• Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director for Normative Support, United Nations System Coordination and Programme Results at the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) (Intervention)
• Ingrid Gómez Saracibar, Vice-Minister for issues of violence against women in the Ministry for Women of Mexico, in her capacity as Vice-Chair of the Presiding Officers (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Report of the Americas and the Caribbean Regional Office of UN-Women, in its capacity as administrative body, presented by Cecilia Alemany, Deputy Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean of UN-Women (Intervention)
• Lucy Garrido, Communication and Campaigns Coordinator for Cotidiano Mujer and Articulación Feminista Marcosur, representing women’s and feminist organizations and networks comprising the Regional Fund
Focus: Review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly
Introductory remarks:
• Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director for Normative Support, United Nations System Coordination and Programme Results of UN-Women
• Cindy Quesada Hernández, Minister for the Status of Women of Costa Rica and representative of the country serving as Vice-Chair of the Bureau of the sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women designated by the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States
• Sharon Coburn Robinson, Principal Director of the Bureau of Gender Affairs in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport of Jamaica (Intervention)
• Alejandra Mora Mora, Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women of the Organization of American States (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Paola Yáñez, General Coordinator of the Network of Afro-Latin American, Afro-Caribbean and Diaspora Women (Intervention - available in Spanish)
Panel 2: Accelerators to promote the full and effective implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in synergy with the Regional Gender Agenda
Moderator: Kirk Humphrey, Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs of Barbados
• Jamie Saunders, Director of the Directorate of Gender Affairs within the Ministry of Health, Wellness, Social Transformation and the Environment of Antigua and Barbuda
• Miosotis Rivas Peña, Director-General of the National Statistics Office of the Dominican Republic and Chair of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Tamara Ospina Posse, Vice-Minister for Women, Ministry of Equality and Equity of Colombia (virtual)
• Dulce Patricia Torres Sandoval, member of the Coordinadora Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas (CONAMI), representing the Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas (ECMIA) (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Yamile Socolovsky, President of the Working Women’s Committee of the Americas of the Trade Union Confederation of Workers of the Americas (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Ingrid Gómez Saracibar, Head of the delegation of Mexico, host country of the sixteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean (Intervention - available in Spanish)
• Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director for Normative Support, United Nations System Coordination and Programme Results at the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) (Intervention)
• Ingrid Gómez Saracibar, Vice-Minister for issues of violence against women in the Ministry for Women of Mexico, in her capacity as Vice-Chair of the Presiding Officers (Intervention - available in Spanish)