The impact of enforced disappearances on women

This session will address the multifaceted and enduring impact of enforced disappearances on women but also highlight their social agency and role as peacebuilders. Panelists will share good practices by women-led groups in the search for the disappeared and propose concrete measures to guarantee the rights of women searchers.

Moderator

• Sabina PUIG CARTES, International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP), Spain

Panelists

• Asmaa AL-FARRAJ, Families for Freedom, Coordinator of the UK Team – Syrian Council for Change, Member, Syria

• Edita BURGOS, Free Jonas Burgos Movement, Chairperson – Karapatan Alliance for the Advancement of Rights, Vice-Chair – International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED), Secretary, Philippines

• María Isabel CRUZ BERNAL, Movimiento por Nuestros Desaparecidos en México, Spokesperson – Asociación Civil Sabuesos Guerreras, Founder and President, Mexico

• Sirra NDOW, African Network against Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances (ANEKED), Founder and Country Director for the Gambia, The Gambia

• Carmen Rosa VILLA QUINTANA, UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), Member, Peru

Sponsor

• International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP)