Principal activities for 1998

• II Working days monitoring IVth World Conference on Women´s Action Platform. Organized by Women´s Area. Buenos Aires Government. December, 17
• NGOs and GOs Workshop on "Violence against women: protection, repair and prevention". Organized by PNUD, December, 16.
• Meeting with NGOs working on Human Rights from a gender perspective, boys, girls and teenagers rights, men and women equity and equality, and minority rights.
• Buenos Aires Ombudsman Office. December, 14
• VIII Southern Cone´s Politician Women Forum. Changes in state policies and their impact on women´s participation. Buenos Aires, December 3-5
• 1998 Social Innovation National Award. Buenos Aires: CENOC, December 3
• 1st. National Meeting "For a new thought in Argentina. Work and politics at the end of the century".
• Seminar: "Women at criminal law" Organized by Criminal Law Department. Law Faculty. Buenos Aires University
• Towards a Legislative Proposal for NGOs. Seminar organized by Comisión de Cooperativas Mutuales y ONGs. October, 22
• 1st. National Congress on Public Law for young people (students and graduates). "The state towards XXI Century. The International Crime Court". Santa Fe. October, 16-18
• Women's World March. Previous preparatory meetings. Montreal. October 15-18
• XIII National Women's Meeting. Chaco. October. 10-12
• Lobby on International Criminal Court for ex - Yugoslavia process against Anto Furundzijia to protect the rights of women victims. October
• National Institute Against Discrimination. Public ceremony to reward Elvira Bella, National Shooting Champion. Buenos Aires. September, 30
• International Seminar on "Women's participation in making decisions in politics in Mercosur countries and Chile" Konrad Adenauer Fundation and CARI. Misiones, September, 21-23.
• "Maternity". Video made by Vivi Vogel. Asamblea Permanente por los Derechos Humanos (Human Rights Assembly). September, 18
• Teaching and coordination of "Sexual and reproductive rights postgraduate course". Post grade on Family. Law Faculty. Buenos Aires University. August 24-October 19
• Women's organizations meeting. Magdalena (Buenos Aires Province) August, 19
• Videos and debate about "The women from Chiapas and the war". Fundación Mujeres en Igualdad. August 12
• "Buenos Aires City women's meeting". Organized by UCR Party Woman Commission. Buenos Aires. August 10-11
• Book presentation "Documento de trabajo sobre el Protocolo facultativo de la Convención Internacional sobre la Eliminación de todas las formas de Discriminación contra la mujer" Organized by International Institute on Human Rights and Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales. Buenos Aires. August, 4
• Workshop on "Diagnóstico participativo" organized by Woman's Area Buenos Aires Government and National Woman Council. Buenos Aires, June
• Participated in the Conference of NGOs "Vienna + 5" to monitor the situation of human rights in our country and especially the incorporation of a gender perspective by invitation of Human Rights Internet. Ottawa (Canada), June 20 to 24. (María José Lubertino and Carolina Ciancio, participants)
• Participated in the first "Workshop on Women and the Economy," organized by the Women's Commission of the Popular Socialist party, the Alfredo Palacios Research Center and the Center for Equal Opportunity Research. Buenos Aires, June 6.
• Participated in the lecture/debate "Depenalization of abortion" at the Club of Socialist Culture. (María José Lubertino, panelist). June 5.
• Participated in the first "Reunion of Social Organizations of the City of Buenos Aires," organized by the City of Buenos Aires Committee of the Radical Party (UCR). Buenos Aires, June 4 and 5.
• Conference on "Economic, social, and cultural rights" in the conference on Human Rights organized by the school of Social Sciences (UBA) and the United Nations. (María José Lubertino). June 5.
• Participated in the 1998 Conference, "Buenos Aires: A Sustainable City," organized by the Citizen's Environmental Forum. Buenos Aires, June 2, 3, and 4.
• Participated in the Public Trial commemorating "International Women's Health Day," where cases demonstrating the violation of women's rights to health were presented; coordinated by the Permanent Forum on Women's Rights. Buenos Aires, June 1, 2.
• Collaborated in the commemoration events of the "International Missing Detained Persons Week," organized by the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo and Friends and Family of Politically Motivated Detained/ Disappeared Persons. May 28.
• Together with the Embassy of the United States, organized a three day seminar entitled "Why Support Women Candidates?" Buenos Aires, May 27, 28, and 29.
• With special guest, Gloria Rogríguez (a North American business woman whose expertise lie in the field of communications and in training women leaders), national and local representatives, journalists, political analysts and consultants, professional women, and more than 200 audience members.
• The debate focused on the changes that women can make in politics, the financial and electoral obstacles they face, the processes of candidate selection and financing, the system of PACs in the US and their possible implementation in Argentina.
• Participated in the seminar entitled, "Advanced Models of Social Administration," organized by the Secretariat of Social Promotion and the Institute of BID development. Buenos Aires, May 15 to 18.
• Participated in the first "Workshop on Anti-discrimination Legislation," organized by the Buenos Aires Legislature. Buenos Aires, May 15 and 16. (María José Lubertino, panelist on "The legislative tool in the struggle against discrimination"; Susan Stilman, moderator of "The Commission on Gender").
• Participated in the international seminar "The New Institutional Mechanisms: State, Commerce, and Civil Society; Argentina and Mercosur from a comparative perspective," organized by the BID and the National University of General San Martín. Buenos Aires, May 8 and 9.
• Public Conference, "Inclusive Models of Development" (which dealt with innovative strategies in the creation of jobs), with Giancarla Codrignani (President of the Committee on Women of the Government of Bologna, Italy), organized by the Institute on Continuing Training, SEUBE-UBA. Buenos Aires, May 8.
• Participated in the conference "Motherhood in the face of new reproductive technologies" with speaker Sidney Callam, PhD, organized by the General Women's Center of the GCBA (Buenos Aires City Government) and the Foundation for Study and Research on Women with the cooperation of Mainetti Foundation's Latin-American School of Bioethics. Buenos Aires, May 7.
• Public Conference "Gender and Politics: How Women Represent Women," with speaker Giancarla Codrignani, organized by UBA and the Commission on Women, Infants, Adolescents and Youth of the Buenos Aires Legislature.
• Participation in the panel and debate, "Poverty, Universalism, and Human Rights," organized by the Association for United Nations and the UN's Information Center for Argentina and Uruguay. Buenos Aires, May 4.
• Campaign "For the exercising of sexual and reproductive rights" in coordination with the auspices of the Network of Health of Women of Latin-America and the Caribbean, in commemoration of "International Woman's Day". May.
• Sent press releases and flyers on the topic to 400 journalists; release of 3 Cable TV programs ("Ni mas ni menos") and 2 micros of Cable TV ("Donna" and "El neuvo escenario") dedicated to women's health; initiated our bulletin on line "Con ojos de mujer" referring to the theme.
• Stage of training on the function of the Commission on Human Rights of the United Nations, directed by the Center for Women's Global Leadership and participated in the reunion of the Commission in order to include a gender perspective in the representation of the International Women's Tribune. Geneva (Switzerland). April 5 to 22. (María José Lubertino, participant)
• Massive campaign project on the prevention of violence against women "FOR THE RIGHT TO LIVE WITHOUT VIOLENCE", financed by UNIFEM. April 1998 - March 1999.
• Definition with the NGOs and the experts who work in the area
• Motivational groups with men to run a diagnostic analysis on their beliefs, opinions, and perceptions in relation to the theme of violence.
• Convening colleges of Communication and Design to realize practical works with the students of those fields.
• Graphic design of materials to be used during the campaign and fundraising.
• Fundraising campaign.
• Exposition of works of students and public debate.
• Press campaigns during the different stages of the project.
• Evaluation and Final Report.
• Collaborated in the presentation of books inaugurating the opening of the Women's Library, organized by the Biblos Editorial. Buenos Aires, March 25.
• Public presentation of ISPM's webpage (www.ispm.org.ar) and launch of Courses for Women, celebrated by an exposition of women painters. Buenos Aires, March 20.
• Participated in the presentation of the "March 8, Margarita de Ponce" awards to outstanding women, organized by Union of Argentine Women. March 14
• Panel debate at the Baha´i Community of Argentina on "Advances and Pending Assignments in the Situation of Women" (María José Lubertino, panelist). March 13.
• Conference, "Women and Men Toward the 21st Century" organized by the Alicia Moreau de Justo Foundation (María José Lubertino, panelist). San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, March 12.
• Presented 2 members of ISPM (María José Lubertino and Silvia Collin) as candidates to the Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires in the position of "Adjunct Defenders of the People" and publicly supported 5 other feminist candidates (Press file available). March.
• Participated in the launch ceremony for the program "Women and Human Rights," organized by the Secretariat of Human and Social Rights of the Ministry of the Interior. March 19.
• Participated in the celebrations of "International Woman's Day" organized by the Chamber of Pyme Women. March 9.
• Participated in "Buenos Aires Woman Week" activities commemorating International Woman's Day, organized by the General Women's Center of the GCBA. March 8 and 11.
• Participation in the "First Reunion of Women Toward the Third World," organized by the Forum of Political Women of the municipality of Rio Grande. (María José Lubertino, panelist, declared "Guest of Honor" by the municipality). Tierra del Fuego, March 6, 7, and 8.
• Mobilized the "International Woman's Day March" with other women-focused NGOs. Buenos Aires, March 6.
• Participated in the Open Session convocated by the Commission of Women, Infants, Adolescents and Youth of the Legislature of Buenos Aires in commemoration of "International Woman's Day." The session had the objective of addressing the creation of public policy that puts into effect the unalienable rights delineated in articles 37°, 37°, and 38° of the city's constitution. These articles refer to equal treatment and equal opportunity, the recognition of reproductive rights, and the incorporation of a gender perspective into the public environment. March 6.
• Participated in the Public Hearing on modification projects of the penal codes on sexual offenses, organized by National House of Representatives as a part of a campaign initiated in November of 1997. March 3.
• Executed a media campaign and lobbied for the inclusion of women on the Board of Directors of the Banco Ciudad (Press files available). February.