In-conversation with Nisha Agrawal, CEO, Oxfam India and Consuelo López-Zuriaga Hernández-Gil, Executive Director, Oxfam Mexico
Recently, the public had the opportunity to hear two leading gender development specialists discuss the role of Oxfam’s work in their respective countries and the importance of gender equality in social injustice and the reduction of poverty. Nisha Agrawal, CEO, Oxfam India and Consuelo López-Zuriaga Hernández-Gil, Executive Director, Oxfam Mexico recently visited the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre at the University of South Australia for a public discussion on these topics.
Nisha Agrawal has been working on poverty, inequality and social development issues for almost 30 years. Since March 2008, she has been the CEO of Oxfam India. Consuelo López-Zuriaga Hernández-Gil, has worked in the world of development, humanitarian action and international cooperation for many years, building and acquiring expertise on advocacy in a diverse range of areas with Medecins Sans Frontiers and different Spanish NGOs. Since September 2014 she has held the post of interim Executive Director of Oxfam Mexico.
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Though from different parts of the world, the issues faced by the two countries are very similar. Consuelo stated that ‘violence against women is not an epidemic. It’s a pandemic in Mexico’. Whilst Nisha discussed how ‘social attitudes had not changed in line with economic growth’.
However there was some hope in the messages provided. As Consuelo commented ‘there is an incredible will for social change’.
If you were unable to attend this event, a vodcast is now available on the Hawke Centre website.
