3/28: Women Confronting Violence and Impunity in Guatemala
| Gender in Development Workgroup Event
Women Confronting Violence and Impunity in Guatemala: For Women's Right to Live-2011 Speakers Tour with Sandra Morán
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| When: Monday, March 28, 2011, 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Please join the SID-Washington Gender in Development Workgroup at an event featuring internationally recognized human rights activist, Sandra Morán. Ms. Morán has worked with the Guatemalan women's and feminist movement for the past 20 years and is a founder of the Sector de Mujeres (Women's Sector), an alliance of 33 women's organizations throughout Guatemala. As a representative of the Sector de Mujeres, Ms. Morán was the driving force and founder of the National Women's Forum, a body that generated participation and proposals for women's public policy after the 1996 Peace Accords were signed to end the 36-year internal conflict.
The Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA (GHRC) launched the For Women's Right to Live campaign in 2005 to end the brutal violence against women in Guatemala that has claimed the lives of over 5,000 young women since 2000. There have been fewer than 30 firm court sentences, including both convictions and acquittals.
Kelsey Alford-Jones, Acting Director of GHRC, will accompany the 2011 Speakers Tour, interpret for Ms. Morán, and provide action steps for audiences to support women's rights in Guatemala, under GHRC's campaign For Women's Right to Live.
Speakers:
Sandra Morán, Director, Sector de Mujeres, Guatemala
Kelsey Alford-Jones, Acting Director, Guatemala Human Rights Commission
A light lunch will be provided by Juárez & Associates, Inc.
For more information about this event, please e-mail Janel Poché at jpoche@juarezassociates.com.
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