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UNESCO’s Director of the Division for Gender Equality delivering training on Priority Gender Equality

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From 24 to 25 April 2018, UNESCO’s Director of the Division for Gender Equality, Ms Saniye Gülser Corat, was in Quito, Ecuador to deliver UNESCO’s mandatory training on Priority Gender Equality with assistance from Mr Damiano Giampaoli from the Division. Led by Ms Saadia Sánchez Vegas, Head of Quito Field Office and Representative for Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, 17 colleagues from UNESCO’s Office in Quito attended the training which aimed to provide a better understanding of UNESCO’s approach and commitment to Priority Gender Equality as well as assist in identifying innovative solutions for gender-transformative programming. Colleagues in the Quito Office presented the current situation of gender equality issues in Ecuador and highlighted trends in Bolivia, Colombia, and Venezuela as the Andean Cluster Office. Programme staff members present in Quito also benefitted from Gender Clinic sessions with the Director and Mr Damiano Giampaoli, a one-on-one consultative session on specific gender equality questions related to UNESCO’s work in the country.

During her mission, Ms Corat also held bilateral meetings with selected national officials including: Dr Mauricio Rodas Espinel, Mayor of the City of Quito, and Ms María Fernanda Pacheco, President of the San José Municipal Trust; Ms Nívea Vélez Palacio, Vice-prefect of the Province of Loja;  Ms Martha Vanegas, Director for Gender of the “Social Action Centre Matilde Hidalgo”; Mr Martín Tamayo, Director of Human Rights at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ms Rosa Vásques Orozco, Under-secretary of Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;  Mr Roberto Beltrán, Titular Professor of the UNESCO Chair on Culture and Education for Peace (UTPL); Ms Gabriela Moreira, Academic Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair on Culture and Education for Peace (UTPL) and Mr Santiago José Pérez, Coordinator of Gender and Interculturality of the UNESCO Chair on Culture and Education for Peace (UTPL). Ms Corat also attended a special session of the UN Country Team (UNCT) in Quito upon invitation from Mr Arnaud Peral, UN Resident Coordinator in Ecuador, where she gave a brief presentation on UNESCO’s work in the area of gender equality and women’s empowerment. Her presentation was followed by an exchange with members of the UNCT, all of whom expressed sincere appreciation for the advances achieved by UNESCO in this area, both in programming and in the Secretariat. The UN Resident Coordinator indicated how impressed they all were with UNESCO’s achievements and how this experience should and could inspire the efforts of UNCT in Ecuador towards gender equality.

Group photo with UNESCO Quito Office