TEDxOranjestadWomen

TEDxWomen@Oranjestad will view part of the TEDWomen event held in New Orleans. In Aruba we will have 2 speakers and live music entertainment.

Tierra del Sol Resort, Spa 7 Country Club
Caya Solo 10
Noord, Aruba, 00000
Aruba

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Speakers

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Evelyn Wever-Croes

Member of Parliament of Aruba

Evelyna Christina "Evelyn" Wever-Croes (born 5 December 1966) is an Aruban politician. She is a member of the People's Electoral Movement ("MEP") and has been party leader since 2011. Wever-Croes has been a member of the Parliament of Aruba since 29 October 2009, having been elected in the 2009 elections where she held the third position on the party list. She has been parliamentary group leader since 2013. In 2017 MEP received 9 seats in parliament and negotiates at the moment with political parties POR and RED to govern Aruba for the period of 2017-2021. Evelyn will be Aruba's first female prime minister. Wever-Croes studied Antillian law at the University of the Netherlands Antilles from 1985 to 1986. She then moved to the Netherlands and studied fiscal law at Leiden University from 1986 to 1989.

Jeanette Richardson-Baars

Deputy Police Commissioner of Aruba

Jeanette Richardson-Baars, the deputy police commissioner of Aruba is the Coordinator of the Aruba Anti-Human Trafficking and Smuggling Taskforce. Richardson-Baars and her team have identified sex and labor trafficking cases and prioritized both procuring justice and ensuring safety for victims. In addition to advocating for improved government policies in rescuing victims and prosecuting traffickers, the task force also focuses on victim services and support. Given the island’s small size, sheltering victims in Aruba while keeping their identity anonymous proved difficult. Because Aruba is a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Richardson-Baars advocated for a kingdom-wide Memoranda of Understanding that allowed her to care for victims off the island. In 2012 Richardson-Baars was honored by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with a "TIP Hero Honors" for her extraordinary commitment to uncovering human trafficking cases.