From Survivors to Defenders

Lisa VeneKlasen, JASS Director and delegate on the 2012 fact-finding mission, introduces panel at USIP event in Washington, DC.

2012
Washinton, DC

Renowned journalist Viviana Hurtado introduces the speakers as the moderator of the event.

2012
Washington, DC

Mexican activist and Director of the Fray Juan de Larios Diocese Center for Human Rights in Coahuila discusses the growing violence against women human rights defenders in her home country.

2012

Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams shares her story and experience of violence and triumph during the USIP event in Washington, DC.

2012
Washington, DC

Gilda, a psychologist and the founder of the Women’s Rights Center in Honduras, and a member of the Honduras host committee of the 2012 delegation, explains the violent context of Honduras through the eyes of a women human rights defender.

2012
Washington, DC

Acting Director of the Nobel Women's Initiative, Rachel Vincent shares the work of the Initiative and what the audience can do to help support women human rights defenders in Mesoamerica.

2012
Washington, DC

Laura Carlsen, policy analyst for the America's Program and member of JASS Mesoamerica, sheds light on the US policies that continue to militarize communities and feed the violence being faced by women in Mesoamerica.

2012
Washington, DC

JASS director, Lisa VeneKlasen thanks the audience and panelists and encourages all to continue following and supporting women activists throughout the region as they seek justice.

2012
Washington, DC

The panelists share their final thoughts with the audience as the event comes to a close.

2012
Washington, DC