The United Nations' agency devoted to women's empowerment has created a high-level civil society advisory group for Latin America and the Caribbean to provide political and technical advice and to act as a link to civil society organizations in the region.
UN Women has selected 15 members for its new Civil Society Regional Advisory Group for Latin America and the Caribbean. All experts in the area of gender equality and women's empowerment, the members represent Colombia, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Mexico, Ecuador, Chile and Peru.
“It has been an arduous decision-making process for the Selection Committee, as we have received 119 nominations from women and men with distinguished records of commitment to gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean,” said Moni Pizani, regional director of UN Women for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Members of the advisory group include representatives from academia, Afro-descendent and indigenous women leaders as well as prominent advocates with expertise in defending the political, economic and reproductive rights of women in the region.
