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CIM Bulletin
November 2022
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A Feminist Peace Agenda
On November 4, the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM/OAS), with the support of the Government of Italy and Liechtenstein, launched a new position paper entitled "Pathways to Peace and Security forged by Women: An Agenda for the Americas. Within this framework, a High-Level Dialogue was held with women leaders in the field, from international, national and civil society organizations, during which good practices were exchanged and the main challenges to be taken into account for the future were identified.
The new CIM document proposes a reconceptualization of "security" from the perspective of feminism, human rights, women's experiences and resilience, as the fundamental basis for peace building.
Relive the dialog here
Download the document here
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XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean:
The Care Society at the Center
During the XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which took place from November 7 to 11, 2022, the CIM co-organized and participated in different spaces for dialogue on care as a right and responsibility shared by all sectors of society.
In this context, the Executive Secretary, Alejandra Mora Mora, spoke at the Parliamentary Forum "The Care Society: Horizon for Sustainable Recovery," where she presented the main points of the CIM Model Inter-American Care Law and stressed the importance of care as a strategic element for sustaining life, the economy and the economic empowerment of women.
She was a speaker at "Security from a feminist perspective puts care at the center," organized by the Corporation for Research and Social and Economic Action, where she emphasized the resignification of security in a feminist perspective.
On November 10, the Inter-American Task Force, of which the CIM is a member, held the side event "Women's Leadership in Caregiving Agendas: From Why to Strategies," together with the Government of Canada and the National Women's Institute of Uruguay. The panel addressed pending challenges such as the scarcity of data and insufficient resources to meet the needs of caregiving.
During the conference, the Executive Secretary also held several meetings with authorities, civil society organizations and international organizations to articulate the women's agenda and promote multilateralism as a tool for transformation.
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XIX Meeting of the Committee of Experts of the MESECVI
On November 11, the XIX Meeting of the Committee of Experts of the Follow-up Mechanism of the Belém do Pará Convention (MESECVI) was held, where they defined a work agenda for 2023 and agreed to work on issues such as: Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS), trafficking of migrant women and digital violence against women and girls.
The CIM Executive Secretary, Alejandra Mora Mora, participated in the opening of the meeting, highlighting the reports prepared by the Committee and the valuable commitment they assume in the region.
More information here
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CIM and CAF sign agreement to enhance women's economic inclusion
and empowerment in the region
On November 11, the CIM and CAF - Development Bank of Latin America, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen the ties of cooperation between the two entities and work in coordination to promote the agenda of gender equality and women's empowerment in the region.
Through this alliance, both organizations will work in coordination with the States in the definition and implementation of legal and institutional frameworks that promote women's economic autonomy by addressing care and financial inclusion.
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CIM participates in the Diploma in Training of Community Accompaniers against Gender Violence in the province of Cordoba-Argentina
On November 13, Alejandra Mora Mora gave a keynote lecture as part of the University Diploma in Training of Community Accompaniers against Gender Violence, given by the Ministry of Women of the Province of Córdoba, the Network of Universities for Non-Violence, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Ibero-American Union of Municipalities (UIM).
During her speech, she reviewed the structural causes of gender inequalities, presented the CIM Model Inter-American Law on Caregiving and analyzed the challenges and debts of local and regional agendas.
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Strategies and challenges in the prevention, attention, investigation,
punishment and reparation of femicide
On November 15, 2022, Alejandra Mora Mora, participated in the regional high-level meeting on justice and gender, co-organized by the CIM-MESECVI, the Women's Office of the Supreme Court of Argentina, the Supreme Court of Mexico and ELA (Equipo Latinoamericano de Justicia y Género). She emphasized the importance of legally interpreting power relations as a context for crimes against women's lives and the generation of investigation methodologies and specific expert evidence for these cases.
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Joint event of MESECVI and the Ministry of Women's Affairs and Gender Equity in Chile
The need to deepen training in gender perspective within the judicial system and to move towards a cultural transformation in the face of femicide/feminicide were two of the main conclusions of the event "Strategies to prevent feminicidal violence against women and girls: gaps, challenges and necessary transformations."
The event, held on November 17, at the Faculty of Administration and Economics of the University of Santiago de Chile, was attended by the Minister of Women and Gender Equity, Antonia Orellana, the Minister of the Supreme Court, Andrea Muñoz, the Technical Secretary of MESECVI, Luz Patricia Mejía, and representatives of government, academia and civil society.
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Other Highlights of November 2022
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CIM Calendar: What are we looking to highlight?
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COVID-19 in Women's Lives: Global Emergence of Care. (English)
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Violence against Women in the Face of Measures to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 (English)
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COVID-19 in Women's Lives: Reasons for Recognizing Differential Impacts (English)
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Inter-American Model Law on Care (English)
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