United Nations Church Center, New York
This panel’s objective is to make known the results of institutionalizing and developing public policies with both a gender and intercultural approach that have reached the indigenous women’s networks - in their capacity as interlocutors with the Mexican State – accompanied by and with the technical assistance of UN Women.
Speakers: Mrs. Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women (to be confirmed); Mrs. Mirna Cunningham, President of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII); Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba, Representative of the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations; Mrs. Maria del Carmen Sacasa, Acting Resident Representative UNDP – Mexico; Mr. Janitzio Duran Ortegon, Head of the CDI Planning and Consultation Unit; Mrs. Otilia Lux de Cotí, Director of the International Indigenous Women Forum (IIWF); Mrs. Martha Sánchez Néstor, Coordinator of the Alliance of the Indigenous Women of Central America and Mexico; Mrs. Moni Pizani, Director of UN Women LAC Regional Centre; Mrs. Ana Güezmes, Regional Director ONU Mujeres.
Sponsored by: UN Women, UNDP, International Indigenous Women’s Forum, Alianza de Mujeres Indígenas de Centroamérica y México.
