Raising Awareness
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Raising Awareness
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Advocacy on Human Rights Issues
Speaking Engagements
Kim Simplis Barrow’s tireless advocacy on human rights issues and her successful execution of ambitious projects have led to international recognition. As a result, she has been invited to join powerful leaders and other influential persons from around the world at various global sessions to share her experiences and continue to advocate for vulnerable populations.
In Belize, she is highly sought after to endorse or speak at events. Mrs. Simplis Barrow has capitalized on these key opportunities to continuing educating on key human rights issues that are the core of her work and to give a voice to the voiceless.
Speaking at forums and conferences locally and internationally, her remarks are always aimed at empowering women and children and inspiring duty-bearers to uphold their rights.
Local and International Speaking Events.
Every Woman Every Child Conference. High Level Meeting All Women, All Children. Santiago de Chile. July 2017
Fortifying Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in the Aftermath of Climate-driven Natural Disasters.
Clinton Foundation, NYC – September 2019
High Level Commemorative Event on the Convention on the Rights of the Chile. New York City, September 2019
2nd International Forum “Development of Parliamentarism”. Moscow, Russia. June 30th to July 3rd, 2019
22nd International AIDS Conference. Amsterdam, Netherlands. July 23-27, 2018
Call to Action: Adolescent Pregnancy in the Caribbean. Belize City, Belize. June 25, 2015
Meeting of First Ladies at the Consulate General of Paraguay. New York - September 23, 2019
First Regional Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean “On the road to equality”: 30 years of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child.” Hosted by ECLAC and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Santiago, Chile. November, 2018
IAEA World Cancer Day 2017. Vienna, Austria. February 4, 2017
First International Women’s Empowerment Conference hosted by the International Black Women Public Policy Institute.
Belize City, Belize - March 2015
Girl Up Leadership Conference hosted by the United Nations Foundation: Campaign Girl Up and Girl POWA.
Dangriga, Belize – May 2015
Investing in Women: Working With Micro-Entrepreneurs Workshop hosted by Special Envoy For Women and Children and Inter-American Development Bank. Belize City, Belize – June 2015 (Women Economic Development - She for Belize)
28th World YWCA Council High Level Panel. Bangkok, Thailand - October 2015
PERMATA International Conference. Malaysia – June 2016
Signing of the Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) 2017-2021 hosted by Special Envoy for Women and Children and The Ministry of Health. Belize City, Belize – February 2017
The National Cyber Security Symposium, the Commonwealth’s ‘Women in Political Leadership’ Project Workshop, an Every Caribbean Women Even Caribbean Child meeting with Gilead Sciences, and a reception for the commencement of the IAEA Caribbean Regional Meeting for the Developing and Strengthening of National Legal Frameworks for Nuclear Applications.
Belize City, Belize – April 2017
World Population Day Forum on Family Planning hosted by the Special Envoy for Women and Children and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Belize City, Belize – July 2017
Stakeholder Meeting on the Ending of Harmful Gender Norms and Practices and the Improvement of Adolescent Health and Development hosted by the Special Envoy for Women and Children, UNICEF and NCFC. Belize City, Belize – July 2017
Commonwealth People’s Forum & Legislative Reform at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
London, United Kingdom - April 2018.
Round Table Discussion for SCLAN to share information and updates on its key areas of concern: Teenage Pregnancy, Cervical Cancer, Climate Change, Mental Health, Gender-Based Violence and HIV/AIDS. New York City, New York – June 2018
39th Heads of Government Meeting. Montego Bay, Jamaica – July 2018
"Breast and Cervical Cancer In Africa” High Level Panel Discussion in the margins of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly. Africa – September 2018
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH). New Delhi, India – December 2018
PAHO Consultation on Cancer Care in Belize. Belize City, Belize – March 2019
27th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community.
Placencia, Belize – February 2016
Mrs. Kim Simplis Barrow and Students from Belize High School meet up in Singapore as she attends a commonwealth meeting, pioneering for the reform of sexual offense laws in Belize and they attend a S.T.R.E.A.M- Science, Technology, Transportation, Religion, Engineering, Environment, Art, and Mathematics experience. Singapore - April 2019