Today was the first day of events at CSW, and it was
amazing! The first session I went to was about sex education that was conducted
by French delegates. It was really interesting the way comprehensive sexual
education was framed as a human rights issue. The third session I went to was
called “Practices for protecting women’s human rights defenders.” During this
panel, many women’s human rights defenders spoke about the experiences they had
trying to defend women’s human rights in parts of the world where activists are
routinely ostracized and persecuted for the work that they do. In the evening,
we all attended a reception where we got to speak with other people from
different NGO’s also in attendance this week. While there, I had a chance to
speak with Emilia, a women’s human rights activist from Mexico, who worked with
government agencies to make their programs more gender inclusive. I'm excited for what's to come, and I can't wait to attend more events tomorrow.
- Mina
Great networking at the reception. I'll bet you will be meeting many people who you continue to correspond with after returning from CSW. Thank goodness for email! Tomorrow is your big presentation day. Show that big confident smile of yours!
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