U.S. WOMEN AND CUBA COLLABORATION

Join us at the Non-governmental Organizations Commission on the Status of Women Forum in March, where we will join the Federation of Cuban Women in events to educate people on the impacts of the 61-year-old US blockade against Cuba and what we can do to lift the blockade and remove Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism.

 

From March 3-17, during the United Nations' annual Commission on the Status of Women, almost 800 events draw thousands of women from all over the world that inform, engage and inspire grassroots efforts and advocacy needed to empower women and girls. The priority theme of the UN CSW is: Innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls.

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Virtual Workshop: US and Cuban Women Reclaim the Media to Advance Feminist Solidarity

Thursday, March 9, 2023 @ 5:00 – 7:00 pm EST

To register click here

 

Cuba has made significant progress in women's rights, gender, and racial equality in the past 60 years, resulting in women playing leading roles in society with access to education, healthcare, and political representation. However, the US blockade has had a far-reaching impact on Cuban society, including hindering technological advancements and distorting the narrative of Cuban society. An online workshop will address this issue by covering critical thinking about the media landscape, reclaiming the media, and creating the media we want. Presenters will discuss how the US blockade and disinformation campaigns have limited knowledge exchange about Cuban women's human rights advancements and provide examples of using various media platforms for global feminist solidarity organizing, building solidarity with Cuba and other liberation struggles.

 

Speakers:

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• Members of the official Cuban delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women representing the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC)

   

• Jan Strout, National Steering Committee, US Women and Cuba Collaboration, President of Montana NOW, co-leader of Bozeman City for CEDAW Task Force (MT)

   

• Cindy Domingo, Chair, US Women and Cuba Collaboration and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom’s Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance, US-Cuba Normalization Conference Committee

   

• Zenaida Mendez, Director, Manhattan Neighborhood Network Community Media Center Founder National Dominican Women Caucus and Member of the Board of Director NY Women In Film & Television 

   

• Catherine Murphy, filmmaker, and producer, Maestra, founder of The Literacy Project

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“Women’s Rights in Cuba Today”

Saturday, March 11, 2023 @ 2:00 – 3:30 PM EST

Register in-person or virtual on here

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Join the FMC and National Union of Jurists Representatives as they present on the

recently pass Cuban Constitutional changes called the Families Code; effect of the

blockade on women and women’s resistance; same-sex marriage debate and legal

victory and the democratic process that took place countrywide to pass the Families

Code.

 

A representative from US Women and Cuba Collaboration/Women’s International

League for Peace and Freedom’s Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance will be presenting on

how to expand our efforts in the women’s movement to lift the US blockade.

 

NOTE: This panel is part of a two-day conference on Cuba featuring other

presentations and work of the US and Canadian-based Cuba solidarity network.

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Registration and full program at www.us-cubanormalization.org

Tuesday, March 14 at 5:00 pm EST

Manhattan Neighborhood Network Community Media Center

175 East 104 Street, Manhattan, NY (Between Lexington & 3rd Avenues)

 

“Mujeres y Mojitos,” a reception for the members of the Cuban delegation to the UN CSW hosted by Manhattan Neighborhood Network Community Media Center, US Women and Cuba Collaboration, WILPF’s Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Issues Committee, The Literacy Project.

 

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