ECLAC, Other Regional Commissions Hold Expert Meeting

On 9 and 10 December, ECLAC is hosting Public Policies for Equality and the Agenda 2030 an expert meeting to share experiences on contributing to equality-generating policies, discuss methods for measuring inequality and present Towards Universal Social Protection. Latin American Pathways and Policy Tools. Feedback from the meeting will be used to prepare toolkits on designing, implementing and evaluating public policies and programmes that promote equality.

Other meeting participants include UN regional commissions ESCWA, ESCAP, UNECA and UNECE.

While the Millennium Development Goals failed to include inequality as a target or goal, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10 is to “reduce inequality within and among countries.” Target 10.2 in particular states that by 2030, the social, economic and political inclusion of all, “irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status,” reflecting increased international attention to the link between inequality and poverty.

Read the concept note and agenda here.

Photo credit: “Doña Margarita en su cocina – Margarita en her kitchen; Cololaca, Lempira, Honduras” by Lon&Queta (CCBY 2.0 via Flickr).