WUNRN
Direct Link to Full 10-Page Resources Document on
Latin America & Caribbean Violence Against Women
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.