iKNOW Politics in the International Seminar "Political Communication and New Information Technologies"
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In order to exchange experiences on congressional work in gender in Latin America and the use of new technologies in these endeavours, International IDEA and UN Women held an International Seminar on 13 August in Lima to address the progress achieved in this field as well as the agenda ahead.
The seminar also analysed strategies in order to improve communication channels between elected representatives and citizens through the use of new information technologies.
Invited as international guests were Ecuadorian Assembly Member María Paula Romo, former Uruguayan deputy Beatriz Argimón, former Spanish deputy and current UN Women advisor Begoña Lasabagaster, and Ricardo Castillo, Venezuelan expert in communications at George Washington University.
Representing Peru, Congress Members Luz Salgado, María Magdalena López and Aurelia Tan (Fuerza 2011), Julia Tévez and Rosa Mávila (Gana Perú), and Esther Capuñay (Solidaridad Nacional) participated in the seminar.
The seminar included a presentation from iKNOW Politics, which stressed the importance of the network to the work of women parliamentarians.
In order to exchange experiences on congressional work in gender in Latin America and the use of new technologies in these endeavours, International IDEA and UN Women held an International Seminar on 13 August in Lima to address the progress achieved in this field as well as the agenda ahead.
The seminar also analysed strategies in order to improve communication channels between elected representatives and citizens through the use of new information technologies.
Invited as international guests were Ecuadorian Assembly Member María Paula Romo, former Uruguayan deputy Beatriz Argimón, former Spanish deputy and current UN Women advisor Begoña Lasabagaster, and Ricardo Castillo, Venezuelan expert in communications at George Washington University.
Representing Peru, Congress Members Luz Salgado, María Magdalena López and Aurelia Tan (Fuerza 2011), Julia Tévez and Rosa Mávila (Gana Perú), and Esther Capuñay (Solidaridad Nacional) participated in the seminar.
The seminar included a presentation from iKNOW Politics, which stressed the importance of the network to the work of women parliamentarians.