Closing Gaps: Regulatory Frameworks for the Financial Inclusion of Women

Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) of the Organization of American States (OAS).
Costa Rican jurist, feminist, researcher, academic and politician highly recognized in the international community for her activism for the human rights of women and girls. Since August 16, 2019, she has held the strategic position of Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) at the OAS. She was Minister of the Status of Women in Costa Rica, President of the National Institute for Women (INAMU) from 2014 to 2018 and Director of the Ombudsman for Women of the Ombudsman of Costa Rica until August 2019. Graduated in Law from the University of Costa Rica in 1989. He completed specialization courses at the University of Lund and Raul Wallemberg in Sweden in 1997. He completed his Master's Degree in Constitutional Law at the Distance State University of Costa Rica in 2004 and his Postgraduate Degree in Human Rights at the University of Chile in Santiago de Chile, in 2007. Author of a book and multiple articles on the human rights of women.

Carolina España was responsible for financing from international institutions and other multilateral organizations, as well as managing relations with development entities and governments, in order to attract resources for the region. He also worked on the design of the institution's bond issuance strategy, in terms of cost optimization and investor diversification, and was in charge of relations with risk rating agencies and investors, as well as support for activities of the institution in the international capital markets. Spain, with a master's degree in Finance and a Systems Engineering degree from the Metropolitan University of Venezuela, worked as a consultant on treasury management systems for Price Waterhouse, a company in which she participated in several projects for companies in Venezuela such as PDVSA, Mavesa and Corimón. .  

He works as a Senior Specialist in Productive and Financial Development at CAF – development bank of Latin America. Prior to this position, she worked at Banco de la República (Central Bank of Colombia), where she was Director of Economic and Financial Education and Director of Institutional Communication, among other positions. He is an Economist and has a Master's in Economics from the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia and a Master's in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He has worked on various inclusion and financial education projects in Latin America, such as measuring the financial capabilities of the population of several countries in the region, as well as advising national governments on the design and implementation of national inclusion and financial education strategies. Likewise, he has led projects of innovation, productivity and education for work in several Latin American countries. She has authored several publications on the subject.

Current Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Panama to the Organization of American States. Lawyer with more than twenty-five years of experience, graduated from the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the University of Panama, Sigma Lambda Honor Chapter. With a scholarship from the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation, she carried out doctoral studies at the Complutense University of Madrid, specializing in Labor and Social Security Law.
He has a Post-Graduate in Mediation from the University of Panama and the International Institute of Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration; and Specialization in Labor Relations in Europe and Social Dialogue from the Carlos III University of Madrid and the European Institute of Industrial Relations.
Throughout her professional career, she has worked as a university professor at the University of Panama and the Specialized University of the Americas (UDELAS); consultant for civil society organizations; trade union and labor consultant. In addition, she is an eligible arbitrator in the Special Labor Regime of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP).
She has held public positions as Minister of Social Development (MIDES) and Coordinating Minister of the Social Cabinet of the Republic of Panama (2005-2009).
She has extensive experience in managing development cooperation projects with a gender perspective. Likewise, she has specialized training as a moderator to facilitate group discussion processes with the use of participatory methodologies and strategic planning.

Degree in Political Science and International Relations from the Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE). With more than 10 years of experience in financial inclusion issues, he was part of the coordination and operation of PATMIR, a pioneer program to promote microfinance in Mexico, within the Banco de Bienestar, as well as the now Ministry of Agriculture and Development. Rural. Likewise, he has been a member of collaborative efforts between academia, civil society and government for local and community development.

Nancy Silva Salas, General Director of Studies, has a PhD in Economics from The London School of Economics and Political Science (England); Master of Arts in Economics from the Université Catholique de Louvian (Belgium), and Mathematical Civil Engineer from the University of Chile.
In 2014, she joined the former Superintendency of Banks and Financial Institutions (current CMF) as Director of Studies, under her direction the studies and gender statistics of the CMF have been developed. Previously, he worked as a senior economist in the Financial Policy Division of the Central Bank of Chile and in various teaching positions at the universities of Chile, Diego Portales, de los Andes and the London School of Economics. He has extensive experience in financial research and has participated as chair of the Financial Stability and Development Conference, guest editor of the Financial Stability Journal and as part of the Scientific Committee of several international conferences. During his career, he has led various research and regulation projects for the industries under the supervision of the current CMF, including the latest amendment to the general banking law, the implementation of the Basel III liquidity and capital regulations, and various projects associated with strengthening the bank resolution process.

Gastón Repetto is currently serving as the main manager of financial inclusion at the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic. In this institution, he was previously Principal Manager of the General Management and the Deputy General Management of Economic Research.
Bachelor of Economics from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Master and PhD candidate in Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He did postgraduate studies at the Economics Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder.
In the past, he acted as manager of Economic, Commercial and Business Development Studies of the Investment and Foreign Trade Bank (BICE) and Coordinating Manager of the Buenos Aires Sur SE Corporation. He served as a consultant for the Social Capital Fund SA, the National Communications Secretariat and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). He was an economist of the Undersecretariat of fiscal and economic relations with the provinces of the Ministry of Economy of the Nation.
In the academic field, it was a teacher in different institutions: Alma Mater Studiorum, representation in Buenos Aires of Universita di Bologna, National University of Luján (UNLU) and University of Buenos Aires Ubon and was a visiting teacher of the UIC and the Catholic University of Whose (UCC). He also worked as a graduate researcher and assistant researcher at the UIC and a researcher at UNICEF and UNLu/CONICET.

Doctor of Jurisprudence from the Catholic University of Ecuador, she also has an International MBA from the Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Economics and Ecology (HfWU) in Germany, a certification in Leadership and Diversity from the Oxford University Business School in England. and a certification in Coaching by the European University of the Atlantic in Spain.
Throughout her professional career, she has developed vast experience in the field of Control of the National Financial System, holding positions of high responsibility and being recognized for the efficiency and high technical level of her management.
In the academic field, her performance as a university professor in prestigious National Universities stands out; In the same way, he has been a lecturer and speaker at a national and international level, on issues of economic policy, supervision and control of the financial system, development of the economic sector of the popular and solidarity economy, among others.

Municipal (IFAM), promoting the Institutional Strategic Plan 2020-2030 aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals from local governments, through Smart Cantons, Climate Change: Territorial Planning Local Economic Development. Human Security.
It is a benchmark and actively participates in national and international forums on issues related to gender, environment, climate change, energy transition, urban mobility, public infrastructure, land use planning, local development, open government and human rights. She has received awards from the International FIA Foundation 2018 and from ASOMOVE, recognizing her leadership as Deputy Promoter of Electric Mobility in Costa Rica in 2019. In 2021 she received international recognition from the Center for Leadership and Innovation of the Americas in the category of Women Leaders of the Americas 2021.
Marcela Guerrero Campos as Minister for the Status of Women and Executive President of the National Institute for Women (INAMU) works together with the staff of the Institution, so that Costa Rica is a leader in the defense of women's human rights, an active defender of equality, inclusion, diversity and the fight against all types of violence. It promotes the economic empowerment of women, care and prevention of violence against women, as well as women's leadership in mitigation, adaptation and risk management in the context of climate change.
Likewise, it aims to make visible the services provided by the INAMU, ensuring the participation and voice of women in all sectors and spaces of national life and that they are the ones who strengthen the institution that protects their rights.