Michelle Bachelet, Margot Wallström and Nadine Gasman


The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on women and women’s rights in Latin America

Webinar: When: Jun 9, 2020 03:00 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna Topic: The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on women and women’s rights in Latin America

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Webinar Panelist

Michelle Bachelet (High Commissioner for Human Rights @United Nations) Ms. Bachelet was elected President of Chile on two occasions. She also served as Health Minister as well as Chile’s and Latin America’s first female Defense Minister. In 2011, she was named the first Director of UN Women, an organization dedicated to fighting for the rights of women and girls internationally. She has recently pledged to be a Gender Champion, committing to advance gender equality in OHCHR and in international fora.

Margot Wallström (Social Democratic Party politician and diplomat ) Margot Wallström has been Sweden’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Wallström has served as European Commissioner for the Environment and as the First Vice President of the European Commission, with responsibility for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy. Ms. Wallström has also been the Special Representative of the United Nation Secretary-General's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict.

Nadine Gasman (President of Inmujeres in Mexico @Inmujeres) She has a degree as medical surgeon from La Salle University and the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and a PHD in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. As international officer she served as UN Women Representative in Brazil, and Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Guatemala from. She has also been head of the Secretary General campaign: "UNiTE to End Violence against Women for Latin America and the Caribbean".

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När: 9 juni 2020 15:00 - 9 juni 2020 16:30

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Arrangör: Romanska och klassiska institutionen och Stockholm University

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