Antigua & Barbuda

JACQUI QUINN-LEANDRO

Minister of Labour, Public Administration and Empowerment with responsability for Gender Affaires

Jacqui Quinn-Leandro currently serves as Minister of State Attached to the Office of the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. Her previous posts have included news anchor and talk show host at ABS Television, human resource and marketing officer at the Antigua Barbuda Investment Bank, communications consultant at the Caribbean Family Planning Affiliation and the corporate communications consultant for the Antigua Commercial Bank.

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Antigua and Barbuda 

Argentina

GLORIA BENDER

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Argentina 

The Bahamas (Commonwealth of)

LORETTA BUTLER-TURNER

Minister of State for Labour and Social Development

Loretta Butler-Turner currently serves as Minister of State for Social Services & Community Development in the Bahamas, and is the only woman Cabinet member.  She is also an Executive Member of The Free National Movement, a member of the FNM's Women's Association and a Past Deputy Chairman of the Free National Movement which is presently the governing party.

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The Bahamas  

  
Barbados

IRENE SANDIFORD-GARNER 

Parliamentary Secretary, The Ministry of Health

Irene Sandiford-Garner currently serves as a Senator and Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Health of Barbados. She is a graduate of Queen's College and holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of the West Indies.  She is a trained Journalist and Marketing Executive. Previously, she has worked in the print media and as a Credit Union Marketing Executive for several years. 

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Barbados  

  
Belize

ESTHER AYUSO RAMIREZ

Chairperson of the National Women's Commission

Esther Ayuso Ramírez currently serves as Chairperson of the National Women’s Commission of Belize.

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Belize   

  
Bolivia

IVONNE EVELING LLANOS

Vice-Ministra de Igualdad de Oportunidades

Eveling Ivonne Llanos Torrico currently serves as the Deputy Minister for Equality of Opportunities in the Ministry of Justice of Bolivia.

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Bolivia    

  
Brazil

TBD

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Brazil     

Canada

SUZANNE CLÉMENT

Coordinator, Status of Women Canada 

Suzanne L. Clément currently serves as Coordinator/Head of Agency of Status of Women Canada. Most recently, she held the position of Executive Director of the Portfolio Affairs Office at the Department of Canadian Heritage. Prior to that, Ms. Clément held numerous positions in the federal public service, including at the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Senate of Canada.

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Canada   

Chile

CAROLINA SCHMIDT ZALDIVAR

Ministra Directora Servicio Nacional de la Mujer (SERNAM)

Carolina Schmidt Zaldívar currently serves as Minister/Director of the National Service of Women (SERNAM) in Chile.  Her previous positions include as a councilor for Comunidad Mujer, as a member of the Advisory council on Childhood Policies, as a councilor for the Centre for Women’s Entrepreneurial Studies (Cenm) of the Development University and as general manager of the magazine Capital.

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Chile      

Colombia

CIM Delegate: 

TBD

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Colombia      

Costa Rica

MAUREEN CLARKE

Presidencia Ejecutiva, Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres (INAMU)

Maureen Clarke Clarke currently serves as the Executive President of the National Institute of Women (INAMU) in Costa Rica.

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Costa Rica       

Dominica (Commonwealth of)

GLORIA SHILLINGFORD

Senator, Dominican House of Assembly

Gloria Shillingford currently serves as Minister of Community Development and Gender Affairs in Dominica.

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Dominica        

Dominican Republic

ALEJANDRINA GERMAN

Secretaría de Estado de la Mujer

Alejandrina Germán currently serves as the State Secretary for Women in the Dominican Republic.  Prior to that, she has worked as State Secretary for Education, Area Coordinator and President of the National Council for Higher Education (CONES) and as a consultant to the Ibero-american University (UNIBE).

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Dominican Republic        

Ecuador

CIM Delegate:

ANA LUCIA HERRERA

Presidenta del Consejo Nacional de Igualdad de Género

Ana Lucía Herrera currently serves as President of the National Council of Gender Equality in Ecuador.

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Ecuador         

El Salvador

TBD

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El Salvador         

Grenada

SYLVESTER QUARLESS

Minister of Social Development

Sylvester Quarless currently serves as Minister of Social Development of Grenada. He is a member of the National Democratic Congress and the House of Representatives of Grenada and has previously served as Information Officer with the Government of Grenada.

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Grenada

Guatemala

SONIA ESCOBEDO

Secretaria Presidencial de la Mujer  

Sonia Escobedo currently serves as the Presidential Secretary for Women of Guatemala.

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Guatemala          

Guyana

CIM Delegate:

PRIYA MANICKCHAND

Minister of Human Services and Social Security  

Priya Manickchand currently serves as the Minister of Human Services and Social Security of Guyana.

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Guyana           

Haiti

MARJORY MICHEL

Ministre, Ministère à la Condition Féminine et aux Droits de la Femme

Marjory Michel currently serves as the Minister for the Status of Women and Women’s Rights of Haiti.

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Haiti           

Jamaica

FAITH WEBSTER

Executive Director, Bureau of Women's Affairs

Faith Webster currently serves as the Executive Director of the Bureau of Women and Gender Affairs of Jamaica. Ms. Webster has been with the Bureau since 1997, serving in various capacities such as Public Education Training Officer and Policy Analyst.

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Jamaica            

Mexico

ROCÍA GARCÍA GAITÁN

President of the CIM 2011-2012/Presidenta de la CIM 2011-2012

Rocío García Gaytán was appointed Director of the Mexican National Institute of Women (Inmujeres) in February 2007.  Prior to that, she has served as a Congressional Deputy from the State of Jalisco, where she established the Gender and Equity Commission and spurred legislation on gender-based violence.  She has also served has a federal Deputy in the 57th Congressional Legislature and, from 2002-2007, acted as President of the Institute of Women of Jalisco.

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Mexico              

Nicaragua

ISABEL GREEN

Directora Ejecutiva, Instituto Nicaragüense de la Mujer (INIM) 

Isabel Green currently serves as the Executive Director of the Nicaraguan Institute for Women (INIM).

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Nicaragua               

Panama

MARQUELDA MONTENEGRO DE HERRERA

Directora General, Instituto Nacional de la Mujer

Marquelda Montenegro currently serves as the Director General of the National Institute of Women of Panama.

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Panama                

Paraguay

GLORIA RUBIN

Ministra, Secretaría de la Mujer de la Presidencia de la República

Gloria Rubin currently serves as Minister and Secretary of Women for the Presidency of the Republic of Paraguay. She has had a long career fighting for women and family.  She is a psychologist with a Master’s in the sociology of development and post-graduate work on research methodologies in the area of women.

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Paraguay                 

Peru

VIRGINIA BORRA

Ministra de la Mujer y Desarrollo Social

Virginia Borra currently serves as Peru’s Minister for Women and Social Development. She has worked as and advisor to the Office of the President of the Council of Ministers, State Minister within the Ministry of Women and Social Development, chief of the Decentralized Public Institute “Direct Assistance Program,” and as director of the Direct Assistance Program of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.

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Peru                  

Saint Kitts & Nevis

MARCELLA LIBURD

Minister of Health, Social Services, Community, Development, Culture, and Gender Affairs

Marcella Liburd currently serves as the Minister of Health, Social Services, Community Development, Culture and Gender Affairs of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Prior to that, she has worked as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, a Senator in the National Assembly, and Assistant Secretary of the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party.

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Saint Kitts and Nevis          

Saint Lucia

KEITH MONDESIR

Minister of Health, Wellness, Family Affairs, National Mobilization,
Human Services and Gender Relations

Keith Mondesir currently serves as the Minister for Health, Wellness, Family Affairs, National Mobilization, Human Services and Gender Relations of Saint Lucia. Prior to that, he has worked as Deputy Leader of the United Workers Party (UWP), Minister for Home Affairs, National Security and National Mobilization, and Minister for Physical Planning and National Mobilization.

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Saint Lucia                     

Saint Vincent & the Grenadines

CIM Delegate:

ROSITA ALEXANDER-SNAGG

Permanent Secretary  (ag)
Ministry of National Mobilization, Social Development, Youth and Sports

Rosita Alexander-Snagg currently serves as the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of National Mobilization, Social Development, Gender Affairs, Non-Governmental Organization Relations, Persons with Disabilities, Youth Affairs and Sports of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines                    

Suriname

CIM Delegate:

CHITRAWATIE MOHANLAN

Acting Head, National Bureau for Gender Policy
Paramaribo, Suriname 
E-mail: nbg_sur@yahoo.com 

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Suriname                     

Trinidad & Tobago

MARY KING

Planning, Economic and Social Reestructuring and Gender Affaires

Mary King currently serves as Minister of Planning, Economic and Social Restructuring and Gender Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago.  She is an economist who has also worked as an executive member of the Global Organisation of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC), head of the Trinidad and Tobago chapter of Transparency International and Chairman of Mary King & Associates Ltd., a marketing research and business consulting company.

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Trinidad and Tobago 

United States of America

WANDA K. JONES

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health
Director, Office of Women's Health

Wanda K. Jones currently serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health at the United States’ Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), as well as Director of the Office of Women’s Health (OWH).  Prior to that, Dr. Jones was the Associate Director for Women's Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. From 1990 to 1994, she served as CDC's Assistant Director for Science in the Office of the Associate Director for HIV/AIDS, where she was active in policy issues related to HIV laboratory testing, women and AIDS, HIV vaccine development, and health care workers.

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United States of America             

Uruguay

BEATRIZ RAMÍREZ ABELIA

Directora, Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres

Beatriz Ramírez Abella currently serves as Director of the National Institute of Women in Uruguay.  In the past, she has worked as a lecturer at the national and international levels on the topics of Afro-descendance and gender. She is the founder of the Youth Group of the Black Cultural and Social Association (ACSUN) and co-founder of the Network of Afro-Latina and Afro-Caribbean Women.  Since 2005, she has been working with the National Institute of Women.

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Uruguay                       

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

CIM Delegate:

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Venezuela