This four-part webinar series entitled, 'The Impact of Free Trade: Women’s Resistance and Search for Alternatives' in Spanish with English subtitles, is organized by Gender and Trade Coalition member, WIDE+, and partners Gender and Development in Practice (GADIP), Centro de Estudios Europeos/Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (CUCSH), Universidad de Guadalajara (UdG), ValEUs. Research & Education Network on Contestations to EU Foreign Policy, Enlace Comunicación y Capacitación, A.C., and Campaña No Más Acuerdo Global/Tratado de Libre Comercio entre la Unión Europea y México (TLCUEM).
1. Working Class Women and Labor Organizing
Working Class Women and Labor Organizing, held on 9/24/2024, explores the experiences and resistance by women workers impacted by the European Union-Mexico Free Trade Agreement. Moderated by Maria Atilano Campaña, No Más Acuerdo Global/TLCUEM, the webinar included the following speakers:
- Edme Dominguez R., WIDE+;
- Mery Penaloza, Coalición de Extrabajadoras/es de la Industria Electrónica en México (CETIEN); and
- Rosario Ortiz, Red de Mujeres Sindicalistas de Mexico.
Watch the recording of the first webinar here.
2. Women in Defense of Land and Territory
Women in Defense of Land and Territory, held on 10/1/2024, explores the experiences and resistance by women land defenders impacted by the European Union-Mexico Free Trade Agreement. Moderated by Consuelo Tafoya, Enlace Comunicación y Capacitación, the webinar included the following speakers:
- Trini Ramirez, Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra;
- Josefina Santiago Santiago, Coordinadora de Pueblos Unidos por el Cuidado y la Defensa del Agua (COPUDA); and
- Eunice Elenes Martínez; Taula per Mèxic, as a commentator.
Watch the recording of the second webinar here.
3. Women and the Defense of Human Rights
Women and the Defense of Human Rights, held on 10/8/2024, explores the experiences and resistance by women human rights defenders impacted by the European Union-Mexico Free Trade Agreement. Moderated by Ulrike Capdepon, Centro de Estudios Europeos UdG, the webinar included the following speakers:
- María de Vecchi, Articulo 19;
- María Luisa Aguilar, Centro DHPro; and
- Gaby Küppers, Revista ILA, as a commentator.
Watch the recording of the third webinar here.
4. Women Resisting Megaprojects
Women Resisting Megaprojects, held on 10/15/2024, explores the experiences and resistance by women environmentalists impacted by the European Union-Mexico Free Trade Agreement. Moderated by Edme Dominguez R, GADIP and WIDE+, the webinar included the following speakers:
- Ana Esther Ceceña, Observatorio Latinoamericano de Geopolítica e Instituto de investigaciones económicas de la UNAM;
- Lucila Bettina Cruz Velázquez, Asamblea de Pueblos Indígenas del Istmo en Defensa de la Tierra y el Territorio; and
- Johanna Bergström, GADIP, as a commentator.
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