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Hemispheric Platform for Rural Women

Event Date
2021-08-17
Country

Descripcion

Launch of the Hemispheric Platform for Rural Women

Date: Tuesday, August 17th, 2021.

Time: 8:00 a.m. Costa Rica Time.

Program

Date - Time Activity Speakers
August 17th / 8:00–8:05 a.m. (Costa Rica Time). Welcome Ileana Ramírez, Consultant Gender and Youth Specialist, Directorate of Technical Cooperation, IICA.
8:05–8:15 a.m. Opening Remarks Lloyd Day, Deputy Director General, IICA.
8:15–8:25 a.m. Presentation of the Hemispheric Platform for Rural Women Mariela Zúñiga, Specialist, Directorate of Technical Cooperation, IICA.
8:25–8:30 a.m. Rural Women's Forum 2021 Andrea Carolina Borda, IICA Specialist, Colombia.
8:30–9:10 a.m. Forum theme: Agri-food systems and rural women: What are your priorities as agents of change in agri-food systems? Lilliana Jiménez, Colombia, Andean Region; Tamisha Lee, Jamaica, Caribbean Region; Elvia Monzón, Guatemala, Central Region; María Sánchez, Mexico, Northern Region; Gricelda Mendieta, Uruguay, Southern Region.
9:10–9:25 a.m. Forum conclusions Sandra Ziegler, UNICEF Argentina Consultant, researcher at FLACSO, Director of the Master's Degree in Social Sciences with an orientation in Education at the University of Buenos Aires, Special Advisor on Digitization at IICA; Beverly Best, Director of External and Institutional Relations, IICA.
9:25–9:30 a.m. Close of the forum Federico Villarreal, Director, Directorate of Technical Cooperation, IICA.

Speakers

  • Ileana Ramírez, Consultant Gender and Youth Specialist, Directorate of Technical Cooperation, IICA.
  • Lloyd Day, Deputy Director General, IICA. 
  • Mariela Zúñiga, Specialist, Directorate of Technical Cooperation, IICA. 
  • Andrea Carolina Borda, IICA Specialist, Colombia. 
  • Lilliana Jiménez, Colombia, Andean Region.
  • Tamisha Lee, Jamaica, Caribbean Region.
  • Elvia Monzón, Guatemala, Central Region.
  • María Sánchez, Mexico, Northern Region.
  • Gricelda Mendieta, Uruguay, Southern Region. 
  • Sandra Ziegler, UNICEF Argentina Consultant, researcher at FLACSO, Director of the Master's Degree in Social Sciences with an orientation in Education at the University of Buenos Aires, Special Advisor on Digitization at IICA.
  • Beverly Best, Director of External and Institutional Relations, IICA.
  • Federico Villarreal, Director, Directorate of Technical Cooperation, IICA.

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