Primer Encuentro de Mujeres Negras de América Latina y El Caribe

Primer Encuentro de Mujeres Negras de América Latina y El Caribe (First Meeting of Latin American and Caribbean Women Negras) was an international conference of 300 representatives from 32 (70 is also mentioned)[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] countries, which occurred 19–25 July 1992 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. One of its organizers was Ochy Curiel, an Afro-Dominican feminist academic.[1] One of the outcomes of the meeting was an announcement to commemorate July 25th annually as "Día Internacional de las Mujeres negras Afrolatinoamericanas, caribeñas y de la diáspora" (International Day of Black Women of Afro-Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Diaspora).[2][3]

Notes
  1. Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá
  2. Secretaria Distrital de la Mujer

References
  1. León, Irene (1 October 1995). "I Encuentro de Mujeres Negras Latinoamericanas y del Caribe" (in Spanish). Agencia Latinoamericana de Información. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  2. "Día Internacional de las Mujeres negras Afrolatinoamericanas, caribeñas y de la diáspora" (in Spanish). Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  3. "Día Internacional de las Mujeres Afrolatinoamericanas, Afrocaribeñas y de la Diáspora" (in Spanish). Secretaria Distrital de la Mujer. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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