Epsy Campbell Barr
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Epsy Campbell Barr is a Costa Rican politician and economist. One of the Founders of the Citizens' Action Party
(PAC), she has announced her intention of becoming the next candidate of her party, for the Costa Rica national elections in 2010. She is named after her grandmother (her father's mother), who migrated from Jamaica
to the Costa Rican Caribbean coast with her husband. Epsy Campbell Barr was born in San José (in the Parenting Carita) in 1963, whilst her parents Shirley Barr Aird and Luis Campbell Patterson were living in San Francisco de Dos Rios. She is the fourth child of a family of five daughters and two sons. (Sisters: Doris, Narda, Sasha and Shirley, and brothers Luis and Gustavo.) She married at a young age and became mother when she was just starting her University studies. (Daughters: Narda, 22 and Tanisha, 27)
She attended her primary school in Las Gravilias and Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno School where she graduated in 1975, and secondary education in the Liceo Franco Costarricense and the Colegio Superior de Señoritas. She studied flute and saxophone in the Youth Symphony Orchestra from 1976 to 1983.
Epsy Campbell began her university studies at the University of Costa Rica and later moved to the Regional Headquarters of the Limón province, where she studied and worked simultaneously. She lived in the Caribbean for ten years, then returned to San Jose, where she graduated as an economist at the Latin University of Costa Rica in 1998. She has an MA in Development Cooperation, Foundation for Cultural and Social Sciences of Spain in 2008. Was linked to social processes and struggles since I was a student in Limón. She entered politics after her social activism. Is a researcher and activist of Human Rights of Women and People of African Descent. She was President of the Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) in February 2005 to February 2009. National MP for the CAP in the period 2002-2006, and head of its fraction from 2003 to 2005. In the elections of 2006 was a candidate for first vice-presidency.
Epsy Campbell has been the head of the Center for Women of African Descent, the Alliance of Leaders of African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Black Parliament of the Americas. She has participated in several conferences and meetings around the world, as the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing
, China
, the III World Conference Against Racism in Durban
, South Africa
, the World Conference on the Environment, Eco 92, Rio de Janeiro
, Brazil
, and the First Encounter of Black Women of Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Santo Domingo
, Dominican Republic
. She was Coordinator of the Women's Forum for Central American Integration of the Network of Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latin American
Women and organizer of the Second Meeting of Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Women in San Jose, Costa Rica. She has written books and articles on topics such as democracy, inclusion, political and economic participation of women, people of African descent, sexism and racism, among others. And an expert on issues of social development, equity, political participation of women and African descent.
Citizens' Action Party
The Citizen's Action Party is a left-leaning political party in Costa Rica.Its platform is based on encouraging citizen participation and involvement in politics. One of its guiding ideals is to fight against corruption, arguing that it is one of the main causes of subdevelopment and voter apathy...
(PAC), she has announced her intention of becoming the next candidate of her party, for the Costa Rica national elections in 2010. She is named after her grandmother (her father's mother), who migrated from Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
to the Costa Rican Caribbean coast with her husband. Epsy Campbell Barr was born in San José (in the Parenting Carita) in 1963, whilst her parents Shirley Barr Aird and Luis Campbell Patterson were living in San Francisco de Dos Rios. She is the fourth child of a family of five daughters and two sons. (Sisters: Doris, Narda, Sasha and Shirley, and brothers Luis and Gustavo.) She married at a young age and became mother when she was just starting her University studies. (Daughters: Narda, 22 and Tanisha, 27)
She attended her primary school in Las Gravilias and Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno School where she graduated in 1975, and secondary education in the Liceo Franco Costarricense and the Colegio Superior de Señoritas. She studied flute and saxophone in the Youth Symphony Orchestra from 1976 to 1983.
Epsy Campbell began her university studies at the University of Costa Rica and later moved to the Regional Headquarters of the Limón province, where she studied and worked simultaneously. She lived in the Caribbean for ten years, then returned to San Jose, where she graduated as an economist at the Latin University of Costa Rica in 1998. She has an MA in Development Cooperation, Foundation for Cultural and Social Sciences of Spain in 2008. Was linked to social processes and struggles since I was a student in Limón. She entered politics after her social activism. Is a researcher and activist of Human Rights of Women and People of African Descent. She was President of the Partido Acción Ciudadana (PAC) in February 2005 to February 2009. National MP for the CAP in the period 2002-2006, and head of its fraction from 2003 to 2005. In the elections of 2006 was a candidate for first vice-presidency.
Epsy Campbell has been the head of the Center for Women of African Descent, the Alliance of Leaders of African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Black Parliament of the Americas. She has participated in several conferences and meetings around the world, as the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing
Beijing
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, China
China
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, the III World Conference Against Racism in Durban
Durban
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, South Africa
South Africa
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, the World Conference on the Environment, Eco 92, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil
Brazil
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, and the First Encounter of Black Women of Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
, Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
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. She was Coordinator of the Women's Forum for Central American Integration of the Network of Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latin American
Afro-Latin American
An Afro-Latin American is a Latin American person of at least partial Black African ancestry; the term may also refer to historical or cultural elements in Latin America thought to emanate from this community...
Women and organizer of the Second Meeting of Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Women in San Jose, Costa Rica. She has written books and articles on topics such as democracy, inclusion, political and economic participation of women, people of African descent, sexism and racism, among others. And an expert on issues of social development, equity, political participation of women and African descent.