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<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong>U.S.-Colombia Labor Action Plan: Progress or Unfulfilled Promises in the Wake of Post-Conflict Period</strong><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><em>You are cordially invited to join the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) for a conversation with Colombian Senator Alexander Lopez Maya</em><i><br>
<em>and members of Colombia’s SINTRACIHOBI Union </em></i><br>
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4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.<br>
Wednesday, August 17, 2016<br>
Washington Office on Latin America<br>
1666 Connecticut Ave NW, 4<sup>th</sup> floor<br>
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A livestream of the event will be available at <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WOLA/695bbc0c90/3c14fe0326/f77a975ffa">
www.wola.org</a><br>
For more information, please contact Sebastian Bernal at +1 (202) 797-2171.<br>
<a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WOLA/695bbc0c90/3c14fe0326/246fb93980">To RSVP please click here</a>. We hope you can join us.<br>
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<strong>Speakers</strong><b><br>
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<strong>Senator Alexander Lopez Maya</strong></b><br>
Senator of the Republic of Colombia<br>
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<strong>Matilde Campo de Ladeuth</strong><br>
Member of the SINTRACIHOBI union<br>
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<strong>Caridad de Jesus Vasquez Casas</strong><br>
Member of the SINTRACIHOBI union<br>
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<strong>Moderator</strong><br>
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<strong>Gimena Sanchez-Garzoli</strong>,<br>
WOLA Senior Associate for the Andes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center">***<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="text-align:justify">In 2011, the United States and Colombia launched the Labor Action Plan, a framework of commitments negotiated between the two governments to better protect worker rights, prevent violence against unionists, and punish the perpetrators
of that violence. Despite progress in some areas, reports by groups such as the nongovernmental organization National Labor School (ENS) <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WOLA/695bbc0c90/3c14fe0326/8716127467">prove</a> that the plan has not been fully implemented
and that none of the 37 agreed measures on 10 areas have been enacted.<br>
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Following the peace accords, Colombia will need a deep political and cultural change that allows society to resolve conflicts in peaceful and constructive ways. Respect for labor rights and the Labor Action Plan must play a role in the post-conflict scenario.<br>
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Please join us as Senator Lopez Maya addresses the status of the LAP and the way forward as Colombia approaches post-conflict. He will be joined by members from SINTRACIHOBI, a union for community childcare workers affected by the lack of adequate implementation of public
policies for labor protection and violence prevention. <o:p></o:p></p>
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