Line Bareiro (born 1950) is a Paraguayan political scientist, civil rights activist and feminist. [1]
Line Bareiro studied at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, gaining a Masters in political science in 1979 and working as a research assistant to Dieter Nohlen. Returning to Paraguay she worked with the NGO Paraguayo de Datos (BPD) until its suppression by Alfredo Stroessner in 1982. She was a founder member of the Centro de Documentación e Estudios in 1985, and active in the women's movement Coordinación de Mujeres del Paraguay (CMP), founded in 1987. After Stroessner's overthrow in 1989, she was a founder member of Decidamos, a citizen advocacy group of NGOs. [1]
In 2010 Bareiro was elected to the UN's Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), to serve on the committee from 2011 until 2014. [1]
Line Bareiro (born 1950) is a Paraguayan political scientist, civil rights activist and feminist. [1]
Line Bareiro studied at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, gaining a Masters in political science in 1979 and working as a research assistant to Dieter Nohlen. Returning to Paraguay she worked with the NGO Paraguayo de Datos (BPD) until its suppression by Alfredo Stroessner in 1982. She was a founder member of the Centro de Documentación e Estudios in 1985, and active in the women's movement Coordinación de Mujeres del Paraguay (CMP), founded in 1987. After Stroessner's overthrow in 1989, she was a founder member of Decidamos, a citizen advocacy group of NGOs. [1]
In 2010 Bareiro was elected to the UN's Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), to serve on the committee from 2011 until 2014. [1]