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  • Feminisms in Cuba: history and decolonial thought
  • Gender-based violence: prevention and response
  • Femicide: data, stories and response
  • Legal protection and women’s rights
  • Psychological support and support networks
  • Masculinities
  • Black feminisms and anti-racism
  • Sexual diversity, LGBTIQ+ and the Family Code
  • Communication and gender
  • Entrepreneurship and women’s economic autonomy

17–18

November 2026

Hotel Nacional de Cuba · La Habana

Submit a proposal Register for the workshop
Open call! · until Oct 23

Workshop · CIPS Communication Dept.⁠

A workshop to look, think and act together against gender-based violence in Cuba.

Submit a proposal Register for the workshop

17–18

November 2026

Hotel Nacional de Cuba · La Habana

35 days to go

Open call!until Oct 23

Workshop · CIPS Communication Dept.⁠

A workshop to look, think and act together against gender-based violence in Cuba. 35 days to go

the workshop

Organizations, community projects, media outlets, women entrepreneurs, students and personal initiatives working against gender-based violence in Cuba come together to share agendas, discuss results and good practices, and take the first step towards a national network of feminisms.

  • 2days of workshop
  • 4ways to take part
  • 10themes
  • 8partner organizations

Goals

A space to think and act together

  1. 01Bring together the widest possible range of organizations, community and local development projects, media outlets and personal initiatives that research, educate on and tackle gender issues in Cuban society.
  2. 02Encourage the participation of university students, women entrepreneurs, the LGBTIQ+ community and the general public: this is not an event for academics only.
  3. 03Present, discuss and build consensus on the work agendas of the organizations, projects, media and initiatives taking part, with regard to gender-based violence.
  4. 04Discuss results and good practices.
  5. 05Design joint work plans, including holding workshops like this one every year.
  6. 06Set a precedent in bringing the Cuban feminist movement together.
  7. 07Found a national network of feminisms in Cuba.

open callYour experience counts

We welcome papers, experiences, ventures and cultural proposals until October 23. A CIPS jury selects the ones that will be part of the program.

Send my proposal Read the full call

  1. 22Sep

    Call opens

  2. 23Oct

    Submission deadline

    10 days to go

  3. 30Oct

    Results

  4. 17Nov

    Workshop

programTwo days to meet

Lectures, panels and debates with specialists, organizations and projects from all over Cuba. Tap an activity to see its details.

17

Tuesday · November

Looking together: feminisms and violence

  1. 8:30Registration and welcome coffee
  2. 9:15Opening lecture: Feminisms in Cuba from 1959 to today
  3. 10:00A look at Cuba’s Comprehensive Strategy for the Prevention of and Response to Gender-Based ViolenceDixie Edith · CENESEX · CMMLK · Yuniel de la Rua · CIPS Youth Group
  4. 11:30Open debate: National Program for the Advancement of WomenFMC
  5. 12:30Lunch
  6. 13:30Keynote: Femicide in Latin America and the CaribbeanTo be confirmed · CLACSO
  7. 14:30Femicide in Cuba? Data, life stories and responseCEDEM · CENESEX · Women entrepreneurs
  8. 15:30Participants’ presentations: agendas and expectations
18

Wednesday · November

Acting together: rights, networks and communication

  1. 9:00Legal protection of women in CubaYildalina Tatem Brache · Felicitas López Sotolongo · Yamila González Ferrer
  2. 10:00The LGBTIQ+ community and the new Family CodeLeonardo Pérez Gallardo
  3. 10:45MasculinitiesJulio César González Pagés
  4. 12:00Lunch
  5. 13:00Black feminisms and women’s empowermentRosa Campoalegre · Entrepreneurs from the CIPS Families Group
  6. 14:00Communicating gender issues in CubaState and private media · Palomas
  7. 15:00Psychological help and support networksLiliam Burgos
  8. 16:00Closing plenary: towards a national network of feminisms
  9. 16:45Women’s entrepreneurship fair
  10. 17:30Closing cultural event
17

Tuesday · November

Looking together: feminisms and violence

  1. 8:30Registration and welcome coffee
  2. 9:15Opening lecture: Feminisms in Cuba from 1959 to today
  3. 10:00A look at Cuba’s Comprehensive Strategy for the Prevention of and Response to Gender-Based ViolenceDixie Edith · CENESEX · CMMLK · Yuniel de la Rua · CIPS Youth Group
  4. 11:30Open debate: National Program for the Advancement of WomenFMC
  5. 12:30Lunch
  6. 13:30Keynote: Femicide in Latin America and the CaribbeanTo be confirmed · CLACSO
  7. 14:30Femicide in Cuba? Data, life stories and responseCEDEM · CENESEX · Women entrepreneurs
  8. 15:30Participants’ presentations: agendas and expectations

speakersVoices with us

who reviewsThe jury

Proposals are reviewed by a jury of CIPS researchers.

the venueHotel Nacional de Cuba

We meet in one of Havana’s most iconic buildings, facing the Malecón. Its function rooms host the lectures, the panels and the entrepreneurship fair.

Address
Hotel Nacional de Cuba
Calle 21 y O, Vedado, La Habana
Dates
November 17–18, 2026
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Photo of Hotel Nacional de Cuba

Facing the Malecón

registrationSave your seat

Choose your fee, fill in the form and we’ll arrange payment with you on WhatsApp. Registration closes on November 13.

How it works

  1. 1Fill in the form and choose your fee.
  2. 2Arrange payment on WhatsApp with the workshop team.
  3. 3Get your invitation to your participant area.
Register now Payment arranged on WhatsApp

together withOrganizers and partners

Organized by
CIPS

Centro de Investigaciones Psicológicas y Sociológicas

Participating institutions

  • CEDEMCentro de Estudios Demográficos
  • CENESEXCentro Nacional de Educación Sexual
  • CMMLKCentro Memorial Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  • FMCFederación de Mujeres Cubanas
  • UNJCUnión Nacional de Juristas de Cuba
  • CLACSOConsejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales
  • PalomasPalomas, Casa Productora de Audiovisuales para el Activismo Social