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CAF - Development Bank

Dr. Rebecca Bill Chavez, president and CEO of the Inter-American Dialogue and Antonia Urrejola, former foreign minister of Chile came together for an exchange titled, “Bolstering Democratic Governance Through Foreign Policy.”Read more +

Jay Mallin

“Women’s Economic Empowerment – Fostering an Equitable and Inclusive Digital Economy,” focused on women’s inclusion in the digital transformation, discussing methods to bridge the digital divide between men and women by investing in digital upskilling, online financial management services and social services, and entrepreneurship programs.Read more +

NTN24

El 8 de mayo, 2023, Tamara Taraciuk Broner, directora del Programa de Estado de Derecho Peter D. Bell del Diálogo Interamericano conversó con NTN24 sobre el proceso judicial para las víctimas de violación en Venezuela.Read more +

CORTESÍA

On the heels of President Guillermo Lasso’s White House meeting with President Joe Biden on December 19, 2022, President Lasso joined Inter-American Dialogue President & CEO Rebecca Bill Chavez for a conversation about the US-Ecuador bilateral relationship.Read more +

Sharing a selection of issues that the Latin America Advisor's team felt covered especially important developments this year in Western Hemisphere affairs.Read more +

Women took to the streets last month in several locations in Latin America, including Mexico City, pictured above, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. // File Photo: @Claudiashein via Twitter.

A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts' views on what Latin American and Caribbean countries should do to fight gender-based violence. Read more +

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Amidst stark regression of reproductive rights in the Global North, the Inter-American Dialogue, in partnership with the Center for Reproductive Rights, Fòs Feminista, and the Embassy of Argentina in the United States, hosted a symposium titled “Faces of the Latin American Green Wave: From Argentina to Mexico, Leaders Share Their Experiences” on October 27, 2022.Read more +

Opposition leader Juan Guaidó won international recognition three years ago as Venezuela’s legitimate head of state, but that support has been dwindling. // File Photo: @jguaido via Twitter.

A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts' viewpoints on dwindling international support for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó.Read more +

The Brazilian government has reportedly cut funding for fighting violence against women, but officials have said the government is taking the right actions to address the problem. // File Photo: Marcha Mundial das Mulheres.

A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring experts' viewpoints on efforts to fight violence against women in Brazil.Read more +

Global Gift Foundation

Julissa Reynoso, US Ambassador to Spain, received the Global Gift Women's Empowerment Award for her work supporting social programs that improve quality of life and care for immigrants in the United States.Read more +

The U.S. Supreme Court last month overturned its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that had constitutionally guaranteed women access to abortion. // File Photo: Supreme Court of the United States.

A Latin America Advisor Q&A featuring viewpoints on the effects of the overturn of Roe vs. Wade on Latin America and the Caribbean. Read more +

Inter-American Dialogue

El 28 de junio 2022 Laura Chinchilla, expresidenta de Costa Rica y co-chair del Diálogo Interamericano, conversó con Noticias Columbia sobre los retos que las mujeres tienen que enfrentar una vez asumidos cargos políticos.Read more +

Amazon, Branca Moreira Alves, Jacqueline Pitanguy

Jacqueline Pitanguy has recently published a book titled Feminismo no Brasil: Memórias de quem fez acontecer or "Feminism in Brazil: Memories of those who made it happen" alongside Branca Moreira Alves.Read more +

Rebecca Bill Chavez testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues on the Ninth Summit of the Americas on May 26, 2022.Read more +

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On March 31, 2022, the Inter-American Dialogue hosted a public event to present its biennial Sol M. Linowitz policy report titled: “The Case for Renewed Cooperation in a Troubled Hemisphere: Towards the Ninth Summit of the Americas”. During the event, panelists discussed the main findings and recommendations of the report and analyzed the current state of regional and hemispheric cooperation.Read more +

Main Photo: Constanza Niscovolos / IPPF/WHR

On February 25, 2021, the Inter-American Dialogue hosted the webinar “The Road to Legal Abortion in Argentina” in partnership with the Embassy of Argentina in Washington, DC, and the International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region (IPPFWHR). Panelists discussed the winning strategy employed by the feminist movement to promote passage of the law to legalize abortion, the challenges they encountered, and how they leveraged resources to produce a favorable outcome.Read more +

During the pandemic, women in Latin America and the Caribbean have lost jobs at higher rates than have men. // File Photo: Mexican Government.

A Latin America Advisor Q&A on the impacts of Covid-19 on Latin American and Caribbean women's participation in the work force.Read more +

Julissa Reynoso, chief of staff for the First Lady and former US ambassador to Uruguay, will be the co-chair of the White House Gender Policy Council in the Biden administration. Read more +

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Dialogue members Susana Malcorra and Rebeca Grynspan are participating in a thought leadership series titled "Women's Voices for an Equal Future." The series is organized by the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) and the Group of Women Leaders Voices for Change and Inclusion (GWL-Voices). Read more +

Main Photo: Thomas Hawk / Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0

On December 3, the Dialogue partnered with the Victory Institute to host the event “LGBTQ Rights and US Foreign Policy: A Need to Lead” as part of the 2020 International LGBTQ Leaders Conference.Read more +