States Party to the Belém do Pará Convention

The Belém do Pará Convention has been ratified by 32 States Party, which also make up the MESECVI.

The responsibilities of the States Party in the MESECVI process include:

  • Preparing the Statute and Regulations of the MESECVI and ensuring compliance
  • Adopting plans and programs of work of the MESECVI and evaluating their implementation
  • Responding to the questionnaire circulated by the Committee of Experts
  • Implementing the recommendations made by Committee of Experts
  • Informing on the follow-up indicators

States Party to the Belém do Pará Convention

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Antigua and Barbuda

National Competent Authority: Appointment pending

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Argentina

National Competent Authority: Úrsula Basset

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Bahamas

National Competent Authority: Melvelyn Simonette
First Assistant Secretary, Department of Gender and Family Affairs.
Ministry of Social Services and Urban Development

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Barbados

National Competent Authority: William Warner
Acting Director at the Bureau of Gender Affairs, Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs

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Belize

National Competent Authority: Appointment pending

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Bolivia

National Competent Authority: César Siles Bazán
Minister of Justice and Institutional Transparency

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Brazil

National Competent Authority: Aparecida Gonçalves
Minister of Women

President of the Conference of States Parties

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Chile

National Competent Authority: Antonia Cósmica Orellana Guarello
Minister of Women and Gender Equity

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Colombia

National Competent Authority: Appointment pending

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Costa Rica

National Competent Authority: Cindy Quesada Hernández
Minister of the Status of Women

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Dominica

National Competent Authority: Appointment pending

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Ecuador

National Competent Authority: Arianna Tanca

Minister of Women and Human Rights

Second Vice-President of the Conference of States Parties

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El Salvador

National Competent Authority: Yanci Salmerón de Artiga
Executive Director of the Salvadoran Institute for the Development of Women (ISDEMU)

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Grenada

National Competent Authority: CHRISSIE WORME-CHARLES
Permanent Secretary (a.i.), Deparment of Gender Affairs, Family , Ministry of Social Development

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Guatemala

National Competent Authority: Ana Leticia Aguilar Theissen
Presidential Undersecretary of Women's Affairs

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Guyana

National Competent Authority: Vindhya Persaud
Minister of Human Services and Social Security

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Haiti

National Competent Authority: Appointment pending
Minister for Women's Affairs

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Honduras

National Competent Authority: Appointment pending

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Jamaica

National Competent Authority: SHARON COBURN ROBINSON
Director, Policy and Research (Acting)
Bureau of Gender Affairs

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Mexico

National Competent Authority: Appointment pending

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Nicaragua

National Competent Authority: JESSICA YAOSKA PADILLA LEIVA
Minister for Women

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Panama

National Competent Authority: Niurka Palacio
Minister of Women

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Paraguay

National Competent Authority: Cynthia Figueredo
Minister of Women

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Peru

National Competent Authority: Appointment pending
Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations

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Dominican Republic

National Competent Authority: MAYRA JIMÉNEZ
Minister of Women

First Vice-President of the Conference of States Parties

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Saint Kitts and Nevis

National Competent Authority: Sharon Warner
Director of the Department of Gender Affairs. Ministry of Community Development, Culture
and Gender Affairs

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Saint Lucia

National Competent Authority: JANEY JOSEPH
Director of Gender Relations
Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

National Competent Authority: LA FLEUR QUAMMIE-HARRY
Coordinator, Gender Affairs Division
Ministry of National Mobilisation, Social Development and Gender Affairs

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Suriname

National Competent Authority: Appointment pending

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Trinidad and Tobago

National Competent Authority: IAN RAMPERSAD
Director, International Law and Human Rights Unit
Ministry of the Attorney General

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Uruguay

National Competent Authority: MÓNICA BOTTERO
Director, National Institute for Women
Ministry of Social Developement

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Venezuela

National Competent Authority: Appointment pending