Women and Democracy: Perspectives of Activists in Central America
Mon, May 06
|The Seattle Foundation
Central America is currently in a phase of democratic backsliding, which involves attacks on women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights and gender equality. Anti-rights movements are also rising in the region, and their powerful presence and backing by authoritarian leaders and actors with significant...
Time & Place
May 06, 2024, 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM PDT
The Seattle Foundation, 1601 5th Ave #1900, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
About the Event
Central America is currently in a phase of democratic backsliding, which involves attacks on women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights and gender equality. Anti-rights movements are also rising in the region, and their powerful presence and backing by authoritarian leaders and actors with significant resources threaten women’s rights.
Join World Affairs Council, YPIN and Seattle International Foundation for a discussion on the importance of empowering women and girls and their role in building democratic and equitable societies.
Our Speakers: Jovana Ríos Cisnero
As Executive Director of Women’s Link Worldwide, Jovana works to develop and scale Women’s Link mission by unleashing the power of women and girls to fight for justice, strengthen and transform the feminist strategic litigation ecosystem to break down barriers, challenge oppressive systems, and alter power imbalances by breaking the walls of the legal sphere and bringing in those left out.
Jovana co-founded the Latin America and the Caribbean Youth…