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Every April 22nd, we commemorate International Mother Earth Day, a date officially recognized by the United Nations through General Assembly Resolution 64/196, adopted on December 21, 2009. This recognition marked a political milestone in the global environmental agenda by emphasizing the need to foster a balanced and respectful relationship between humanity and the planet we inhabit.
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From April 10 to April 13, 2024, UN Women's Deputy Executive Director Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda embarked on her first official mission to the Americas and Caribbean region, which began in Panama. This visit not only marked a significant first in her tenure but also highlighted the region's active advancements in gender equality and intersectional inclusion with a focus on women from rural environments, indigenous women, afro-descendant women, and women with disabilities.
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Selina Raldes Herrera is a young Bolivian feminist and sexual and reproductive rights activist. She is a medical student in her ninth semester of psychology. She is the national coordinator of the National Platform of Adolescents and Youth for Sexual and Reproductive Rights. This organization works in schools in six departments in 16 municipalities in rural Bolivia to empower girls, adolescents, and young women. She represented Bolivian youth at the Regional Youth Consultation in Santiago de Chile (2020) and the XIV Regional Women's Conference (2020). At the end of 2021, she won a scholarship from the U.S. Embassy's Winter Institute for Young Leaders program. Also, she participated in the Generation Change Program of the Peace Institute in Colombia.
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Bianca Malfert is finishing her studies in law, is a regional activist on peace, equality, and climate change issues, and is an influencer and volunteer. She is the national director of the Iberoamerican Alliance for Peace, communications officer for Global Peace, and national director of Mujercitas Bolivia. She participated in the Asia Pacific Youth SDGs Summit (2021) and the Youth Forum of the Americas (2022). She is the author of two published articles entitled: The Humanist Vision of Law 2018 and The Memories of March 8: some characters and their rebellion.
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Foto: Jose Ignacio Mateis Balza On the summit of Bolivia’s Huayna Potosí mountain, towering more than 6,000 metres above sea level, a flag proudly flies to promote the United Nations Secretary-General’s UNiTE campaign, a global effort to end all violence against women and girls. In 2020, four female climbers – Cecilia and Rufina Llusco, Teodora Magueño, and Ana Lía Gonzáles – planted it there, a testimony of their resilience and...
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UN Agencies deeply regret the shipwreck in Acandí, Colombia, on October 11 of a vessel carrying around 30 people headed to Panama. Colombian authorities reported that three people lost their lives in the tragedy and another six, including three children, are missing.
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Since 2018, Stephanie Murillo, 32, has presided over the Afro-Panamanian Youth Network, an organization that seeks to form a highly engaged, organized and empowered youth. She is the founder of the digital platform Afroraíces, and in 2019, she won an Emmy Award for best historical-cultural documentary, for her production 'Afrolatinos'.
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Sandra López Verges is a Panamanian biochemist with a Ph.D. in Microbiology speciality Virology. She is a Senior Health Researcher and directs the Department of Research in Virology and Biotechnology at the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Health Studies (ICGES).
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In an event held on December 14, 2020, with the support of UN Women, the Embassy of Canada in Panama, the Embassy of the Netherlands in Panama, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Social Development of the Republic of Panama, the Gender Roundtable of International Cooperation in Panama (MEGECIPAN) was established.
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Yobanca Fernandez Flores has been a women’s rights activist for more than 35 years. She is also the National President of the Community Promoters for the Prevention of Gender-based Violence in Bolivia. Together with hundreds of women leaders in the country, the Community Promoters have formed a network of advocates who provide direct support to victims and survivors of gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Alejandra Mónica Quijua Tintaya is a 34-year-old Bolivian national who packaged fruits in Santiago de Chile. She, along with other migrant workers, lost her job as cases of COVID-19 surged in Latin America. Her journey back to Bolivia illustrates the increased hardships that migrant workers are facing during the global pandemic, but also the importance women-led groups to protect their rights.
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Beatriz Ramírez (Colombia) Business administrator, with vast experience as a gender issues-, women’s empowerment-, equal rights- social and labor inclusion facilitator in high risk and vulnerable communities. Member of the network of spokespersons for the campaign “¡Párala ya! Nada justifica las violencias contra las mujeres” (Stop her! Nothing justifies violence against women”), Director of the UNIDAS-FDI: Women Building Social Networks program and...
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The Panama Canal has formalized its commitment to gender equality and women's economic empowerment by signing the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs). The Panama Canal joins the 23 Panamanian companies that work together with UN Women and Sumarse - Global Compact Panama, in the economic empowerment of women, under the slogan, "equality means business”. María Noel Vaeza, UN Women’s Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean, indicated that "the...
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This year in Latin America and the Caribbean, eight countries have the challenge of conducting their elections under COVID-19 contexts, among them: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
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Natalia Klinsky Amelunge is 28 years old, and this is her second year working as a general practitioner. She works in the area of epidemiology of COVID-19 at the National Health Fund in Bolivia and the Anita Leigue Municipal Health Center. She spoke with UN Women about the challenges women face in the frontline response in Bolivia.
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