Technical Group Gender

About us

The Gender Technical Group was created during the X Presidential Summit, held in the city of Paracas, Peru in 2015, with the aim of including the gender perspective as a cross-cutting element within the work of the Pacific Alliance.

Among its mandates we find:

  1. Promote the incorporation of the gender perspective in the programs and activities of the Pacific Alliance;
  2. Implement and develop positive actions such as programs that seek to incorporate women leaders in the export process;
  3. Develop virtual platforms that foster a dialogue on gender and trade between member countries.

WHAT IS THE TRANSVERSALIZATION OF THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE?

According to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, mainstreaming the gender perspective is understood as “the process of assessing the implications for men and women of any action that is planned, whether it be legislation, policies or programs, in all areas and at all levels. It is a strategy to ensure that the concerns and experiences of women, as well as those of men, are an integral part in the elaboration, implementation, control and evaluation of policies and programs in all political, economic spheres and social, so that women and men can benefit from them equally and inequality is not perpetuated. The ultimate goal of integration is to achieve gender equality”.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) reinforces the importance of applying the gender approach and notes that “it is not simply to add a “female component” or a “gender equality component” to an existing activity. It is also more than increasing the participation of women. It means incorporating the experience, knowledge and interests of women and men to carry out the development program”.

Initiatives

PA Women Entrepreneurs Community

The PA Women Entrepreneurs Community has been created with the objective of promoting the economic empowerment of women in the countries that make up the Pacific Alliance. This virtual space will allow women entrepreneurs to connect directly and explore business opportunities, exchange relevant information to strengthen their business and leadership skills, as well as get first-hand information about online events and courses within the framework of the PA.

This Community will be supported by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and will allow the connection with its ConnectAmericas platform, which was created in response to the demand of small and medium-sized companies in the Latin American and Caribbean countries to help expand to the international markets.

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(ii) Diagnostic tool for gender mainstreaming

The Gender Technical Group has led since 2020 the implementation of a self-assessment instrument, which allows, through different indicators, to monitor the effective application of the gender approach in the guidelines, work plans and activities carried out by the PA Technical Groups.

This instrument includes questions aimed at knowing the level of progress regarding the promotion of the equal participation of women in the activities organized by the Technical Groups, the identification of the needs of women and the possible differentiated impact that their responses to the mandates would have on them, development of activities, among others.

The self-assessment is applied annually, and the aggregated data is presented to the High Level Group to identify proposals for improvement.

Mandates

  • The Santiago Declaration (2020)

    • Implement the Roadmap for the autonomy and economic empowerment of women of the Pacific Alliance, which derives from the Presidential Declaration of the Pacific Alliance on Gender Equality, through the implementation of an Implementation Plan for the adoption of public policies and actions in conjunction with the technical bodies of the bloc, the private sector, strategic partners and international organizations.

  • The Lima Declaration (2019)

    • Encourage the incorporation and monitoring of the gender approach in all technical groups of the Pacific Alliance, as well as in its programs and activities, with special emphasis on the structural barriers faced by women entrepreneurs for gender reasons.

    • Create a training program for women entrepreneurs, enriching their skills and abilities to continue incorporating them into commerce and empowering them economically.

  • The Puerto Vallarta Declaration (2018)

    • We declare our commitment to intensify efforts to incorporate the gender perspective in a transversal way in the programs and activities of the Pacific Alliance, recognizing the important role of women, including women entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs, in trade, economic growth and development sustainable and inclusive of our countries.

  • The Cali Declaration (2017)

    • We declare our willingness to intensify efforts to incorporate the gender perspective in a transversal way in the programs and activities of the Pacific Alliance, recognizing the important role of women, including women entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs, in the growth and development of our countries, as well as for the fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

  • The Puerto Varas Declaration (2016)

    • Promote the incorporation of the gender perspective in the programs and activities of the Pacific Alliance.

    • Implement and develop positive actions as programs that seek to incorporate women leaders in the export process.

    • Develop virtual platforms that foster a dialogue on gender and trade between member countries.

  • The Paracas Declaration (2015)

    • Commitment to include the gender perspective as a cross-cutting element within the work of the Pacific Alliance and, to this end, to establish a Working Group responsible for developing a strategy that incorporates it into the programs of the mechanism and instructing it to present the Progress of your work at the next High Level Group meeting.

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Events