2011
September 8 | Asuncion, Paraguay
THEME
Gender Perspective on Citizen Security
OBJECTIVE
- To undertake an analysis of new forms of violence against women – expressed as femicide, the feminization of poverty and migration, the trade of women and girls or illegal trafficking, as factors which contribute to the deterioration of citizen security and that affect all women in the hemisphere
ARTICLE
- Gender Perspective on Citizen Security (Teresa Ulloa)
September 8 | Asuncion, Paraguay
Theme: Citizen Security
Objectives of the meeting: to discuss different aspects of citizen security, including the role of human rights and development, transnational crime prevention, and disaster risk management, and to develop recommendations for the hemisphere’s parliaments.
Working groups
- WG1. The Role of Human Rights and Development in Citizen Security
- WG2. Transnational Aspects of Citizen Security
- WG3. Multidimensional Approaches to Citizen Security
- Group of Women Parliamentarians. Gender Perspective on Citizen Security
Recommendations
Articles
- Transnational Aspects of Citizen Security I (Eric L. Olson – WG2)
- Transnational Aspects of Citizen Security II (Alejandra Mohor – WG2)
- Multidimensional Approaches to Citizen Security II (Marco Antonio Castillo – WG3)
- Gender Perspective on Citizen Security (Teresa Ulloa – Group of Women Parliamentarians)
June 30 | Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
OBJECTIVE
- To discuss key issues such as women’s leadership and empowerment in politics; migration and afro-descendants; the challenges of the democratic system to ensure gender equality in political participation; and the situation of female politicians in the Caribbean
June 5 | San Salvador, El Salvador
OBJECTIVES The FIPA delegation met with Secretary General Insulza, where both parties reiterated their desire to work together towards shared goals and discussed the drafting of a Memorandum of Understanding. The delegation also attended the General Assembly as observers.
FIPA DELEGATION:
- Edmonde Supplice Beauzile, Senator, Haiti
- Alberto Grillón Conigliaro, Senator, Paraguay
- Member of the National Assembly, Linda Machuca Moscoso, Ecuador
- Dr. Gina Hill, Director General, FIPA
March 31 | San Jose, Costa Rica
Host: Costa Rica Theme: Strengthening Parliamentary Budget Oversight
Objectives of the meeting: to provide training to Parliamentarians from oversight committees in Central America, in areas including increased awareness of their roles in the budget process, improving the functioning of parliamentary committees conducting oversight over the spending of government funds, and improving the working relationships of legislatures with state audit institutions.
