DEMOCRACY AND WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP IN THE AMERICAS
The Women's Foreign Policy Group's First OAS Study Visit
The Organization of American States | Washington, DC | July 23, 2008
Speakers
Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, Organization of American States
Irene Klinger, Director of the Department of International Affairs, Secretariat for External Affairs, OAS
Suzanne Laporte, Secretary, Secretariat for External Relations, OAS
Carmen Lomellin, Executive Secretary, Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM)
H.E. Maria Zavala Valladares, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Peru to the OAS
H.E. Glenda Morean-Phillip, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the OAS
H.E. Maria del Lujan Flores, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the OAS

 


WFPG President Patricia Ellis, Monique McSween and
Ambassador Glenda Morean-Phillip of the Embassy of
Trinidad and Tobago, Irene Klinger of the OAS,
Frances Seignoret of the Embassy Trinidad and Tobago,
Jane Thery and Suzanne Laporte of the OAS

 


Aline Hommes and Jane Thery of the OAS,
WFPG President Patricia Ellis, and
WFPG Director of Operations Kimberly Kahnhauser

 


Elizabeth Ramirez of the UN Foundation,
Patricia Ellis, and Ambassador Faida Mitifu
of the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo


Patricia Ellis and Irene Klinger

 

Senior Level OAS Officials

   

From Left: Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary General, Organization of American States;
Irene Klinger, Director Department of International Affairs,
Secretariat for External Affairs, OAS;
Suzanne Laporte, Secretary, Secretariat for External Relations, OAS;
Carmen Lomellin, Executive Secretary, Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM)

Women Ambassadors to the OAS

  

From Left:H.E. Maria del Lujan Flores, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Uruguay to the OAS;
H.E. Glenda Morean-Phillip, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the OAS;
H.E. Maria Zavala Valladares, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Peru to the OAS

Ambassador Faida Mitifu of the Embassy
of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
during the Q&A

 


Astrid Pregel commenting during the Q&A

The OAS Study Visit Conference Room

WFPG Intern Molly Doran asking a question during the Q&A