CLADEM

CLADEM (or Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean for the Defense of Women's Rights; Comité de América Latina y El Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujeres) is an international NGO network of women’s organizations and activists.^[1] It was established July 3, 1987 (38 years ago) (1987-07-03) in San José, Costa Rica. It was developed after discussions in 1985 at the 3rd World Conference on Women of the United Nations in Nairobi where attendees noted a need for regionally based strategies in order to boost advocacy in Latin America and the Caribbean. The organisation was formally registered in 1989 in Lima in Peru.^[2] Since 1995, it has held Category II Consulting Status at the United Nations, and since 2002, it has participated in Organization of American States matters.^[3]

Notable members

Its board members include Susana Chiarotti who is an Argentine lawyer campaigning for women's rights.^[4]