Invitation to panel discussion on Rights, Participation and Democracy in Bolivia

The Women's Rights and Citizenship and Peace, Conflict and Development programs at IDRC, along with the Just Governance Group, invites to a panel discussion on Rights, Participation and Democracy in Bolivia.

The panel will examine the current tensions in democracy in Bolivia within the framework of human rights, women's rights, citizen participation, indigenous identity and social conflict. Can a plurinational constitutional project be translated into practice in an inclusive participatory democracy that respects the human rights of all Bolivians: women and men; urban and rural; aboriginal and indigenous peoples and mestizos?

Guest Speaker from Bolivia : Carmen Beatriz Ruiz - " Bolivia : El Impulso de la Refundación Permanente", Associate, Just Governance Group; Anthropologist and Social Communications Specialist; former Deputy Ombudsman 1999-2003 (Defensor del Pueblo); columnist for La Razón

Invited Panelists:

* Susan Spronk -International Development Program, University of Ottawa
* Marcelo Saavedra-Vargas - Indigenous Studies Program, University of Ottawa

For more detailed information please visit www.justgovernancegroup.org