gloria Careaga, General Coordinator of Fundación Arcoíris, Mexico (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• José Campi, Director of Communications and Political Advocacy of Equimundo (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Adriana Paz Ramírez, General Secretary of the International Domestic Workers Federation (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Wendy Barrantes, founder and subcoordinator of Red Latinoamericana de Vida Independiente (RELAVIN) (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Sonia Gutiérrez, Congresswoman and Chair of the congressional Women’s Committee, Guatemala
• Virginia Vargas, co-founder of the Flora Tristán Peruvian Women’s Centre (by video link)
• Ajernee Hodge, student leader, Saint Kitts and Nevis (Intervention)

Tree of Life, musical performance

Video recording of the session

Carmen Moreno Toscano - Intervención

Michelle Bachelet - Intervención

Citlalli Hernández Mora - Intervención

Citlalli Hernández Mora - Intervention

Gloria Ann Thomas - Intervention

Yamila González Ferrer - Intervención

Gloria Careaga - Intervención

José Campi - Intervención

Adriana Paz Ramírez - Intervención

Wendy Barrantes - Intervención

Ajernee Hodge - Intervention
Break

11:30 am to 12:00 pm
Other matters

12:00 pm to 12:30 pm
Consideration and adoption of agreements

12:30 pm to 01:00 pm

Tlatelolco Commitment

Video recording of the session
Closing session

01:00 pm to 01:30 pm

• Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (by video link) (Intervention)
• María Noel Vaeza, Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean of UN-Women
• José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC (Intervention)
• Enrique Ochoa, Deputy Minister of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
• Citlalli Hernández Mora, Minister for Women of Mexico (Intervention)

Video recording of the session

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs - Discurso clausura

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs - Closing remarks

Amina J. Mohammed - Closing remarks

Citlalli Hernández Mora - Discurso clausura

Citlalli Hernández Mora - Closing remarks

XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

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