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Chair of Legislation Committee
 


Name:
Carmen Ojeda

Nomination for Chair of Legislation Committee

 
Nominee Information
 
Supporting Statement

Nominated by BPW Chile

Nomination form signed by Elena Torres Seguel Catalina Silo on 18 April 2008

Nominee Information

Address: Antonio Varas Nº 503 Puerto Montt - Chile
Telephone: 56-65-434341, Fax: 56-65-434341
E-mail: cojedac@surnet.cl
Occupation: Notary – Lawyer (Minister of Faith)

Active in Occupation

BPW Offices held

Club:

  • Chaiten From 1999 to 2005

Federation:

  • Chile - President From 2005 to 2008

BPW International:

  • Chile

Positions in other Voluntary Organisations:
Asociacion de Notarios y Conservadores de Chile – 10 AÑOS. Asociacion de Abogadas de Chile - 15 AÑOS.-

Related experience/qualifications:
Judiciary


Supporting Statement

Carmen Ojeda current President has been member of BPW Chile for many years .Born in the central Valley city of Linares . I soon moved to the southern town of Victoria where I spent her primary and secondary years of education at Colegio Santa Cruz . After taking her secundary exams Iwas admitted to Law School at University of Concepción. During her university years she met her husband Humberto Bravo . As lawyers rhey moved back to Victoria where I practiced law for six years .looking for better professional horizons I and my family moved further south to the Patagonian City of Coyhaique , where joined the judiciary.

Iin 1988 she was appointed Notary Public and Land Register Keeper of Chaitén and Palena (also Patagonia) It was in this small village that she decided to establish a BPW Association ,this association help and coordinate the women ¨s potencial of the town. I was the first president. With a wide knowledge of contract conveyance and procedural Law I have specialized in Chilean Tax law and Family law.

I have three daughters who also became lawyers and a younger son who is studyng Architecture.

Proposals for the postulation to president Legislation Committee International.
I presided over BPW Chile Legislation Committee for three years. During that time several seminars and conference were held mainly focusing in the subject of Family Law Children¨s Rights and Domestic Violence.

As a future task, there are plans to hold a Latin American meeting on Comparative Law in order to determine and analize the differences and similarities among our Latin American legal systems regarding Domestic violence and Child Labor Followed by the publication of the presentation and finding . This publication could be issued on a monthly or yearly basis and would be coordinated with the members of Legislation Committee and the federation and association members of BPW INTERNATIONAL

 

 




 

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