During the VIII Summit of the Americas (Peru, April 2018), the leaders of the Americas created the Inter-American Task Force on Women's Leadership, charged with promoting gender equity and equality and the empowerment of women through greater cooperation and synergies between international and inter-American institutions.
The Inter-American Task Force on Women's Leadership is composed of key inter-American and international institutions with recognized experience and programming in areas related to women's leadership: the Organization of American States, through the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), ParlAmericas, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), UN Women, the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), the Ibero-American General Secretariat (SEGIB), IDEA International, together with two civil society organizations: Caribbean Women in Leadership (CIWiL) and the Committee of Latin America and the Caribbean for the Defense of Women's Rights (CLADEM).
Accelerating the efforts to achieve women's full and effective participation in positions of power and decision-making is an urgent issue.
The girls, adolescents, and women of today have the right to a present and future in equality in which they can develop their full potential and fully participate in decision-making.
