Reaching the Roots: Social Protection for Indigenous Women and Girls

Reaching the Roots: Social Protection for Indigenous Women and Girls
An event sponsored by the Justice Coalition of Religious parallel to the 63rd UN Commission on the Status of Women

In this parallel event on the margins of the 63rd UN Commission on the Status of Women, a panel will shine a light on the particular ways that social protection gaps are affecting indigenous women and girls in several distinct corners of the globe, including Ecuador, Vanuatu, Nepal, and Canada. The event will also highlight the ways in which indigenous women and girls are overcoming those gaps in government-sponsored protection. Panelists will follow this call to action with a presentation of recommendations for the UN Member States, UN agencies, private sector representatives, and civil society actors who are ready to answer that call.

Panelists will include:
• Hilda Anderson-Pyrz, Manager, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Liaison Unit at Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. in Canada
• Yasso Kanti Bhattachan, Vice Chair of the Nepalese National Indigenous Women Forum; CoFounder & Advisor of National Indigenous Women’s Federation; and Regional Council Member of the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
• Maria Nicole Insuasti Torres, Volunteer at International Presentation Association and Specialist in work with indigenous communities in Cotopaxi, Ecuador
• Molly Gerke, Executive Assistant at UNANIMA International and former primary school teacher in West Ambae, Vanuatu

 

Date: 15 March 2019 4:30-6:00pm (EST)

Location: 4 West 43rd Street (Blue Room), New York, NY, USA

 

For more information, see the event flyer and concept note.

Attendees at JCoR's panel discussion on social protection for indigenous women and girls during the 63rd UN Commission on the Status of Women
Sheila Smith, RSCJ (left) moderates JCoR's panel discussion on social protection for indigenous women and girls during the 63rd UN Commission on the Status of Women; panelists (from left to right) Hilda Anderson-Pyrz of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Liaison Unit at Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanek Inc.; Yasso Kanti Bhattachan of the Nepalese National Indigenous Women Forum; Maria Nichole Insuasti Torres of the International Presentation Association's UN office (presenting experiences from Ecuador); and Molly Gerke of UNANIMA International (presenting experiences from Vanuatu)