2012
August 30 | Panama City, Panama
Host: Panama Theme: Financial Crisis and its Effects on Women in the Region
Objectives of the meeting: to reflect upon the economic crisis and its impact on women, to identify the unique characteristics of women as vulnerable subjects in an economic crisis, to define the social and historical context giving rise to the economic crisis, as well as its financial components, and to identify potential Government policies to protect women and support them in an economic downturn.
Article
- How Do Women Weather Economic Shocks? What We Know (Mayra Buvinic)
August 30 | Panama City, Panama
Objectives of the meeting: to discuss the topics of weak rule of law, the economic crisis, and climate change, with the guidance of experts from eight countries of the Americas, and to develop recommendations for the hemisphere’s parliaments.
Working groups
Recommendations
Articles
- From Local Microstructures to Democratic Rule of Law (Marco Castillo – WG1)
- How Administrative Justice and Security Are Related (Howard N. Fenton – WG1)
- The Social and Political Consequences of the International Financial Crisis in Latin America (Laura Gómez-Mera – WG2)
- The Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on the Americas: the China Effect (Otton Solís – WG2)
- The Extractive Industries Today: Climate Change and the Environment. Energy Fuels and Materials Focus (Michelle Michot Foss – WG3)
- Environment and climate change: challenges and trends with a regional perspective (Margarita Astrálaga – WG3)
- How Do Women Weather Economic Shocks? What We Know (Mayra Buvinic – Group of Women Parliamentarians)
May 9 | Valparaiso, Chile
THEME
Citizen Security for Women: A Parliamentary Task
OBJECTIVE
- To discuss strategies for incorporating concrete mechanisms of protection for women into the national public safety policies of countries in the Americas
ARTICLES
- Gender-based Violence in the Americas and the Caribbean: A National Perspective (Christine Brendel)
- Systemic Sexual Violence Against Women (Pável Uranga)
- Adjusting National Budgets to Citizen Security Needs (Lorena Vinueza)
April 9 | Cartagena, Colombia
Who: ParlAmericas representatives from Canada, Mexico, Honduras, and Haiti.
Objectives of the meeting: to participate in an inter-parliamentary dialogue coordinated by the Andean Parliament, with the support of ParlAmericas.
February 9 | Washington DC, USA
OBJECTIVE
- To formalize a framework to enhance cooperation and interaction in areas of common concern, in particular: democracy, legal systems, and the rule of law
January 30 | St. John's, Antigua & Barbuda
Host: Antigua Theme: Strengthening Parliamentary Budget Oversight Publication: Strengthening Parliamentary Oversight in the Caribbean
Objectives of the meeting: to discuss key issues faced by Public Accounts Committees (PACs), to share best practices from PACs in large and small Caribbean legislatures, to strengthen the relationship between Auditors General and PACs, to develop strategies to strengthen the independence of Auditors General, and to enhance regional knowledge sharing on budgetary oversight.
