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UN Human Rights Council Session 23 - Panel

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & GIRLS IN LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN

June 4, 2013

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Palais des Nations - Room VIII

Geneva, Switzerland

Violence against women and girls in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Diaspora, in the public and private spheres, impacts gender human rights, social justice, equality, and empowerment. This CSW 57 High Level Panel will offer analysis of international human rights documents, a review of existing domestic violence data, and findings of extensive groundbreaking research studies in the region. The varied regional cultural dimensions, and challenges, will be integrated into the presentations. In addition, this Panel will include discussion of policies, programs, and movements bringing progress against domestic violence in Latin America, Caribbean, and the Diaspora.

Distinguished Speakers:

Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations Geneva

Ms. Rashida Manjoo - UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women - Invited

Ms. Minou Tavarez Mirabal – Daughter of Minerva Mirabal of the Dominican Republic’s Mirabal Sisters & Congresswoman

Ms. Jodie Roure - JD, PhD, Associate Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY - Research & Book on Violence Against Women in Latin America & the Caribbean

Ms. Maria D. Fernos - First Women’s Advocate of Puerto Rico, Attorney, & Associate Professor of Law at InterAmerican University, Puerto Rico

Ms. Andrea Parra - Director & Clinical Professor, Program of Action for Equality and Social Inclusion (PAIIS), University of Los Andes School of Law, Colombia

Ms. Kimberly Bautista, Filmmaker - Justice for My Sister & Human Rights Advocate

Testimonial from Caribbean Woman Survivor of Violence

Moderator: Ms. Lois A. Herman, Coordinator WUNRN – Women’s UN Report Network

For future emails and updates on related events, please email: jroure@jjay.cuny.edu

Partial funding for this panel was provided by the Instituto de Derechos Civiles de Puerto Rico and the Department of Latin American and Latina/o Studies at John Jay College, CUNY.