Bolivian Cabinet Member and Activist to Address Rights of Laborers at Anaheim Gathering
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Kelly C. Martini, communications director/information officer,
United Methodist Women's Division
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NEW YORK, April 24 - The rights of laborers extends beyond the borders of the United States. Bolivian Cabinet member and workers' rights activist Casimira Rodriguez Romero will tackle the common threads of workers globally in an address to the United Methodist Women's Assembly on May 6 at 9:00 a.m. in Anaheim, Calif.
A recipient of the 2003 World Methodist Peace Award, Rodriguez was named by President Evo Morales as minister of justice for the Bolivian government in January 2006. Morales, an Aymara Indian, is leading the first indigenous administration in Bolivia's history.
Rodriguez is chief executive of the National Federation of Household Workers, a union that successfully lobbied the Bolivian Parliament to pass the Household Workers Law in 2003. Of the 132,000 household workers in Bolivia, 99 percent are women.
Since 2001, she also has headed the Confederation of Household Workers of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The quadrennial United Methodist Women's Assembly involves women from around the world concerned with the issues and struggles of women, children and youth.
Sponsored by the United Methodist Women's Division, the Division represents United Methodist Women, an organization of approximately one million members whose purpose is to foster spiritual growth, develop leaders and advocate for justice. Members raise nearly $25 million each year for programs and projects related to women, children and youth in the United States and in more than 100 countries around the world.
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