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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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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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Women's ministers and top gender officials from 23 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean concluded the Regional Consultations prior to the 61st session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) calling for decisive measures to promote women’s economic empowerment.
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The Ministers and High Authorities of the National Mechanisms for the advancement of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean met in Panama on February 6th to 8th 2017 on the occasion of the Regional Consultation prior to the 61st period of sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61) on "The Economic Empowerment of Women in the Changing World of Work", to be held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from March 13th to 24th 2017.
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On the occasion of the upcoming opening of the Panama Canal Expansion Project, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) congratulates female workers of this waterway, who in addition to having forged a career, undoubtedly, they will form part of an important milestone in both national and global levels.
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On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, UN Women raises the voice against all the forms of discrimination and inequality that many black and afro-descendant women experience in the region of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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The UN Women Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean, along with the Global Compact Network in Panama, Sumarse, recently held a business forum to officially launch the Knowledge Gateway on Women’s Economic Empowerment: EmpowerWomen.org, as well as the Women’s Economic Principles.
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The Latin-American and the Caribbean Parliament (Parlatino), approved during its 2015 General Assembly, the legal framework to advance parity democracy in the region. This law will become a reference to national parliaments for the implementation of institutional reforms and policies to promote and ensure substantive equality between men and women in all decision-making spheres across the region.
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