CLADEM

CLADEM (or Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean for the Defense of Women's Rights; Comité de América Latina y El Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujeres) is an international NGO network of women’s organizations and activists.[1] It was established July 3, 1987 (37 years ago) (1987-07-03) in San José, Costa Rica. It was developed after discussions in 1985 at the 3rd World Conference on Women of the United Nations in Nairobi where attendees noted a need for regionally based strategies in order to boost advocacy in Latin America and the Caribbean. The organisation was formally registered in 1989 in Lima in Peru.[2] Since 1995, it has held Category II Consulting Status at the United Nations, and since 2002, it has participated in Organization of American States matters.[3]

## Notable members

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Its board members include Susana Chiarotti who is an Argentine lawyer campaigning for women's rights.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "2011 Women's Rights Prize : CLADEM". gruber.yale.edu. Gruber Foundation. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
2. ^ "Nosotras - Conoce más sobre CLADEM". CLADEM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-20.
3. ^ "About Cladem". CLADEM. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
4. ^ "Entrevista. Susana Chiarotti". www.americalatinagenera.org. Retrieved 2020-02-20.[permanent dead link]

## External links

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* Official website