Women Political Participation as a Key Tool for Achieving Equal Rights

Know the GAP lecture by Claudia Liliana Florez Ocampo***, Minister Councellor at the Colombian Embassy to Switzerland and Liechtenstein

*** Please note that Ms Florez Ocampo will deliver the presentation on behalf of our original speaker, Ambassador Sofia Gaviria Correa. The time as well as the topic of the lecture remain the same. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Participation is open to the public and free of charge. All participants can enter the Zoom Webinar with this link or with the Webinar ID 896 0630 7227 and Passcode 045611.

In 2019 the WTI Gender Team, led by Prof. Elisa Fornalé, established the WTI Gender Lecture Series. These lectures are conceived as an innovative venue to bring accomplished scholars, leaders of international organizations, government, and the private sector, to the University of Bern. Throughout the year we will share the stories of inspirational women and the results of original research to make a concrete contribution to the progressive achievement of United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 – Gender Equality. Speakers will engage the public on numerous pressing gender issues and topics, including: gender history; gender equality and human rights; politics of gender and race in the Anthropocene; and gender equality and women’s empowerment.