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UN Women's Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean (ACRO) focuses on economic empowerment, leadership, gender-based violence, peace and security, and humanitarian action. ACRO operates in 12 countries and has non-resident agencies in 8 more. It strengthens intergovernmental processes, integrates gender markers, and collaborates with civil society organizations. ACRO also supports the implementation of National Care Systems in 11 countries. LEARN MORE >
Key focus areas
ACRO’s Governance and Political Participation Section works to strengthen parity democracies in Latin American and Caribbean countries, by enhancing an enabling institutional and public environment for the achievement of substantive equality in all dimensions of life. This work, in coordination with UN Women offices in the field, includes advocacy and technical assistance to Member States in establishing and effectively implementing normative and policy frameworks to ensure equal conditions to participate in political processes and institutions, including mechanisms towards gender parity in decision-making positions at all State’s branches and levels; and comprehensive measures to prevent, monitor, punish and eradicate violence against women in politics, as to guarantee an inclusive management and audit of political financing. Additionally, UN Women ACRO works on a comprehensive capacity-building strategy addressed to women in politics, decision-makers at all levels, and representatives of electoral bodies and CSOs from LAC countries, aiming at promoting gender-responsive political managements and the full exercise of women’s leadership and political rights.
UN Women's Economic Empowerment area in Latin America and the Caribbean aims to promote gender equality and women's economic empowerment in the region. We partner with governments, United Nations agencies, Civil Society Organizations, private sector and other institutions to promote policies and programs that address the barriers women face in the economic sphere in three key areas: the design and implementation of integrated care systems, the promotion of gender responsive macroeconomic policies and budgets and the support to income generation and sustainable livelihoods, through financial and digital inclusion and opportunities in the framework of the green and circular economy.
The Ending Violence Against Women Section of the UN Women’s Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean is working in a context where 14 of the 25 countries with the highest femicide rates in the world are located. We partner with governments, United Nations agencies, Civil Society Organizations, and other institutions to find ways to prevent violence against women and girls, focusing on strengthening legal frameworks, building respectful relationships, changing harmful masculinities among men and boys, and improving access to justice to victims and survivors.
The Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action regional area provides technical assistance to UN Women offices and governments in Latin America and the Caribbean in the implementation of strategies that contribute to increasing women’s significant participation in national and local initiatives that contribute to sustaining peace, such as political dialogue, peacebuilding, conflict prevention and transformation, humanitarian action and human mobility, climate resilience, and disaster risk reduction.
Key achievements
In 2022, UN Women achieved the following results across the Americas and the Caribbean:
in Latin America and the Caribbean are promoting local/national care systems with the support of UN Women
women, girls, men, and boys, being 9,371 women and girls, were directly benefited by the work of the EVAW Section of the Americas and Caribbean Regional Office in 2022
were impacted by UN Women’s work on ending violence against women and girls, having their capacities and their work strengthened
from Latin America and the Caribbean participated during 2022 in the initiatives promoted by UN Women
adopted National Action Plans for the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325 (Argentina and Uruguay) and 7 countries (Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, and Ecuador) are designing or updating their Plans with UN Women´s support
implemented projects to strengthen leadership and meaningful participation of women in peacebuilding and sustaining peace efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, and Venezuela
and policy papers on Economic Empowerment have been produced and disseminated from a gender equality perspective in gender responsive economic policies plans and budgets (8), financial inclusion (1), public procurement (1), social protection (1), and care economy (6)
female decision-makers and officers at national and local levels in Latin America with strengthened capacities to participate in public life and/or exercise leadership. Women in decision-making positions and female aspirants and candidates who completed and received certification in regional training proposals implemented by UN Women's Regional Office (2019-2022)
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Disclaimer and notes
Regional Office Portfolio Of 2022
Countries supported by regional office in 2022
Key documents
Disclaimer and notes
The multi-country office (MCO) - Caribbean supports the CARICOM member states, Dutch Caribbean Islands and British Overseas Territories.
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References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).