Symposium on the Latin American Green Wave—October 27 in Washington, DC

While very few countries—the United States and Poland among them—have recently rolled back legal protections for abortion rights, many in Latin America have achieved remarkable advances in liberalizing abortion laws. The region’s “Green Wave” movement to advance reproductive rights—marked by the green bandanas worn by protesters—was a powerful force behind these changes.

At “Faces of the Latin American Green Wave: From Argentina to Mexico, Leaders Share Their Experiences,” you’ll learn about the movement from Inter-American policy makers, judges, activists, and human rights stakeholders. This in-person symposium—which is free and open to the public—will take place Thursday, October 27, at 2:00 pm in Washington, DC. It can also be viewed online upon request. (See “Event Details” below for more information.)

Experts will share the successful strategies they used to confront restrictions on reproductive rights in countries across Latin America and how they achieved victories to liberalize abortion laws in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and Uruguay.

The event is sponsored by the Inter-American Dialogue, the Center for Reproductive Rights, Fòs Feminista, and the Embassy of Argentina.

Agenda

2:00 – 2:15 PM ET

Opening Remarks

• Ambassador Jorge Arguello, Ambassador of Argentina to the United States
• Catalina Martínez Coral, Senior Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Center for Reproductive Rights
• Luisa Kislinger, Senior Advocacy Officer, Fòs Feminista

2:15 – 3:30 PM ET

Panel I: Perspectives From Decision Makers on Reproductive Autonomy

Panelists:

• Sandra Tirado, Vice Minister of Health, Argentina
• Alberto Rojas, Former Justice Of the Colombian Constitutional Court
• Karla Berdichevsky Feldman, General Director, National Center for Gender Equity and Reproductive Health

Moderator:

• Maria Claudia Pulido, Adjunct Executive Secretary, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

3:45 – 5:00 PM ET

Panel II: Lessons Learned from the Green Wave Movement in LAC– Activists’ Perspective

Panelists:

• Ana Cristina González, pioneer of Causa Justa Movement in Colombia

• Rebeca Ramos, Executive Director, GIRE in Mexico (Grupo de Información en Reproducción Elegida)

• Marta Alanis, Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir Argentina

Moderator:

• Luisa Kislinger, Senior Advocacy Officer, Fòs Feminista

5:00 – 6:30 PM ET

Cocktail reception and launch of the Center’s fact sheet, How The World is Faring on Abortion Laws After Colombia’s Decriminalization of Abortion.

• Presentation of the fact sheet: Catalina Martínez Coral, Senior Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Center for Reproductive Rights
• Commentary: Mariela Belski, Executive Director, Amnesty International Argentina

Event Details

Faces of the Latin American Green Wave: From Argentina to Mexico, Leaders Share Their Experiences

• 2:00 pm – 6:30 pm ET
• Office of Inter-American Dialogue, 1155 15th St., NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005.
• Register here.

(If you’re unable to attend in person, please email [email protected] to receive a Zoom link.)

View the invitation here.