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Talks and Conferences

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  • Panelist - Climate Change and Disability Justice - National University of Ireland - Galway, June 20, 2022.

  • Panelist – Panel: “Historically Disadvantaged Groups and New Inequalities in the 21st Century”. Title of the presentation: “Inclusive Development: Sustainable Development Goals and Disability”. International Conference of the Institute for the Study of International Development. McGill University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Montreal, March 12, 2016

  • Talk “The Relationship between Critical Disability Studies and Cultural Studies” – El Colegio de México – February 2016

  • Talk on Disability and International Development according to the Sustainable Development Goals – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. February 2016

  • Talk on Gender and Disability in International Development – Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico – February 2016

  • Summer course on Disability and Law – Galway University, Ireland. June 2014.

  • Speaker at the event “Gender, disability and global health: The rights of girls and women with disabilities”. McGill Faculty of Law, February 19, 2014.

  • Participation as panelist at the Latin American Meeting on Women with Disabilities in Panama City, December 4-6 2013, organized by UN WOMEN. Follow-up of the Panama Declaration on gender equality for Women with Disabilities (Regional level)

  • Participation as speaker and workshop leader on the WILD training organized by the Gender, Disability and Development Institute, Mobility International USA (MIUSA), Oregon, US, August 18-22 2013.

  • Participation as panelist at the Arab Regional Forum on Women with Disabilities, Cairo, Egypt, April 28-29 2013, organized by the Arab Organization of Persons with Disabilities and the European Disability Forum.

  • Workshop “Universal Design in Education”. Biennial Congress of the Association québécoise inter-universitaire des conseillers aux étudiants ayant des besoins speciéaux. McGill University, May 20, 2009.

  • Co-Facilitator, Learning Circles “A Classroom without Discrimination” – Faculty of Education, McGill University, November 21sh and 23rd, 2006; November 7th and 8th, 2007; October 29th and 30th, 2008 and November 12th, 2009.

  • Next Steps for Global Strategies for Work on Violence against Women – Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Rutdgers, The State University of New Jersey, July 21st- July 25th, 2008. Participant promoting the subject of women with disabilities.

  • “Human Rights in Japan, 1983-2006” – Congress “The Links Between Japan and Mexico” (Derechos Humanos en Japón 1983-2006” – Congreso “Los Vínculos Japón-México”) University of Colima, México. November 24-27, 2006.

  • Workshop “Inclusion du handicap dans les travaux des CALACS” (Inclusion of disability in the work of the Centers against sexual assault in Quebec) – Congress du Régroupement Québecoise des CALACS. June 2006

  • “Traffic Humain” – Centre d’aide Aqua-R-Elle – CALACS Victoriaville (Together with Rita Acosta), Victoriaville, QC. May 5, 2006.

  • Participation in the Feminist Research Panel (Special class for the summer session WMST 200), McGill University, Montreal, QC., May 4, 2006.

  • Workshop (Resource Person) “Inclusive Citizenship, Inclusive Feminism – Including disability in Women’s Projects.” Simone de Beauvoir Institute, University of Concordia, Montreal, Qc., March 4, 2006.

  • “Whose choice? Women with disabilities and Health” – (Together with Maria Barile) Canadian Regional Conference of Medical Student’s for Choice. McGill University, February 4, 2006.

  • “Including Disability in the Feminist Agenda” – Panel “Feminism Now” – McGill University, January 26, 2006.

  • “Japan in the IDB: The experience of The Japan Program” – Japan Cultural Week, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City, November 2004.

  • "Women and Disability in Mexico", Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University, Montreal, Ca., April 8, 2003. (English)

  • "Igualdad de Oportunidades para Personas con Discapacidad: Condición Indispensable para la Paz". (Equal Opportunities for People with Disabilities: An unquestionable condition for the peace.) Cross-cultural Seminar over the Peace. El Colegio de México, UNESCO, Asociación Latinoamericana de Estudios de Asia y África, July 14 to 18, 2000.  (Spanish)

  • "Domestic Violence and Women with Disabilities". Forum: Women and Disability, Women's Day, Mexico City, March 8, 1998. (Spanish)

  • "Negative Stereotypes of Women with Disabilities in Mass Media Messages". Forum: Women and Disability, Women's Day, Mexico City, March 7, 1997 (Spanish)

  • “Domestic violence and women with disabilities”. Second congress on women and disability, March 8th, 1998.  (Spanish)

  • “The rights of persons with disabilities”. Second activities report of the National Program for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities. Report presented to the former President of Mexico, Ernesto Zedillo. See http://zedillo.presidencia.gob.mx/pages/vocero/boletines/com392.html

  • “Negative stereotypes of women with disabilities in the media”. 7 mars 1997. « Estereotipos negativos sobre las mujeres con discapacidad en los medios masivos » First congress on Women and Disabilities. World Women’s Day, March 7th, 1997.

  • "Domestic Violence and Disability". "First National Congress of Domestic Violence". Mexican Society of Criminology, Guadalajara, Jal., México, November, 1996. (Spanish)

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