2026
May 19 | Ottawa, Canada
Indigenous Women’s Parliamentary Leadership in the Americas: Strengthening Rights, Representation, and Collective Action
RESOURCES
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). 2007
- American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (ADRIP). 2016
- Indigenous Women, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 2017
- Indigenous Women (Booklet), Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 2017
April 16 | St. George’s, Grenada
Better Practices in Legislation, Policy, and Financing Subsidised Care Systems: Using the “5R” Approach and Principles
Workshop for Caribbean Parliamentarians
Workshop for Caribbean Parliamentarians
RESOURCES:
- FAQs: What is unpaid care work and how does it power the economy? UN Women, 2025.
- The Right to Care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Progress on the Regulatory Front. UN Women, ECLAC, and ILO, 2025.
- A toolkit on paid and unpaid care work: From 3Rs to 5Rs. UN Women, 2022.
- Towards a Care Society: The Contributions of the Regional Gender Agenda to Sustainable Development. ECLAC, 2021.
- Towards the Construction of Comprehensive Care Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: Elements of Implementation. UN Women and ECLAC, 2021.
- Inter-American Model Law on Care. OAS and CIM, 2022.
- Policy Guide: Parental Leave. ParlAmericas, 2020.
- Lactation and Daycare Facilities in Parliaments. ParlAmericas, 2023.
- Intersectionality. ParlAmericas.
- Intergenerational Perspectives in Parliamentary Work. ParlAmericas, 2025.
- Gender Sensitivity in Legislation. ParlAmericas.
- What we Heard: Survey of Women’s Organisations on their Engagement with Parliaments. ParlAmericas, 2022.
- Strengthening Accountability: A Tool to Support Good Governance and Gender Equality in the Caribbean. ParlAmericas, 2025.
- Making the Case: Key Gender Considerations for Addressing Development Challenges in Caribbean SIDS. ParlAmericas, 2024.
- Advisory opinion 31 of 2025: The Content and Scope of Care as a Human Right. Inter-American Court of Human Rights, 2025.
- Knowledge Products for the Gender Aware Beneficiary Assessments for the Public Assistance Programmes for Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. UN Women Multi-Country Office Caribbean.
- Unpaid care and domestic work. UN Women Multi-Country Office Caribbean.
PRESENTATIONS
- Current National Care Laws and Policies, UN Women Multi-Country Office – Caribbean
- Guyana’s Birth Through Life Care System, The Honourable Mischka White-Griffith (Guyana), Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Education
- Emerging Good Practices in Care Policies and Legislation, Chantal La Roche, Director of Legal Services, Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
- Inter-American Model Law on Care, Beatriz Piñeres, Specialist, Inter-American Commission of Women, Organization of American States (CIM-OAS)
- Financing Care Systems – Evidence, Gaps, and Policy Options, Mahalia Jackman, UN Women technical expert and Head of the Department of Economics, The University of the West Indies – Cave Hill Campus
- Gender-Responsive Social Protection and Care Service Delivery, Kimberly-Ann Gittens-Baynes, UN Women technical expert and researcher in social protection, health policy, and economic evaluation
March 4 | Mexico City, Mexico
Promoting an inclusive parliamentary culture: experiences, tools, and strategies in Latin America
Meeting of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Staff Network for Gender Equality
Meeting of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Staff Network for Gender Equality
RESOURCES
- Parliamentary Practices for Gender Equality Dashboard: Institutional Progress on Gender Equality in the Parliaments of the Americas and the Caribbean, ParlAmericas, 2024
- Lactation and Daycare Facilities in Parliaments: Good Practices in the Americas and the Caribbean, ParlAmericas, August 2023
- Protocols for Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Parliaments, ParlAmericas, 2025 (in Spanish)
- A Guide to Legislating on Sexual Violence: A Consent-Based Approach, ParlAmericas & Equality Now, 2025
- Promoting Inclusion and Equality Through Parliamentary Youth Programming: Resource Compilation for Member Parliaments, ParlAmericas, 2024
- What We Heard: Survey of Feminist Organizations on Their Engagement With Parliaments, ParlAmericas, 2022
- Bridging Legislative Agendas: Exploring Synergies Between Open Parliament and Gender Equality, ParlAmericas, 2025 (in Spanish)
- Intersectionality (Handout), ParlAmericas, 2018
- Gender Sensitivity in Legislation, ParlAmericas, 2018
January 21 | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Meeting of Caribbean women parliamentarians
Catalysing Regional Action on Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Against Women in Public Life
Catalysing Regional Action on Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Against Women in Public Life
PRESENTATIONS
- The Inter-American Model Law as a Parliamentary Tool, Sherna Alexander Benjamin, MESECVI Committee of Experts
- Parliamentarians Addressing Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence, Senator Brittney Galvez (Belize)