July 31, 2024.- This morning, in the Montt Varas hall of the Palacio de la Moneda, Chilean authorities officially received the 20 women leaders who will participate in the Pacific Alliance Volunteer Program in the country this year. The event was headed by the Minister of Social Development and Family, Javiera Toro, the Minister of Foreign Affairs (s), Gloria de la Fuente, the Undersecretary of Social Services, Francisca Gallegos, and the National Director of the National Youth Institute, Juan Pablo Duhalde.
In the afternoon, the young women attended the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to talk with five female Chilean political leaders with the aim of making visible the relevance of women’s political and social participation in different territorial spaces.
The 20 young women were selected from among more than 500 applicants from Chile, Peru, Mexico and Colombia for the project “Youth, feminism and memory”, which seeks to highlight the historical memory of women social leaders in recent years, as well as to strengthen advocacy skills and the development of projects with a gender focus.
The volunteers will spend two weeks in Chile participating in a series of activities such as training workshops on leadership, discussions with organizations linked to civil society, visiting the O’Higgins region and ending their stay with an exhibition of their work related to the memory of women leaders in their countries at the Palacio de La Moneda Cultural Center.
PA Youth Volunteering
The Pacific Alliance Youth Volunteering program seeks that young people from member countries contribute to overcoming the challenges of the region through an experiential training experience.
Participation in this program provides an enriching experience of social and cultural exchange between young people from different countries, in which meaningful bonds are created and proposals for change are built in response to social and environmental problems affecting the region.
Communications PPT 2024 Pacific Alliance