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20 Years of Beijing Platform of Action: Strategic Goals and Areas of Concern 20 Years of Beijing Platform of Action: strategic goals and areas of concern Beijing+20 Regional Document of the Civil Society Latin America and the Caribbean February 2015 for Latin America and the Caribbean AUTHORS Compilers: Mabel Bianco and Mariana Winocur Imelda Arana Sáenz, REPEM, Colombia Altagracia Balcacer, RedAfro, República Dominicana Marcela Ballara, REPEM, Chile Mariel Bernal, CONAMI/ECMIA, Argentina Mabel Bianco, FEIM/IAWC/WWW, Argentina Nicole Bidegain, DAWN, Uruguay Zobeyda Cepeda, CLADEM, República Dominicana Susana Chiarotti, INSGENAR/CLADEM, Argentina Lana Finikin, Sistren Theatre Collective /Groots, Jamaica Aidé García Hernández, Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir, México Natalia Gherardi, ELA/Articulación Regional Feminista por los Derechos Humanos, Argentina Gisela Grunin, FEIM, Argentina Liliana Hendel, Red de Periodistas Internacional, Argentina Patricia Jaramillo Guerra, REPEM, Colombia Janneth Lozano, CODACOP/REPEM, Colombia Maribel Luna, Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir, México Silvina Molina, Red de Periodistas Internacional, Argentina Elizabeth Plácido, CLADEM, México Dafne Plou, APC, Argentina Delores Robinson, ASPIRE/NGOs Network for Women Advancement, Trinidad y Tobago Corina Rodríguez Enríquez, CIEPP/DAWN, Argentina Rocío Rosero, AC Democracia/REPEM, Ecuador Camila Sabogal, CODACOP/REPEM, Colombia General Coordination: Mabel Bianco Translation: Maitén Vargas Design and layout: Leonardo Starna This document was consulted with and includes the input of: AC Democracia (Ecuador); Advocates for Safe Parenthood: Impro- ving Reproductive Equity –ASPIRE- (Trinidad & Tobago); AKAHATÁ Equipo de trabajo en sexualidades y géneros (LAC); Alianza Política sector Mujeres (Guatemala); Amnistía Internacional Chile (Chile); Articulación Regional Feminista por los Derechos Humanos y la Justicia de Genero (LAC); Asociación Alas de Mariposas (Guatemala); Asociación Argentina de Mujeres de Carre- ras Jurídicas –AAMCJ- (Argentina); Asociación Civil Comunicación para la Igualdad (Argentina); Asociación Democrática Costa- rricense (Costa Rica); Asociación Lola Mora (Argentina); Asociación MOLOJ (Guatemala); Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones –APC- (LAC); Asociación Pop No´j (Guatemala); Association for Women’s Rights in Development –AWID- (Global); Balance (México); Bufete de Estudios Interdisciplinarios A. C. (México); Campaña Las Mujeres No Esperamos. Acabe- mos la violencia contra mujeres y niñas YA –WWW- (Global); Campaña por una Convención Interamericana de Derechos Sexua- les y Derechos Reproductivos (LAC); Caribbean Coalition for Development & Reduction of Armed Violence –CDRAV- (Trinidad & Tobago); Caribbean Network of Rural Women Producers Regional (Jamaica); Caribbean Regional Network of Women (Regio- nal); CatchAFyah Caribbean Feminist Network (LAC); Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir (Brasil); Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir (Colombia); Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir (LAC); Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir (México); CEDEM San Fernando (Argentina); Center for People's Development –CPD- (Suriname); Centro Cultural Esperanza Rodríguez, AC (México); Centro de Apoyo a la Mujer Trabajadora –CAMTAC- (México); Centro de Culturas Indígenas del Perú –CHIRAPAQ- (Perú); Centro de Estu- dios de la Mujer Honduras -CEM-H- (Honduras); Centro de Estudios de la Mujer Honduras, CEM-H (Honduras); Centro de Estudios Sociales y Políticos para el Desarrollo Humano -CESPPEDH- (Argentina); Centro de Intercambio y Servicios Cono Sur -CISCSA- (Argentina); Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristán (Perú); Centro de Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos Sexua- les y Reproductivos -PROMSEX- (Perú); Centro Ecuatoriano para la Promoción y Acción de la Mujer –CEPAM- (Ecuador); Centro Interdisciplinario para el Estudio de Políticas Públicas –CIEPP- (Argentina); Ciudadanías en Red –CIRE- (Uruguay); Clóset de Sor Juana (México); Colectiva Mujer y Salud (República Dominicana); Colectiva Mujeres (Uruguay); Colectiva para la Defensa de los Derechos de las Mujeres -CODEFEM- (Guatemala); Coletivo Feminino Plural (Brasil); Comisión de Equidad de Género Ciu- dad de Córdoba (Argentina); Comité Latinoamericano y del Caribe para la Defensa de las Mujeres -CLADEM- (Argentina); Co- mité Latinoamericano y del Caribe para la Defensa de las Mujeres -CLADEM- (LAC); Comité Latinoamericano y del Caribe para la Defensa de las Mujeres -CLADEM- (México); Comité Latinoamericano y del Caribe para la Defensa de las Mujeres -CLADEM- (República Dominicana); Comunidad Raíz Zubia (Mexico); Comunidad Raíz Zubia A.C. (México); Concertación Feminista Pruden- cia Ayala (El Salvador); Consejo Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Organizaciones No Gubernamentales con Servicio en VIH/SIDA –LACCASO- (LAC); Consejo Nacional de la Mujer Indígena Argentina –CONAMI- (Argentina); Consorcio para el Dialogo Parla- 2 mentario y la Equidad (México); Coordinadora de la Mujer (Bolivia); Coordinadora Nacional de Viudas de Guatemala – CONAVIGUA- (Guatemala); Corporación de Apoyo a Comunidades Populares –CODACOP- (Colombia); Corporación Humanas Chile (Chile); Corporación Humanas Colombia (Colombia); Corporación Humanas Ecuador (Ecuador); Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era –DAWN- (LAC); Enlace Continental de Mujeres Indígenas de las Américas -ECMIA- (LAC); Equidad de Género: Ciudadanía, Trabajo y Familia A.C. (México); Equipo Latinoamericano de Justicia y Genero –ELA- (Argentina); Equis Justicia para las Mujeres (México); Estudios para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer –DEMUS- (Perú); Family Planning Association Foundation LOBI (Suriname); Federación de Mujeres Municipalistas de América Latina y El Caribe -FEMUM-ALC- (LAC); Federación Internacional de Mujeres de Carreras Jurídicas –FIFCJ- (Global); Feministas en Acción (Argentina); Funda- ción CEPAM (Colombia); Fundación Margen (Chile); Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer –FEIM- (Argentina); Fundación Suma Veritas (Argentina); FUSA (Argentina); Gestos (Brasil); Global Initiative for Sexuality and Human Rights - Hear- tland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights (LAC); Gran Consejo de Autoridades Mayas (Guatemala); Grassroots Organi- sations Operating Together in SisterhoodGroots (Jamaica); Grupo Guatemalteco de Mujeres –GGM- (Guatemala); Guyana Res- ponsible Parenthood Association (Guyana); Haitian Women Concertation Group of Victims of Gender Based Violence –GCFV- (Haiti); Haitian Women Network (Haiti); Huairou Commission Mexico (México); Instituto de Cooperación entre Pueblos Siglo 23 (El Salvador); Instituto de Género, Derecho y Desarrollo -INSGENAR- (Argentina); Instituto Internacional de Estudios de la Mujer (Guatemala); Instituto Universitario de la Mujer de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala –IUMUSAC-(Guatemala); International AIDS Women Caucus –IAWC- (Global); International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region –IPPF/WHR- (LAC); Ipas Brasil (Brasil); Ipas México (México); Ipas Regional (LAC); Jamaica Community of Positive Women - JCW+- (Jamaica); Jamaica Family Planning Association (Jamaica); Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers -JNRWP- (Jamaica); La Casa del Encuentro (Argentina); Las Dignas (El Salvador); Movimiento Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Mujeres Positivas –MLCM+- (LAC); Mujer y Salud Uruguay -MYSU- (Uruguay); Mujeres en Igualdad (Argentina); Mujeres Iberoamerica- nas en Red por la Igualdad Presupuestal entre Mujeres y Hombres –MIRA-(México); Mujeres por la Paz (Colombia); Nuestra Voz (Guatemala); Observatorio de Género y Equidad (Chile); Organización de Mujeres Tierra Viva (Guatemala); Periodistas de Argentina en Red –RedPAR- (Argentina); Programa Feminista La Corriente (Nicaragua); Reacción Climática (Bolivia); Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Justice –RESURJ- (Global); Red Bonaerense de Personas Viviendo con VIH/sida (Argentina); Red de Cooperativas de Mujeres Productoras Las Brumas y Groots Internacional en Jinotega (Nicaragua); Red de Educación Popular Entre Mujeres de Latinoamérica y el Caribe -REPEM- (LAC); Red de Mujeres Afrolatinoamericanas, Afrocaribeñas y de la Diás- pora (Nicaragua); Red de Trabajadoras Sexuales de Latinoamérica y el Caribe -RedTraSex- (LAC); Red Latinoamericana de Organizaciones No Gubernamentales de Personas con Discapacidad y sus Familias –RIADIS- (LAC); Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe por la Humanización del Parto y del Nacimiento -Relacahupan- (LAC); Red Mujer y Hábitat América Latina (LAC); Red por los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad –REDI- (Argentina); Red Thread (Guyana); Sindicato de Empleados de Comercio Secretaria Mutual y Cooperativas (Argentina); Sistren Theatre Collective (Jamaica); SUR Profesionales Consultores (Chile); The Network of NGOS of Trinidad and Tobago for the Advancement of Women (Trinidad & Tobago); Tierra Viva (Guate- mala); Todo en Sepia Asociación de Mujeres Afrodescendientes en la Argentina (Argentina); Women's Institute for Alternative Development –WINAD- (Trinidad & Tobago); World Association for Christian Communication –WACC-AL- (Regional) ; Young Women Christian Association –YWCA- (Belize); Young Women Christian Association –YWCA- (Bolivia); Young Women Christian Association –YWCA- (Chile); Young Women Christian Association –YWCA- (Colombia); Young Women Christian Association – YWCA- (Haiti); Young Women Christian Association –YWCA- (Honduras); Young Women Christian Association –YWCA- (Surina- me); Young Women Christian Association –YWCA- (Trinidad & Tobago); Evangelina García Prince (Venezuela); Gloria Quispe Girón (Perú); María del Carmen Feijoo (Argentina);
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