Nationality American | ||
Full Name Rebecca Reichmann Tavares Occupation UN diplomat promoting race relations and women’s rights Known for Gender equality and Women's rights Notable work Books titled Race in Contemporary Brazil: From Indifference to Inequality (1999) and Population and Reproductive Rights | ||
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Rebecca Reichmann Tavares, from Southern California, USA, has worked in the field of race relations and women’s rights. She is the representative of UN Women’s Office located in New Delhi, since July 2013, covering four countries of India, Bhutan, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Earlier, from 2009 to 2013, she was the UN representative for Brazil and Regional Programme Director of UN Women’s Brazil & Southern Cone Office.
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- Dd national interview aaj savere anchor nidhi kumar with rebecca reichmann tavares
- Biography
- Publications
- References
Tavares has written many books, monographs and papers related to sociology of race relations in Brazil, rights and entitlements of women, and microfinance in Latin America.
Biography
Rebecca Reichmann Tavares is from Southern California. She graduated from the Yale University. She has a doctoral degree (Ed.D) from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Following her education, she worked as Executive Vice-President in Tavares Associates, an international consulting firm. She was Co-Founder and Executive Vice-President of the New Americans Museum in California. She was Vice-President of San Diego Foundation. In Brazil, she worked as Programme Officer for Ford Foundation. She has also worked for the ACCION International, a worldwide nonprofit organization related to microfinance for low-income clients, as Director, Training, Research and Evaluation.
From 2009 to 2013, she worked as the UN representative for Brazil and Regional Programme Director of UN Women’s Brazil & Southern Cone Office, and particularly engaged in issues related to race relations and woman's rights. Since July 2013, she is heading the UN Women's New Delhi Office representing the four countries of India, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka. In this capacity she has observed: "I hope gender violence becomes an election issue. It would be good if candidates and incumbents standing for elections are made to ensure that they will guarantee safety for women in their area. Civil society should make this an issue, and that’s where the media also has a role to play".
Tavares said: "When women are in positions of decision making, they make decisions differently, more attuned to safety, sanitation, water resources and health of families. They also have a different style of dialogue... things do change because of them and they also manage to change attitudes."
In December 2015, representing UN Women, Tavares signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in New Delhi with Dr. Jyotsna Suri, President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) to promote gender equality and Women’s empowerment in the corporate sector.
Publications
Tavares has published, as editor, a book titled Race in Contemporary Brazil: From Indifference to Inequality (1999), pertaining to racial inequality in Brazil and on issues of "black women’s status and roles." She has coauthored with Sonia Correa, a book titled Population and Reproductive Rights.