Crisis humanitaria y violencia de género contra las mujeres venezolanas

Betilde  Muñoz-Pogossian

doi:10.58479/almanaque.2023.67

Authors

Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian Organization of American States (EE.UU) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8757-2316

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58479/almanaque.2023.67

Keywords:

Venezuela, humanitarian emergency, displacement, hyperinflation, violence

Abstract

Venezuela faces a Complex Humanitarian Emergency, a type of humanitarian crisis that stretches through time, that often has a political origin, and also results in forced displacement (Villa, Basser & Ravinetto, 2007). This humanitarian crisis –characterized by food and medicine scarcity, hyperinflation, widespread violence, and widespread violations of human rights– has caused the displacement of approximately 6,038,937 Venezuelans by the end of 2021 (ACNUR & OIM [UNCHR & IOM], 2021), thus becoming the biggest migration crisis seen in the Americas, and until today, only surpassed in the rest of the world by the forced displacement crisis in Syria.

Author Biography

Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Organization of American States (EE.UU)

Betilde (Venezuelan-American) is the Director of the Department of Social Inclusion under the Secretariat for Access to Rights and Equity of the Organization of American States, where she is responsible for leading the OAS’ projects regarding social inclusion and human rights access with special interest on vulnerable populations. She has edited, published, and co-authored several articles and volumes about topics related to the reality of Latin America. Among her latest contributions is the Policy Brief “Creativity amid Crisis: Legal Pathways for Venezuelan Migrants in Latin America,” with the Migration Policy Institute (January 2019), and the article “Where are the Women? Why Expanding our Understanding of Venezuela’s Humanitarian Crisis Matters,” published by the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs (May 2020). She is also a founding member and coordinator of the Red de Politólogas (Female Political Scientists Network) “No Sin Mujeres” (Not Without Women), a project that aims to promote, raise awareness, and encourage the work of women dedicated to Political Science in Latin America. She is a regular columnist for the Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional, and the web portal Caracas Chronicles, additionally, she is an invited columnist in various mediums at a regional level. In 2008, 2016, 2018, and again in 2020, she won the Outstanding Performance Award granted by the Secretary-General of the OAS, recognizing her extraordinary work and contribution to the American organization. Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian has a master’s in Political Science from Florida International University. Betilde is a “Draper Hills Fellowship of Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law” fellow (2021) at Stanford University.