In the framework of the XXXVII Assembly of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) in Lima there were elected the new authorities that will govern the Steering Committee of the CIM from 2016 to 2019, responsible for exercising the political representation of the Commission and guide its work for the next 3 years. The Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations, Marcela Huaita Alegre, was elected president. The vice president will be in charge of Costa Rica, Mexico and Paraguay. The five Member States elected to the Committee are Belize, Argentina, Panama, Bolivia and Colombia. This session also addressed key issues related to equality and economic empowerment of women, theme of the Assembly, as gender parity, violence and political harassment against women and the rights of women deprived of liberty for minor offenses related drugs.
The Vice President is Alejandra Mora Mora, Minister for the Status of Women of Costa Rica; Ana Maria Baiardi Quesnel, Minister of Women of Paraguay, and Marcela Eternod Arámburu, Executive Secretary of the National Women's Institute of Mexico.
They were elected as members of the Executive Committee of the CIM representatives of Argentina: Silvia Lommi, the National Council of Women; Belize: Esther Ayuso Ramirez, President of the National Commission of Women; Bolivia: Ana Maria Nunez Lazcano, Director General of Prevention and Elimination of all forms of violence; Colombia: Martha Esperanza Ordonez, Presidential Advisor on Gender Equality; and Panama: Liriola Leoteau de Avila, Director General of the National Institute for Women (INAMU).
The brand new president of the CIM, Marcela Huaita, thanked her election on behalf of Peru. "Undoubtedly, the outgoing president leaves an important route to further strengthen physical autonomy, autonomy in decision-making and economic empowerment of women in the region. My task will be to continue it, we have many challenges ahead”, she said.
In the framework of the XXXVII Assembly of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) in Lima there were elected the new authorities that will govern the Steering Committee of the CIM from 2016 to 2019, responsible for exercising the political representation of the Commission and guide its work for the next 3 years. The Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations, Marcela Huaita Alegre, was elected president. The vice president will be in charge of Costa Rica, Mexico and Paraguay. The five Member States elected to the Committee are Belize, Argentina, Panama, Bolivia and Colombia. This session also addressed key issues related to equality and economic empowerment of women, theme of the Assembly, as gender parity, violence and political harassment against women and the rights of women deprived of liberty for minor offenses related drugs.
The Vice President is Alejandra Mora Mora, Minister for the Status of Women of Costa Rica; Ana Maria Baiardi Quesnel, Minister of Women of Paraguay, and Marcela Eternod Arámburu, Executive Secretary of the National Women's Institute of Mexico.
They were elected as members of the Executive Committee of the CIM representatives of Argentina: Silvia Lommi, the National Council of Women; Belize: Esther Ayuso Ramirez, President of the National Commission of Women; Bolivia: Ana Maria Nunez Lazcano, Director General of Prevention and Elimination of all forms of violence; Colombia: Martha Esperanza Ordonez, Presidential Advisor on Gender Equality; and Panama: Liriola Leoteau de Avila, Director General of the National Institute for Women (INAMU).
The brand new president of the CIM, Marcela Huaita, thanked her election on behalf of Peru. "Undoubtedly, the outgoing president leaves an important route to further strengthen physical autonomy, autonomy in decision-making and economic empowerment of women in the region. My task will be to continue it, we have many challenges ahead”, she said.