Beijing +30: The Contribution of National Women's Machineries and the Rural Women's Agenda
As part of the Beijing +30 anniversary, this event will bring together regional women leaders to reflect on the role of National Women's Machineries, the progress achieved, and ways to strengthen the rural women's rights agenda in the Americas.
Event date:
March 12, 2025
In person
In the context of the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, the Ministry of Women of Panama, the Inter-American Commission of Women/OAS, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, UN Women, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and Inclusive Societies (Global Gateway), with the co-organization of the Permanent Mission of Panama to the United Nations, invite you to this in-person panel with live streaming.
The event will address the progress of National Women's Machineries in promoting public policies for gender equality and the challenges that remain, with a special focus on the rights of rural women, recognizing their diversity and leadership in the sustainable development of the region.
The panel will feature two high-level discussion sessions, where ministers, experts, and representatives of international organizations will share experiences, lessons learned, and proposals to strengthen gender institutions and guarantee the rights of all women and girls in rural areas.
Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Time: 1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. (EDT)
Venue: Instituto Cervantes, 211-215 East 49th Street
New York, NY 10017
Agenda
March 12, 2025
Welcome remarks and presentation of the session’s objectives and methodology
Speaker:
Niurka del Carmen Palacio Urriola
Minister of Women of Panama
Niurka del Carmen Palacio Urriola
Minister of Women of Panama
Reflections from the regional level
Speaker:
Alejandra Mora Mora
Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women, Organization of American States
Alejandra Mora Mora
Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women, Organization of American States
High-Level Panel | Impacts of National Women’s Machineries 30 Years After Beijing
Speakers:
Antonia Orellana
Minister of Women and Gender Equity of Chile
Chile
Citlalli Hernández
Secretary of Women, Mexico
Ayanna Webster-Roy
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister: Gender and Child Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago
Tamara Ospina Posse
Vice Minister of Women, Ministry of Equality and Equity, Colombia
Barbara Jimenez Santiago
Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, Equality Now
Antonia Orellana
Minister of Women and Gender Equity of Chile
Chile
Antonia Orellana is the minister of Women and Gender Equity for Chile. She is a journalist specializing in media management. She has dedicated much of her career to supporting the establishment and dissemination of social and political organizations in Chile, demonstrating an outstanding commitment to the feminist movement both in Chile and Latin America. She was a member of the Escuela de Comunicación Popular 2012- 2015, and from then until 2020, she was an associate member of Red Chilena contra la Violencia hacia las Mujeres (Chilean Network against Violence towards Women) in the Metropolitan Region. Orellana earned her journalism degree from the Universidad de Chile’s Instituto de la Comunicación e Imagen.
Citlalli Hernández
Secretary of Women, Mexico
Ayanna Webster-Roy
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister: Gender and Child Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago
Tamara Ospina Posse
Vice Minister of Women, Ministry of Equality and Equity, Colombia
Barbara Jimenez Santiago
Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, Equality Now
High-Level Panel | The Inter-American Decade for the Rights of Rural Women
Speakers:
Cindy Quesada Hernández
Minister of Women's Affairs of Costa Rica
Niurka del Carmen Palacio Urriola
Minister of Women of Panama
Mayra Jiménez
Minister of Women, Dominican Republic
Luz Haro
Executive Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Rural Women - REDLAC
Cindy Quesada Hernández
Minister of Women's Affairs of Costa Rica
Niurka del Carmen Palacio Urriola
Minister of Women of Panama
Mayra Jiménez
Minister of Women, Dominican Republic
Luz Haro
Executive Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Rural Women - REDLAC
Conclusions and closing
Speaker:
S.E. Eloy Alfaro de Alba
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations (UN)
S.E. Eloy Alfaro de Alba
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations (UN)
Panelists
Niurka del Carmen Palacio Urriola
Minister of Women of Panama
Cindy Quesada Hernández
Minister of Women's Affairs of Costa Rica
Mayra Jiménez
Minister of Women, Dominican Republic
Alejandra Mora Mora
Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women, Organization of American States
Antonia Orellana
Minister of Women and Gender Equity of Chile
Chile
Citlalli Hernández
Secretary of Women, Mexico
Ayanna Webster-Roy
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister: Gender and Child Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago
Barbara Jimenez Santiago
Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, Equality Now
Luz Haro
Executive Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Rural Women - REDLAC
Niurka del Carmen Palacio Urriola
Minister of Women of Panama
Cindy Quesada Hernández
Minister of Women's Affairs of Costa Rica
Mayra Jiménez
Minister of Women, Dominican Republic
Alejandra Mora Mora
Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women, Organization of American States
Antonia Orellana
Minister of Women and Gender Equity of Chile
Chile
Antonia Orellana is the minister of Women and Gender Equity for Chile. She is a journalist specializing in media management. She has dedicated much of her career to supporting the establishment and dissemination of social and political organizations in Chile, demonstrating an outstanding commitment to the feminist movement both in Chile and Latin America. She was a member of the Escuela de Comunicación Popular 2012- 2015, and from then until 2020, she was an associate member of Red Chilena contra la Violencia hacia las Mujeres (Chilean Network against Violence towards Women) in the Metropolitan Region. Orellana earned her journalism degree from the Universidad de Chile’s Instituto de la Comunicación e Imagen.
Citlalli Hernández
Secretary of Women, Mexico
Ayanna Webster-Roy
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister: Gender and Child Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago
Barbara Jimenez Santiago
Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, Equality Now
Luz Haro
Executive Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Rural Women - REDLAC
