On March 6th, 2010, the GPDN and MIA celebrated the Women International Day at an event in New York City called: Guatemalan Women for the Immigration Reform in the U.S.
The program was divided in two parts. The first one was the launch of the Hombres Contra Feminicidio Campaign in the U.S. with the presentation of the first workshop, la Vida Dentro de una Caja. The second part was a testimony presentation by Maria Luisa Rosal and women in the audience regarding their immigrant experience and why the reform matters to them.
Workshop participants in NYC
THE WORKSHOP
The workshop was applied as it is in the MIA’s HCF manual. The group had 10 participants from different parts of NY and NJ. See the following images that illustrate the workshop development.
Byron Izaguirre from AGMAUSA talks about machismo.
Participants work together on an exercise.
List of responses from the exercise.
FEEDBACK:
What did you learn today?
_ give equal treatment to men and women
_ the importance of educating our own communities
_ how to improve family relationships and give equal treatment
_ roles have changed
_ the obstacles that roles create for people
_ women can be independent and find success on their own
Will this lesson help you improve the way you see and to things in life? How?
_ yes, communication helps the family thrive, bring up the good and bad things and understand how make things better
_ yes; I have seen more Latino men and women with more liberal views.
_ yes; make people aware of women rights
_ yes; create awareness among women of how equal we all must be
The posters were kindly donated to the HCF Campaign by Mary Wong at Women Ink — U.N. Church Center in New York City.