Inequality threatens the future of women. According to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL), Latin America is advancing too slowly towards gender equality: only 25% of the goals could be met by 2030. The outlook for gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean remains critical. According to data analyzed by CEPAL, only 25% of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are progressing sufficiently to foresee their fulfillment by the year 2030. This stark reality was the backdrop for the XXVI International Meeting on Gender Statistics (EIEG), inaugurated at the Los Pinos Cultural Complex in Mexico City, an event held from November 5 to 7. The meeting, organized by INEGI, the Ministry of Women, CEPAL, and UN Women, became an urgent call to transform numbers into action. The meeting, under the motto 'A decade of action for substantive equality and the care society', aims for National Statistical Offices (ONEs) and Women's Machineries (MAMs) to strengthen the use of data to reverse these trends.
Inequality threatens the future of women
CEPAL warns that Latin America is advancing too slowly towards gender equality. At the current pace, it is 'unlikely' to untangle the structural knots of inequality by 2030. An international meeting in Mexico City is calling for action.
