Invitation Women Defenders and Environmental Justice / Mujeres Defensoras y Justicia Ambiental (side event to CSW70)

[Carmen Capriles]

English: 

Invitation

🔗 Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/nAoxUwwrR8aQt5Ow4SJOFA

We invite you to join our virtual side event of the 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women focused on women environmental defenders and environmental justice.

Women Defenders and Environmental Justice: 

Advancing Access to Justice through Principle 10, the Escazú Agreement, and Gender Action Plans

📅 March 16, 2026
🕛 12:00 PM (New York Time)
💻 Online – Zoom
🌎 Bilingual event: Spanish – English

🔗 Register here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/nAoxUwwrR8aQt5Ow4SJOFA

This event will bring together women environmental defenders, leaders, academics, and civil society organizations to discuss gender, environmental justice, and the protection of women defenders, with a special focus on experiences from Latin America and the Caribbean.

Program

Opening Remarks
Irene Murillo – Public Representative for the Escazú Agreement

Facilitator

Carmen Capriles - Reacción Climática

Panel
Dr. Maureen Porter – University of Pittsburgh, USA
Greyson Doster – Citizen Potawatomi Nation, University of Pittsburgh
Olimpia Castillo – Comunicación y Educación Ambiental A.C.
Cess Nkoyo – Olorgesailie Maasai Women Artisans (OMWA), Kenya
Wildah Siro – Homeland Institute of Innovation Technology (HIIT), Kenya

Closing Remarks
Gianella Guillén – Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR)

Organized by:
International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women (ICUUW)
Reacción Climática
Escazú Now Regional Network

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Español: 

Invitación

🔗 Registro: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/nAoxUwwrR8aQt5Ow4SJOFA

Te invitamos a participar en nuestro evento paralelo virtual de la 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women sobre mujeres defensoras ambientales y justicia ambiental.

Women Defenders and Environmental Justice: 

Advancing Access to Justice through Principle 10, the Escazú Agreement, and Gender Action Plans

📅 16 de marzo de 2026
🕛 12:00 PM (Hora de Nueva York)
💻 Evento virtual – Zoom
🌎 Evento bilingüe: Español – Inglés

🔗 Registro:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/nAoxUwwrR8aQt5Ow4SJOFA

Este evento reunirá a defensoras ambientales, lideresas, académicas y organizaciones de la sociedad civil para dialogar sobre género, justicia ambiental y la protección de las mujeres defensoras, con especial énfasis en las experiencias de América Latina y el Caribe.

Programa

Apertura
Irene Murillo – Representante del Público para el Escazú Agreement

Facilitadora 

Carmen Capriles - Reacción Climática

Panel
Dr. Maureen Porter – University of Pittsburgh, USA
Greyson Doster – Citizen Potawatomi Nation, University of Pittsburgh
Olimpia Castillo – Comunicación y Educación Ambiental A.C.
Cess Nkoyo – Olorgesailie Maasai Women Artisans (OMWA), Kenya
Wildah Siro – Homeland Institute of Innovation Technology (HIIT), Kenya

Cierre
Gianella Guillén – Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR)

Organizan:
International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women (ICUUW)
Reacción Climática
Escazú Now Regional Network