Women Journalists: Discrimination and Gender-based Violence
Presentation of the Thematic Report of the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the IACHR
Fri, 8 March, 2019
9:30am
Join the International and Comparative Law Program, the Organization of American States (OAS), the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), and the Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom Expression of the IACHR for a presentation of the thematic report on women journalists and the discrimination and gender-based violence they face on the job.
Agenda
9:30-9:50 am: Opening Remarks
- H.E. Anne de la Blache, Permanent Mission of France to the OAS (Permanent Observer)
- Rosa Celorio, Associate Dean for International and Comparative Legal Studies and Burnett Family Professorial Lecturer in International and Comparative Law and Policy, GW Law
- Marja Ruohomäki, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
- H.E. Jennifer Loten, Permanent Mission of Canada to the OAS
9:50-10:30 am: First Panel - Security of Journalists: A Gender Perspective
Initial comments, introduction to the report, and its main findings:
- Edison Lanza, IACHR Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression
Panelists:
- Maria Elvira Dominguez, Inter-American Press Association
- Julia Lima, Article 19 Brazil
- Luz Patricia Mejía, Inter-American Commission of Women
- Pedro Vaca, Press Freedom Foundation, FLIP Colombia
10:30-10:45 am: Coffee Break
10:45 am-11:30 am: Second Panel - Digital Environment and Special Risks for Women Journalists
Initial comments:
- Edison Lanza, IACHR Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression
Panelists
- Arturo Carrillo, Professor of Clinical Law, International Human Rights Clinic, GW Law (TBC)
- Amanda Fagerblom, Internews
- Nadine Hoffman, International Women’s Media Foundation
- Sebastián Salamanca, Article 19 Mexico
11:30 am-12:15pm: Third Panel - Recommendations for the Prevention of Violence and Discrimination against Women Journalists
Initial comments:
- Margarette Macaulay, IACHR Commissioner and Rapporteur for Women
Panelists:
- Monica Bareiro, Paraguayan Journalists' Union (Sindicato de Periodistas de Paraguay)
- Rosa Celorio, Associate Dean for International and Comparative Legal Studies and Burnett Family Professorial Lecturer in International and Comparative Law and Policy, GW Law
- Pablo Gonzalez Mongui, National Protection Mechanism of Colombia
- Lucia Lagunes, Women's Communication and Information, CIMAC Mexico