Please join the Penn Law Immigrants’ Rights Project, co-sponsored by organizations across Penn’s campus including the Greenfield Intercultural Center, for a virtual symposium focusing on gender-based violence in Central America and gender-based asylum law in the United States. The virtual symposium is being held on February 19, 2021 from 2 PM to 5 PM EST.
The first panel will discuss the current state of gender-based violence in Central America and the challenges that asylum seekers with gender-based claims have faced during the past few years. This panel is meant to discuss the complex issues and conditions that overlap in Central American countries that can lead to gender-based violence. Joining us on our first panel are:
The second panel will be more forward-looking, focusing on how U.S. asylum law can and should change and how this new administration can help support gender-based asylum seekers. Joining us on the second panel are:
A live Spanish translation of the event will be available
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