Church World Service (CWS), the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), and the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) of the Organization of American States invite you to the event:
CHILDHOOD THAT COUNTS:
The Impact of Drug Policies on Children and Adolescents with Imprisoned Mothers and Fathers in Latin America and the Caribbean
It is estimated that there are more than 2 million children and adolescents who have one of their parents deprived of their liberty in Latin America. Of them, almost half a million live in this situation due to the mass incarceration of people for minor, non-violent drug offenses.
Join us in the the launch of a study, produced by the Church World Service, based on the results of the fieldwork carried out in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Uruguay, aimed at raising awareness on the impacts that this phenomenon has had on the lives of thousands of children and adolescents, which remain practically invisible to public policymakers in the region.
Event Details
Monday, April 29, 2019
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Hall of the Americas, Organization of American States
200 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20006
Welcoming Remarks
Nestor Mendez
Assistant Secretary General of the OAS
Silvana Faillace
Senior Director of Development and Humanitarian Assistance, CWS
Presentation of report
“Childhood that Matters: The Impact of Drug Policies on Children and Adolescents with Imprisoned Mothers and Fathers in Latin America and the Caribbean”
Moderator
Coletta Youngers
Senior Fellow, Washington Office on Latin America
Featuring
Gonzalo Salles
Director, Gurises Unidos/ Executive Secretariat of the NNAPES Platform
Esteffany Sessa
Uruguay
Corina Giacomello
Autonomous University of Chiapas, Mexico, Senior Project Researcher
Sofía Galván
Specialist, Rapporteurship on the Rights of People Deprived of Liberty
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, OAS
Pier De Luca
Specialist, Department of Public Security
Secretariat for Multidimensional Security, OAS
Closing remarks
Luciano A. Cadoni
Program Officer for the Protection of the Rights of the Child
CWS Latin America and the Caribbean
Cocktail Reception to follow
Simultaneous translation from Spanish to English will be available