UN Side panel event RESCHEDULED: Reschedule details will follow

This event was rescheduled for March 22, 2017!

Details to follow.

Join us for a panel discussion at the United Nations!

Combating Mass Incarceration, Improving Systemic Justice and Policing:

Impact on Women and Marginalized Communities in Latin America and the Caribbean

UN Security Check in is at 5:30pm Sharp

Keynote speaker:

• H.E. Mrs. Janet Camilo, Minister of Women of the Dominican Republic

Panel moderator:

• Ms. Gabriela Ramírez-Vargas, John Jay College, Assistant Director, Ronald H. Brown Program

Speakers:

• H.E. Dr. Henry Leonard Mac-Donald, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Suriname to the United Nation & HeForShe Campaign Ambassador for the Advancement of Women;
• Testimonial of survivor, Tahirih Justice Center
• Ms. Roxana Reyes, Deputy Attorney General for Women's Affairs of the Dominican Republic;
• Ms. Maria Dolores Fernos, Attorney, Associate Professor, InterAmerican University School of Law - Former Women's Advocate, Puerto Rico Government;
• Dr. Jodie Roure, Associate Professor, Director and Project Investigator at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
• Dr. William Ramírez, Attorney, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union & Adjunct Professor at the InterAmerican University School of Law
• Ms. Michelle Leung, Associate Producer at VICE Media

Aim of the event: The current review theme for CSW 61 focuses on the challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for women and girls. This CSW 61 high level side event will focus on how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can accomplish Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work by addressing pressing social issues currently subjugating women and marginalized groups in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The panel will provide emphasis on LAC diasporas and the fight to eliminate obstacles to the economic empowerment of women. It will focus on SDG5 (which aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls), and SDG 16 (which aims to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all, and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels).

Please contact jjcrhb@jjay.cuny.edu if you would like to confirm your attendance.

RSVP by March 9, 2017, and please be sure to include information for each individual attendee.