ABA ROLI & CHR 93d ago

March 12, 2026 The American Bar Association’s United Nations (UN) Representatives and Observers Committee hosted an event on the margins of the UN Commission on the Status of Women focus on discussing access to justice issues for indigenous women and access to justice issues for migrant women around the world. Indigenous women around the world face barriers to access justice that limit their ability to exercise their rights, participate fully in the economy, and protect their families. Migrant women in the U.S. and around the world face similar barriers when seeking remedies for employment issues – in some cases exploitation –, residency permission, and family matters. In this panel discussion, speakers discussed topics relating to access to justice for indigenous women of the Asia Pacific and Guatemala and women migrants to the U.S. and to other countries. Speakers - Ligia Saquiche | University Professor, Women’s Rights advocate, former prosecutor advisor and criminal investigator - Zamira Djabarova | International Senior Legal Advisor, ABA Center for Human Rights - Melnia Cordis | Private Immigration Practitioner and has practiced in Trinidad, Guyana and now the United States, focusing on immigrants from the Caribbean - Alicia Limtiaco | UN Committee Member and former US Attorney for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands - Laverne Lewis Gaskins (moderator) | Attorney, Arbitrator; UN Committee Member