2013
Aug22
San Jose, Costa Rica9th Meeting of the Group of Women Parliamentarians (held during the 10th Plenary Assembly)
THEME
Connecting Women's Rights to Food Security
OBJECTIVES
- To initiate a dialogue on legislation and policy that is directed at women of the Americas that has been effective in promoting the equitable treatment of men and women in the agricultural sector
- To deepen parliamentarians’ understanding of the connection between women’s rights and food security
ARTICLES
- Strategies to Enhance Women's Leadership to Address Food and Nutrition Security Under a Changing Climate (Dr. Cristina Tirado)
- The Political Commitment Towards Food Security and Women's Rights: A Parliamentary Challenge (Guadalupe Valdez San Pedro)
May16
Paramaribo, Suriname5th Annual Gathering of the Group of Women Parliamentarians (2013)
THEME
Women in Power: Recent Changes in the Political Arena
OBJECTIVE
- To develop strategies for increasing the political participation and leadership of women in the Americas, and provide legislators with tools for passing laws that are reflective of women’s issues from the region
Session 1: Women Presidents of National Legislatures
Session 2: Leadership and Political Participation of Women of African Descent
Session 3: The Effects of Women's Participation in Politics
ARTICLES
- Political Participation and Leadership of Afro-Descendant Women (Beatriz Ramírez Abella - S2)
- Presentation (Beatriz Ramírez Abella - S2)
- Women’s Political Representation in the Commonwealth Caribbean and Latin America: A Preliminary Analysis (Cynthia Barrow Giles - S3)
- Presentation (Cynthia Barrow Giles - S3)
- Presentation (Maureen Clarke Clarke - keynote speaker) (in Spanish)