Good practices in the implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda in the Sustainable Development Framework towards 2030

March 9, 2023

Good practices in the implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda in the Sustainable Development Framework towards 2030

An ILG Alumni Webinar moderated by Michael Shifter

On January 26 and 28, 2016, Latin American and Caribbean countries agreed to design a Strategy (also known as the Montevideo Strategy) for the implementation of the commitments assumed by the governments in the Regional Gender Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean and in line with the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda approved in September 2015 on the occasion of the seventieth session of the United Nations General Assembly. The Regional Gender Agenda includes agreements on the instruments and means to advance towards the effective guarantee of the rights and autonomy of women under the principles of equality and non-discrimination, which are the basis for the construction of the following axes for implementation and action measures of the Montevideo Strategy:

1. Regulatory framework
2. Institutionalism
3. Participation
4. Construction and strengthening of capacities
5. Financing
6. Communication
7. Technology
8. Cooperation
9. Information systems
10. Monitoring, evaluation, and accountability.

These ten axes have a priority value and are interconnected to create the conditions and means for the full and effective application of public policies aimed at eliminating inequality and ensuring the exercise of women's human rights in their diversity.

In this sense, the alumni network of the Innovation and Leadership in Government Program, an annual executive education program organized by Georgetown University’s Latin America Leadership Program (ILG), that aims to promote better governance and innovation in the Latin American region, has gathered the interest of various ILG alumni, experts and leading practioners in their fields, to start a chapter aimed at promoting the innovation in closing inequality gaps for gender reasons. Thus, aware of the importance of promoting a space for reflection, exchange of good practices, and collective action, LALP joins the ILG alumni network to present this public dialogue led by women alumni of the ILG program who are working to close inequality gaps for gender reasons. This conversation is moderated by Georgetown University Adjunct Professor, Michael Shifter, former president of the Inter-American Dialogue.

Participants

Nadia Montes, Executive Director at Banco de Alimentos Rosario (B.A.R), Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina ILG 2019

Nadia was selected along with 22 other public officials from Latin America to participate in the 6th edition of the ILG Program (INNOVATION & LEADERSHIP IN GOVERNMENT PROGRAM). She has a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the University of Buenos Aires and is a Public Accountant from the National University of Rosario of Economic Sciences and Statistics | 2003 - 2009.
She is currently Executive Director at the Civil Association BAR – Food Bank of Rosario, Argentina. Previously, she served as General Manager in the Municipality of Rosario "Ente Servicio Urbano de Mantenimiento Ambiental Rosario - SUMAR" | 2016 - 2021.

Marisela Terrazas, representative of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico. ILG 2022

Marisela began her work in the Sixty-sixth legislature and two years later due to its favorable results, the citizens endorsed her to be part of the Sixty-seventh Legislature. She has a professional career in the field of Education, with a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Education from the University of Texas at El Paso. Proud mother and wife, who fights for the rights of children, migrants, life, and family. From a very young age, she showed interest in social activity and community dynamics, which led her to be trained in political humanism within the National Action Party where she has held various leadership spaces. Marisela graduated from the Innovation and Leadership in Government…

Letty Teleguario, UN Women, Guatemala. ILG 2014.

Leticia Teleguario is a Guatemalan politician, belonging to the Kaqchikel Mayan ethnic group, a defender of the rights of women and indigenous peoples. She has a degree in Business Administration from the University of San Carlos de Guatemala and a Master's in Business Administration from Georgetown University, with a Postgraduate Degree in Public Management from the Francisco Marroquín University and Franklin University. She has completed postgraduate degrees and diplomas in gender, multiculturalism, youth, and leadership at universities such as San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC) and the Central America Leadership Initiative of the Aspen Institute. She is an adviser on indigenous peoples'…

Andrea Picaso, Head of the BECAL Program, Paraguay. ILG 2017

Andrea is an Economist and Master in Public Policy and Management from the University of Melbourne. Graduated from the Innovation and Leadership in Government Program in 2017. She specializes in issues of Education, Sustainable Development among others. She currently works as Director of the National Graduate Scholarship Program "BECAL" of Paraguay. Andrea also writes about public finance issues, about the role of women in the economy, among others.

Michael Shifter, Adjunct Professor - Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) and Senior Fellow, Inter-American Dialogue

Michael Shifter is former president of the Inter-American Dialogue, a leading policy forum on Western Hemisphere affairs based in Washington, DC. Shifter held senior positions at the Dialogue for nearly three decades, including a dozen, until April 2022, as president. He currently serves as senior fellow at the organization. Shifter writes and comments regularly on US-Latin American relations and hemispheric issues. His articles have been published widely, including in The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Financial Times, Current History, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Journal of Democracy, Politico, and Harvard International Review, as well as in…