Beijing +30: The Contribution of National Women's Machineries and the Rural Women's Agenda

Name: Beijing +30: The Contribution of National Women's Machineries and the Rural Women's Agenda
Start: 2025-03-12T0:00:00-04:00
End: 0001-01-01T0:00:00-04:00
Location: New York, United States

As part of the Beijing +30 anniversary, this event will bring together regional women leaders to reflect on the role of National Women's Machineries, the progress achieved, and ways to strengthen the rural women's rights agenda in the Americas.

Event date:

March 12, 2025

In person

In the context of the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, the Ministry of Women of Panama, the Inter-American Commission of Women/OAS, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, UN Women, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and Inclusive Societies (Global Gateway), with the co-organization of the Permanent Mission of Panama to the United Nations, invite you to this in-person panel with live streaming.

The event will address the progress of National Women's Machineries in promoting public policies for gender equality and the challenges that remain, with a special focus on the rights of rural women, recognizing their diversity and leadership in the sustainable development of the region.

The panel will feature two high-level discussion sessions, where ministers, experts, and representatives of international organizations will share experiences, lessons learned, and proposals to strengthen gender institutions and guarantee the rights of all women and girls in rural areas.

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Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Time: 1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. (EDT)
Venue: Instituto Cervantes, 211-215 East 49th Street
New York, NY 10017

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Agenda

March 12, 2025

Welcome remarks and presentation of the session’s objectives and methodology

Niurka del Carmen Palacio Urriola | Minister of Women of Panama

Reflections from the regional level

Alejandra Mora Mora | Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women, Organization of American States

High-Level Panel | Impacts of National Women’s Machineries 30 Years After Beijing

Antonia Orellana | Minister of Women and Gender Equity of Chile

Citlalli Hernández | Secretary of Women, Mexico

Ayanna Webster-Roy | Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister: Gender and Child Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago

Tamara Ospina Posse | Vice Minister of Women, Ministry of Equality and Equity, Colombia

Barbara Jimenez Santiago | Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, Equality Now

High-Level Panel | The Inter-American Decade for the Rights of Rural Women

Cindy Quesada Hernández | Minister of Women's Affairs of Costa Rica

Niurka del Carmen Palacio Urriola | Minister of Women of Panama

Mayra Jiménez | Minister of Women, Dominican Republic

Luz Haro | Executive Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Rural Women - REDLAC

Conclusions and closing

S.E. Eloy Alfaro de Alba | Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations (UN)

Panelists

Minister of Women of Panama

Minister of Women's Affairs of Costa Rica

Minister of Women, Dominican Republic

Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women, Organization of American States

Minister of Women and Gender Equity of Chile

Chile

Secretary of Women, Mexico

Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister: Gender and Child Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago

Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, Equality Now

Executive Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Rural Women - REDLAC