CSW68 | Gender-lens Financing & Innovating to End Poverty

The Trust for the Americas (an affiliate of the OAS, Organization of American States), Republic of Panama’s Ministry of Social Development,  Organización de los Estados Americanos), el Ministerio de Desarrollo Social de la República de Panamá, Permanent Mission of Colombia to the UN and the BBVA Microfinance Foundation organize the event “Gender-lens Financing & Innovating to End Poverty” as part of the CSW68 held in the United Nations headquarters in New York.

A panel formed by Latin American Ministers will discuss the different policies and initiatives oriented to solve the problems women face in the region. 

Furthermore, high-level experts will talk about how women perceive their financial inclusion and progress being held back because of their technological and digital illiteracy. 

Programme

Ministerial Panel

Moderated by: Laura Fernández Lord, Head of Sustainability, Equity and Inclusion, BBVAMF 

• Maria Inés Castillo de Sanmartín, Minister of Social Development, Panama
• Mayra Jiménez,  Minister of Women, the Dominican Republic
• Elizabeth Taylor, Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs, Colombia 

Panel

Moderated by: Laura Fernández Lord, Head of Sustainability, Equity and Inclusion, BBVAMF 

• Linda Eddleman, CEO, The Trust for the Americas.
• Pilar Garrido, Director for Development Co-operation, OECD.
• Michelle Muschett, UN Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• Carmen Quintanilla, President, Asociación de Familias y Mujeres del Medio Rural (Rural Families’ and Women’s Association)

Symposium

• Edith Elgueta, entrepreneur supported by Fondo Esperanza, Chile. 
• Karina Gómez, Gerenta Comercial y Social, Fondo Esperanza.

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