On November 19, several professors from the Department of Mining and Energy Law of the Universidad Externado de Colombia represented our university in this academic event, organized by The Center for Latino and Latin American Studies at Northern Illinois University.
Professor María Daniela D. Villamil is a lawyer graduated from our House of Studies and is attached to the Gender, Law and Society and Human Rights Groups of the Department of Constitutional Law. She has had an outstanding career as an advocate for the human rights of women and members of the LGBT community, and as a professor of International Human Rights Law and Gender and Law at the Universidad Externado.
The University Pompeu Fabra of Barcelona unanimously awarded the work by Externado de Colombia Professor, Jorge Ernesto Roa Roa, a summa cum laude rating, and a recommendation for publication.
The paper “Los sistemas de gestión de igualdad de género: un reto para los países de América Latina y El Caribe” (Management systems for gender equality: a challenge for Latin American and Caribbean countries), was also included in the book “RSC una mirada integral en América Latina” (CSR, a comprehensive look in Latin America).