Programs and strategies: renewing our commitments: LACWHN. (Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network).In early April, the Board of Directors of the Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Women's Health Definition Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. Network met in Santiago, Chile Santiago, officially Santiago de Chile (Spanish: (helpinfo)), is the capital of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation (Greater Santiago). for their first annual meeting of 2003. These few days of intense work began with a warm welcome for Emma Reyes, our new board member from the Mexican organization Salud y Genero (Gender and Health). On this occasion, all LACWHN's strategic lines of action were revised, and some of the Network's programs were analyzed. The board members evaluated the progress of the project monitoring the ICPD ICPD International Conference on Population and Development ICPD Institute for Counselling and Personal Development (Northern Ireland) ICPD Institute for Conflict Management Peace and Development ICPD International Conference on the Prevention of Dementia agreements, which has been ongoing since 1996 and currently includes seven countries of the region. The Atenea database will soon be up and running on-line, and visitors to the website will be able to review the gender indicators which were developed to evaluate the achievements, setbacks or stagnation Stagnation A period of little or no growth in the economy. Economic growth of less than 2-3% is considered stagnation. Sometimes used to describe low trading volume or inactive trading in securities. Notes: A good example of stagnation was the U.S. economy in the 1970s. in the fulfillment of the ICPD agreements related to the selected priority issues. The board members also decided to review and renew the Network's membership process and structure for both individual and group members. Also being planned is a virtual forum for political debate on the current context and strategies that should be developed collectively from a feminist perspective. White these commitments had been discussed in previous meetings, this time the board members again stressed the importance of strengthening LACWHN's membership and continuing to improve the channels of communication between the groups and the Coordinating Office. The human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. training project, whose primary component is the Itinerant ITINERANT. Travelling or taking a journey. In England there were formerly judges called Justices itinerant, who were sent with commissions into certain counties to try causes. University, was also analyzed. This year two new courses have been planned in El Salvador El Salvador (ĕl sälväthōr`), officially Republic of El Salvador, republic (2005 est. pop. 6,705,000), 8,260 sq mi (21,393 sq km), Central America. and Colombia. Other programs, such as LACWHN's Activism Campaigns and the Network's area of Communication and Publications, were also reviewed and analyzed to strengthen and maximize future undertakings in these areas. At the close of this meeting, LACWHN celebrated another milestone: the creation of the Advisory Council composed of past board members and coordinators of the Network. This group will support and advise the Board of Directors in a range of areas, contributing their knowledge and long experiences as members of the Network as well as in their respective organizations. This first meeting was attended by past Assistant Coordinator, Maria Isabel Matamala as well as Olga Amparo Sanchez, Elvira Lutz and Ana Maria Portugal, past board members. |
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