youth coalition e nossa representante brasileira  

Postado por Felipe Bruno Martins Fernandes

  Joana Chagas, Brazil  

Joana Chagas, 27, has been Programme Assistant at the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Regional Office for Brazil and the Southern Cone since 2001. She is responsible for coordinating planning, implementation and monitoring processes of UNIFEM's programme on women's human rights in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, as well as responding for young women leadership and political participation and CEDAW thematic areas. Joana graduated in International Relations at the University of Brasilia, with a strong background in international protection of human rights. Currently, she is undertaking a Master in History of Women - Gender and Feminist Studies at University of Brasilia, and will soon start a Master of Sciences in Human Rights at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her involvement with sexual and reproductive rights activism started in October 2003, when she participated in the DAWN Feminist Advocacy Training Institute. At the Youth Coalition, Joana has participated at the Beijing+10 process, chaired the Millennium Development Goals Task Force, coordinated the publication "Learning to Speak MDGs", and participated in the organization of the International Youth Forum "Sexual Evolution of Development", where she co-facilitated the working group on HIV/AIDS. Currently, Joana is part of the YC Steering Committee, the Caribbean Training Task Force and the Constitution Task Force.
 
youth coalition: working internationally for sexual and reproductive rights  

YC is an international organization of young people between the ages of 15 & 29 committed to promoting youth sexual and reproductive rights at the national, regional and international levels. We are students, researchers, volunteers, educators, and activists.

 

The Youth Coalition envisions a world where the diversities of all young people are respected and celebrated, and where they are empowered and supported to fully and freely exercise their sexual and reproductive rights.


We believe that sexual and reproductive rights are human rights, and therefore apply equally to young people. As young people, we have a valuable contribution to make to society and must be given a voice in all policy and decision-making processes that is respected and fully incorporated. For more information, click on About Us.

This entry was posted on terça-feira, dezembro 05, 2006 .
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