OAS - Organization of American States

Purpose

This project aims to improve the participation of civil society organizations, particularly women’s organizations, in the Organizations of the American States (OAS) Summit of the Americas process. The project supports the OAS Summits of the Americas Secretariat to improve its capacity to undertake consultations and outreach to women’s organizations (WOs). It also supports WOs so they can enhance their advocacy abilities during the discussion and negotiation of outcome documents, commitments and initiatives of the Ninth Summit of the Americas. Project activities include: (1) awareness campaigns via information sessions on the Summits components; (2) capacity-building workshops on various themes such as leadership, networking, negotiation; (3) information sessions on participation mechanisms in the Summits Process; (4) elaborating a position paper in collaboration with the Inter-American Commission on Women on the gender dimensions of the Ninth Summit theme; 5) virtual consultations at the national and regional levels providing an opportunity for WOs to propose concrete gender-sensitive recommendations on the Ninth Summit theme.