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IFUW Candidate Biographical Data: Status of Women Committee
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| Gilda Bautista Ravelo
Benito Juárez, Mexico
Age: 40-49 |
Nominated as:
Nominated by: |
Member
Mexican Federation |
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| Professional
Field and/or present occupation |
Lawyer |
Skills and experience in the following areas:
a. programme development at local, national & international level:
b. research and preparation of resource material for individuals or groups
c. organization of seminars & workshops |
I have participated in research projects and legislative
analysis, I coordinated two of them, at the Institute of
Legal Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico,
to several government agencies such as: Institute of Security
and Social Services for State Workers (ISSSTE ), Attorney
General of the Republic (PGR), Ministry of Public Security
(SSP).
I belong to the core of Health and Law of the Legal Research
Institute, where we conducted research to build public policy
on health, and subsequently published in books.
I belong to the organizing committee of the IFUW triennial
conference 2010, to be held in Mexico this year.
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| Experience or knowledge of the United Nations, its specialized agencies and national commissions? |
I have a basic knowledge of the United Nations. |
| Other skills and experience (volunteer and professional) from the last 10 years which qualify you for this position |
I have given lectures and workshops on the Status
of Women in universities and nongovernmental organizations.
I have given courses to prevent violence and discrimination
against girls and women as well as legal advice to battered
women.
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Goals for this position and the contribution you believe you can personally make if elected or appointed |
My main goal would be to publicize the woman situation
in Mexico, to reach this goal, I will review the information
and statistics that have been developed on the situation
of women in my country, based on key indicators of the sources
of demographic statistics and recent or available to perform
an accurate diagnosis on the situation of women, since it
is essential to promote public policies and assess the actions
undertaken in order to achieve gender equity.
It is true that in some countries there has been considerable
progress in the development of women, but we haven´t
relevant information, relating to released women, and the
information we have it is only from some countries. The
Economic Social Council of the United Nations recognized
the importance of statistics for the implementation and
continuation of global conference agreements, encouraging
countries and regional and international agencies to work
together to create effective systems, especially in countries
where the development to produce the necessary data so we
can really assess the progress of women worldwide.
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| Education: |
Postgraduate studies |
| Mother
tongue: |
Spanish |
| Ability
to speak English: |
Good |
| Ability
to understand spoken English: |
Excellent |
| Ability
to read English: |
Excellent |
| Ability
to write English: |
Excellent |
| Other
languages: |
Ability
to read French |
| Computer
skills: |
Considerable experience sending e-mail and using the
Internet |
| Internet
Access: |
Regular access to e-mail at home or the office |
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