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January 30, 2009Global Development and Faith-Inspired Organizations in Latin America: Meeting Report
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A Discussion with Beth Hatch, Protestant Program Coordinator at Georgetown University
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June 18, 2009
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National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China
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中国基督教三自爱国运动委员会
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January 29, 2009
Consultation on Faith-Inspired Organizations and Development in Latin America
On January 30-31, 2009, Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD) hosted a consultation in Antigua, Guatemala on the role of faith-inspired organizations in responding to development challenges in Latin America. The meeting brought together practitioners, religious leaders from a range of faith traditions, and academics to review major issues facing the region.
The group explored issues including the role of fast-growing
Protestant churches in service delivery, major challenges facing
children and youth in the region, and the need for an ongoing forum
for faith-inspired organizations working on development to collaborate
and share ideas. The discussion about children's issues revealed a disturbing portrait
in which the region's children face a range of problems from sexual
abuse to gang violence. There was general agreement that issues of
family instability were major causes of many of these problems.
The consultation was the fourth in a series of geographically-focused explorations undertaken by the Berkley Center, with support from the Henry R. Luce Foundation, whose objective is both to increase knowledge about institutions and their work and to identify and explore emerging policy issues.
View Background Review: "'Mapping' Social and Economic Development Work in Latin America"
Also interviewed:
Emily Fintel, Avina Foundation
Patrick McDonald, Viva Network
The consultation was the fourth in a series of geographically-focused explorations undertaken by the Berkley Center, with support from the Henry R. Luce Foundation, whose objective is both to increase knowledge about institutions and their work and to identify and explore emerging policy issues.
View Background Review: "'Mapping' Social and Economic Development Work in Latin America"
Also interviewed:
Emily Fintel, Avina Foundation
Patrick McDonald, Viva Network
Featuring
Katherine Marshall
Katherine Marshall is a Senior Fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, where she leads the Center's program on Religion and Global Development. After a long career in the development field, including several leadership positions at the World Bank, Marshall moved to Georgetown in 2006, where she also serves as a Visiting Associate Professor in the School of Foreign Service. She helped to create and now serves as the Executive Director of the World Faiths Development Dialogue.
Nadine Gasman
Nadine Gasman is the senior manager of the United Nation Secretary General’s UNiTE Campaign to End Violence against Women for Latin America and the Caribbean, having previously served as the representative for Guatemala for the United Nations Population Fund. Prior to joining the UN system she was the Director for Mexico for Ipas, a non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of women around the world, with a special focus on reproductive health. Gasman also worked as the advisor to the director general for the Council for Children's Health and Vaccination.
Participants
Oscar Azmitia
Brother Oscar Azmitia is a Guatemalan member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Christian Brothers) and currently serves as the Rector of La Salle University in San José de Costa Rica, where he teaches philosophy, psychology,...
Alejandro Bilbao
Alejandro Bilbao is a Jesuit and the founding director of Centro Magis, an independent nonprofit organization that works throughout Latin America to promote sustainable development by strengthening Jesuit-led universities, schools, and social...
Sylvia Dávila
As a part of the team of the Representation for Mesoamerica at the Avina Foundation, Sylvia Dávila de La Parra is responsible for Avina’s programs in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Belize. Sylvia attended San Carlos University of Guatemala, earning a...
Carol Lancaster
Carol Lancaster is the Dean of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a professor of politics with a joint appointment in the School of Foreign Service and the Department of Government. Previously, she was the...
Alfredo Mora
Regional Director for Viva Latin America, Alfredo Mora is a member of the National Council for Children and Adolescents in Costa Rica, which helped create the National Code for Children and Adolescents. He has also been the president of the...
Zilda Arns Neumann
Dr. Zilda Arns Neumann was the founder and president of Pastoral da Criança, a Brazilian Catholic child development and family support organization. She was also the founder and national coordinator of the Senior Citizens’ Pastoral of the National...
Ana Victoria Peláez Ponce
A professor and researcher at Rafael Landivar University of Guatemala, Ana Victoria Peláez Ponce has been coordinator of the Guatemalan Interreligious Dialogue for Development and moderator of the Women Mesoamerican Network of the World Conference...
Juan Silva
An ophthalmologist by training, Dr. Silva has worked since 1991 as the Eye Care Regional Adviser for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO). Silva...
Elías Szczytnicki
Elías Szczytnicki serves as secretary of the Interfaith Committee of Peru, a national interreligious council that includes representatives of the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religious communities established in Peru, for interreligious...
Schuyler Thorup
Schuyler Thorup is the Guatemala-based regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean for Catholic Relief Services and responsible for overseeing programs and partnerships in 14 countries throughout the region. Through Catholic Relief...
Corina Villacorta
Corina Villacorta is the Executive Advisor on Child Rights at World Vision International (WVI). She previously served as WVI regional vice-president for Latin America and the Caribbean from 2004-July 2010 and director of leadership development...