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 ISPM
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ISPM is a multidisciplinary, pluralistic, non-governmental organization that was created to promote and defend the rights of women in Argentina. ISPM began as an informal working group in 1986 by a group of men and women from different fields, social backgrounds and areas of expertise-professional, academic, social and political activism, feminists, etc- and was legally constituted in 1993. Ever since then, we have worked constantly to promote and defend human rights, expanding our partnerships in order to change the status of women and the behavior of the population as a whole to achieve gender equality.
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ISPM Actions and Services
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Our services to the community include: social, economic and political research, planning and evaluating public policies, empowerment and leadership advice to national and international organizations, spreading awareness about human rights issues through campaigns and training as well as other various activities.
ISPM is concerned with the protection and promotion of women’s rights. This specifically includes the prevention of violence, sexual and reproductive rights, labor, and women’s leadership.
Our work is primarily intended to influence politicians, legislators, and municipal authorities, as well as provincial and national journalists, trade unionists, social organizations, and NGOs. We also focus on influencing society in general to introduce a perspective of gender equality in society.
The majority of our efforts are devoted to monitoring gender issues in the media, the impact of public policies on women and providing advice to legislators in municipal, provincial and national areas.
We also work with other national and international NGOs, as well as UNIFEM and UN agencies. By keeping them informed of our activities and through information we receive from them, we are able to better design and evaluate our strategies to further our efforts. In addition, we are also in contact with other NGOs in Latin America, the United States, Europe and other international agencies that work with the same topics.
Many of these organizations have given us grants to implement programs and provide means to take our training programs on the road (ECLAC, The Global Fund for Women, Mama Cash, AWID, Friedrich Nauman Foundation, Young Women’s Association of Spain, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Center for Women’s Global Leadership Ford Foundation, and The Body Shop Foundation.) We have a strong Latin American network as well (e.g. Coordinating Committee for the follow-up to Beijing; Health Network of Latin American and Caribbean Women, Latin American Network of Feminist Women’s Forum Policies and Policies of the Southern Cone of Latin American and Caribbean Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, NGO Forum for transparency, etc.). Through these networks we share our experiences, combine our efforts to defend women’s rights and ensure that they are recognized as basic human rights and the implementation of affirmative action in all fields. In addition, we work together to develop models of Real Equality Opportunities in order to propose and promote them in our countries.
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Our Objectives
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- Defend human rights while incorporating and mainstreaming a gendered perspective.
- Strengthen women’s self-esteem to enhance women’s empowerment.
- Contribute to cultural transformation in order to end gender inequalities.
- Make the problems that affect women’s equality known and propose policies that improve their daily lives.
- Identify the factors that influence women’s participation in politics and putting a stop to those that are preventing women’s participation.
- Empower women in various fields and activities (student unions, professional, etc.), help the new generation of female leadership and strengthen the existing one.
- Educate the politicians about to discriminatory practices that infringe on women’s access to positions of power.
- Contribute to the formation of political opinions that support social changes that improve women’s status.
- Support the systematization of information to the design, implementation, and evaluation of public policies.
- Contribute to the development of equal opportunity policies in labor and production fields.
- Help to reform health plans and educational programs in the public sector.
We strive to enhance the potential for women to be proactive by designing strategies for participation, proposals for action and to gain recognition and visibility through their contributions to community development.
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Members
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:: Board Members:
President: Silvia Natali
General Secretary: María del Carmen Miguez
Sub-Secretary: Victoria Vaccaro
Treasurer: Maria del Valle Aguilar
Sub-Treasurer: Julieta Curbelo
Secretary of Records: Angie Kohon
Acting Board Member: Florencia Rezoagli
Acting Board Member: Viviana Leticia Verón
Acting Board Member: Remedios Mercedes Escalada
Substitute Board Member: Cecilia Frencia
Substitute Board Member: Silvia Fincic
Substitute Board Member: Ángeles Aguilar
Auditor: Romina Ojagnan
Auditor: Catalina Da Silva
Auditor: Sabrina Landoni
Substitute Auditor: Marina Brito
:: External Partners:
Elvira Cortajarena – National Spanish PSOE Member.
Eugenia Silva Garretón – Legal Advisor.
Jimena Laso – Graduated in Fine Arts – University ARCIS – Chile and Art Therapy – IUNA – Argentina.
Miriam Weiss – Graduated in International Development – University of Vienna – Austria.
Joana Ruival – European voluntary service
Elena Marcigot – European voluntary service
Marion Sourd – Intern from the Institute of Political Sciences – France.
Marion Deballon – Intern from the Provence University – France.
Kristen Welke – Intern from the Institute for Study Abroad (IFSA) – Butler University – US.
Taylor Shevey – Institute for Study Abroad – University of Minnesota – EEUU.
Sarah Lorrillard – Intern from the University Pierre Mendès – France.
Helene Mallard – Graduated in Foreign Languages – University of Angers – France.
:: Founding Members:
María José Lubertino
Susana Inés Stilman
Silvia B. Natali
María Teresa Alvarez
Nélida Archenti
Alicia Barros
Leonor Cisneros
Lina Da Silva
Mirta De Seta
Cristina Fernández
Susana Finkelstein
Angela Garcia
Ester Nani
María de los Angeles Olaguer
Patricia Puebla
Beatriz Rattembach
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Our Actions
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:: Project “PROGEN: Pro Género”; program for the promotion of rights of female victims of gender violence in the city of Posadas; province of Misiones. Further the project includes: a working group confirmed by governmental and non-governmental players who will work on this topic; the creation of a labour force which provides assistance and advisory for female victims of violence; and the realisation of sensibilization campaigns. ISPM in cooperation with the NGO COSPE of Italy and the Asociación civil Jardín de Niños of Misiones. Financed by the European Union, 2010-2011.
:: “Clubes de Empleo para Mujeres Jóvenes”; formation and training of young women, who are searching for work. Financed by the Ministerio de Desarrollo Social del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. 2010.
:: Organization of the “Charla Debate entre las candidatas a ocupar la Legislatura Porteña” (Debate between the women candidates for the legislatives elections of Buenos Aires) during the elections campaign of 2009. The ISPM collaborated with the Defensoría del Pueblo de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, and was backed by the UNIFEM. June, 9th.
:: “Festival GenerArte: Festival de Arte de y para todos los géneros”. (Art Festival, from and for all genders). The festival was organized by the ISPM in collaboration with the European Voluntary Service and the Youth in Action Program. Buenos Aires, May, 28th, 29th and 30th 2009.
:: Sensibilization campaign about prostitution and women trafficking for sexual slavery purposes. It was realized by the ISPM in collaboration with the Groupe Ïnternational Paroles de Femmes, from France. Buenos Aires, March 2009.
:: “Clubes de Empleo para Mujeres Emprendedoras”. Training sessions for women with micro projects. Project managed by the ISPM in collaboration with the Italian Cooperation and financed by the italian NGO Cestas. Buenos Aires, March-August 2009.
:: Offering advice in cases of gender violence in all of its forms: family, copules, work, school, sexual harassment, economic violence, etc. This service is free and in order to provide the best advice possible, national, local and other NGOs work with us.
:: Programming in Buenos Aires since 2002 for “Work Clubs for Women,” which advises and job-trains women seeking employment. This is done in conjunction with the International Cooperation and the Italian NGO CESTAS.
:: “Law Enforcement and Political Officials Training Day in the Awareness and Treatment of Gender Violence,” held in conjunction with the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation, the Committee of the Elimination of Women Abuse (Spain), the Women and Government of Tucumán Province, and the Government of the Misiones Province. This was held in San Miguel in Tucumán, on the 5th and 6th of May, 2008; and then in Posadas, Misiones on the 8th and 9th of May, 2008.
:: Training for the government operators in Buenos Aires for the “Telephone Service Line for Victims of Violence—Line 911”
:: “Clubs for the Employment of Young Women,” job-training and advice for young women seeking employment. Funded by the Ministry of Human Rights in the city of Buenos Aires in 2007.
:: “Law Enforcement and Political Officials Training Day in the Awareness and Treatment of Gender Violence,” held in conjunction with the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation, the Committee of the Elimination of Women Abuse (Spain) and the National Women´s Council, held in Buenos Aires, December, 2006.
:: Programming for the “Our Rights, Our Lives” workshops on sexuality, gender and rights. Done in convention with the Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents in Buenos Aires from 2002 to March of 2007.
:: “Training in Women´s Rights and Leadership” with Profam, with the support of the National Women´s Council in Buenos Aires and the following cities from 2004 to 2006: Buenos Aires Province, Misiones, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Corrientes and Cordoba.
:: Programming of “Reporting and Making Change” which provided free legal advice and counseling to female victims of violence. Held between 2002 and 2005 with support from the Directorate General of Women´s City Government.
:: The National Campaign for Sexual Education Law, with support from UNFPA between 2004 and 2005.
:: Participation in the 49th Conference on Women´s Rights (Beijing + 10) in New York, March, 2005.
:: Participation in the “Leadership, Gender and Social Management Course,” held by INDES by the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, USA, September 2005.
:: Public Education Campaign to Prevent Violence Against Women, held in 1999, 2000 and 2001 with support from UNIFEM
:: Civic Education on Sexual and Reproductive Rights Campaign, held in 2001 and 2002 with support from the Body Shop Foundation and the Ford Foundation.
By Kristen Welke and Miriam Weiss
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