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Fri Mar 10
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Representing Female Asylum-seekers from Central America
- 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
- Eastern Time (US & Canada)
- By: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies
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This event takes place online.
Topics:
- Political asylum
The UNHCR and the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (CGRS) will be hosting a free webinar on representing women from Central America and how to use international law to strengthen asylum claims in the U.S. Speakers on the webinar will discuss:
- UNHCR’s work on protection of refugee women and relevant international guidance on gender-based asylum claims (Leslie Vélez and Colleen Cowgill, UNHCR);
- Representing women asylum-seekers from Central America- legal strategies for common claims and how to prepare the argument (Eunice Lee, CGRS).
Registration:
To RSVP, please email Colleen Cowgill at Cowgill@unhcr.org. Webinar directions will be emailed separately.