| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 19, 2010 |
CONTACT: Emily Cain 202-994-3087; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
**MEDIA ADVISORY** |
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| GW’S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF POLITICAL MANAGEMENT’S INTERNATIONAL DIVISION TO HOST “WOMEN IN POLITICS: THE FEMINIZATION OF POLITICS” WORKSHOP DEC. 3 - 4, 2010 |
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| Workshop Will Feature First Lady of Guatemala Sandra Torres de Colom and Beatriz Paredes, President of Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party |
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| EVENT: | GW’s Graduate School of Political Management’s International division (GSPM International) will host “Women in Politics: The Feminization of Politics.” First Lady of Guatemala Sandra Torres de Colom and Beatriz Paredes, president of Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), among others, will discuss the growing role of women in politics and how feminine values affect the process. |
| WHEN: | Friday, Dec. 3, 2010; 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010; 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
| WHERE: | The George Washington University 1957 E St., NW, seventh floor Washington, D.C. Foggy Bottom/GWU Metro (Orange and Blue Lines) |
| RSVP: | Members of the media should RSVP to Emily Cain at
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or 202-994-3087. Tickets are required for this event and can be found at www.gspminternational.org. |
| BACKGROUND: |
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Sandra Torres de Colom is the First Lady of Guatemala. In a country with one of the highest poverty indexes in Latin America, Ms. Torres de Colom has worked to create the main social security programs and has become very popular among Guatemalans. It is likely she will make history by becoming the first woman president of the country. Beatriz Paredes is president of Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). She was the first woman to serve as governor of Tlaxcala and the second woman to serve as a state governor in Mexican history. Ms. Paredes has occupied different positions in the PRI, representing primarily the rural and indigenous wings of the party. She served as PRI’s general secretary and in 2007 won the party’s presidency by a large margin. Ms. Paredes has publicly acknowledged her interest in running for President of Mexico in 2012. |
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| For more information about GW’s Graduate School of Political Management, visit www.gspm.gwu.edu. -GW- |