Yamila González Ferrer

She is Vice President of the National Union of Jurists of Cuba and Member of the National Committee of the Federation of Cuban Women. She coordinates the Justice Project in a Gender Key Guarantee of Equality between Women and Men, of the National Union of Jurists of Cuba, which received the ÚNETE Award from the United Nations System in Cuba in 2016.

She teaches Family Law, Gender and Law, Rights of Children and Adolescents, and Mediation at the Faculty of Law of the University of La Habana.

She is Vice President of the National Board of the Cuban Society of Civil and Family Law of the National Union of Jurists of Cuba, and Member of the Cuban Society of Procedural Law of that organization. She serves as Secretary of the Editorial Board of the Cuban Journal of Law and as a family mediator.

She has coordinated the editions of the International Conferences Woman, Gender and Law; and Family Law. She organizes the Diploma Program Mediation, Family and Gender of the Center for Women's Studies. Coordinator and professor of the postgraduate course Gender and Law of the Judicial School of the Supreme People's Court. She works as a legal collaborator for the National Center for Sexual Education and is a Member of its Working Commission on Transsexuality and Sexual Orientation, and Assisted Human Reproduction.

She has worked as a Consultant for UNFPA/UN-MINSAP in the Diagnostic on the Impact of Legislation and Policies on Adolescents' and Young People's Access to Information and Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV Services in Cuba; and as a Member of the National Commission drafting the modifications to the Family Code.

She has represented Cuba at various international events, as well as at Sessions of the UN Commission on Human Rights, and other world organizations.

Profession: Bachelor of Legal Sciences, Vice President of the National Union of Jurists of Cuba
Occupation: Jurist, Professor
Institution: National Union of Jurists of Cuba
Main Topics: Harassment, Family Law, Diversity, Gender, Equality, Gender Justice, Laws, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Violence

Academic Degree: Associate Professor
Scientific Degree: Master's in Sexuality

Publications
González Ferrer, Y. (2001) Women with Rights. An Approach from Cuban Legislation. Together with Dr. Mercedes Garrudo Marañón. Article Cuban Journal of Law, number 18, July-December 2001.

González Ferrer, Y. (2003) Responsible Motherhood and Fatherhood. A Methodology for Action. Legal Aspects Related to the Legal Protection of Women, Their Descendants and the Family. Collective of Authors. MINSAP, CENESEX, SOCUDEF, FMC. 2003.

González Ferrer, Y. (2004) Women with Rights: A Legal Reality in Cuba. Collective of Authors. Pamphlet published by the Project for Follow-up of the Recommendations of the II International Meeting on Cooperation with Cuba. 2004.

González Ferrer, Y. (2005) Legislation and Social Participation. A Look from the Organization of Cuban Women. Cuban Journal of Law, number 26, July-December 2005.

González Ferrer, Y. (2006) Some Reflections on Alternative Methods of Conflict Resolution, Particularly Family Mediation. Article published in New Profiles of Family Law. 1st edition. Santa Fé. Editorial Rubinzal-Culzoni, 2006.

González Ferrer, Y. (2007) A Legal Look at Transsexuality in Cuba. Together with Dr. Marta Fernández Martínez. Journal of the Institute of Legal Sciences of Puebla. "Current Issues in Family Law. Marriage, Procreation, Filiation, Bioethics". Collective of Authors. Editorial Nueva Época Year I, Fall/Winter 2007. Puebla, Mexico.

González Ferrer, Y. (2008) Transsexuality in Cuba. Compilation. Collective of Authors. Editorial CENESEX, 2008. La Habana, Cuba.

González Ferrer, Y. Âmbito Jurídico Journal, Electronic Legal Journal, ISSN 1518-0360, no., of 09/10, edited by Âmbito Jurídico – Internet Portal https://www.ambitoGonzález Ferrer, Y. () juridico.com.br.

González Ferrer, Y. The Family and Marriage in Cuba. Mesa Castillo, Olga (author), González Ferrer, Yamila and Álvarez Torres, Osvaldo (compilers). MiniSaber Collection. Editorial Félix Varela, La Habana, 2008. ISBN 978-959 -07-1048 -3.

González Ferrer, Y. (2010) Family Mediation, Gender Perspective and Domestic Violence. Published in The New Challenges of Family Law in the Spanish-Iberoamerican Common Space. Collective of Authors, Editorial Dykinson, S.L. Madrid 2010. ISBN 978-84-9772-646- 7

González Ferrer, Y. ( 2010) Music and Lyrics of the National Anthem. (Untold Facts I). Together with Paloma González Alfonzo. Magazine Women, No. 4/2010. Editorial of Women. ISSN 1028 -4788.

González Ferrer, Y. ( 2011) Music and Lyrics of the National Anthem. (Untold Facts (final). Together with Paloma González Alfonzo. Magazine Women, No. 1/2011. Editorial of Women.

González Ferrer, Y. (2011) Special Jurisdiction for Family Law Matters. Together with Dr. Olga Mesa Castillo. In the Book "Public Law in Cuba at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Tribute to Dr. Fernando Álvarez Tabío". Collective of Authors, La Habana, Editorial UH, 2011, page 506. ISBN: 978-959-7211-13- 6.

González Ferrer, Y. (2012) Gender Discrimination in Law and Its Expressions in Legislation and Legal Practice. Justice in a Gender Key Series No. 1. Coordinator: Ms C. Yamila González Ferrer. 2012. ISBN – 978-959-7219-05G-7.

González Ferrer, Y. Gender, Law and Education. The Challenge of Reaching Young People. Together with Lic. Denia Esther Álvarez Villar, Lic. Paloma González Alfonzo, Ms C. Rita María Pereira Ramírez/ 367

González Ferrer, Y. A Brief Approach to the Gender Perspective in the Family Mediation Process. Together with MsC. Ana María Pozo Armenteros

González Ferrer, Y. Gender Perspective in the Family Forum. Its Connection with the Principles of Impartiality and Independence. Together with Lic. Isis Santos Quian and Dra. Ivonne Pérez Gutiérrez

González Ferrer, Y. (2013) Special Jurisdiction for Family Law Matters. The Experience of Family Justice Chambers in Cuba. Together with Dr. Olga Mesa Castillo. In the Book The Courts in Cuba. Past and Present. Yumil Rodríguez Fernández. Coordinator, National Organization of Collective Law Offices, ONBC, and Office of the Historian of the City of La Habana, 2013, page 490. ISBN: 978G-959-7066- 91-0.

González Ferrer, Y. (2013) A Brief Approach to the Gender Perspective in the Family Mediation Process. Together with MsC. Ana María Pozo Armenteros. In the digital book "Proceedings of the VII International Conference on Family Law and II Ibero-Latin American School of Family Law". Editorial UNIJURIS. Gender and Law Project UNJC, 2013, pages 535-546. ISBN 978-959-

González Ferrer, Y. (2016) Theoretical and Constitutional Framework of the Right to Equal Marriage. An Analysis from Cuba. Together with Dr. Martha Prieto Valdés and Dr. Rafael Roselló Manzano. In Cuban Journal of Law No. 48. IV Epoch, July – December 2016

González Ferrer, Y. (2018) Notes on Family, Gender Violence and Law in Contemporary Cuban Spaces. In Gender Violence, Prostitution and Human Trafficking. Compilers Mariela Castro Espín and Ada C. Alfonso Rodríguez. Editorial CENESEX 2017. In Dialogues on Democracy, Popular Sovereignty and Social Rights Cuba-Brazil. Organizers Marciano Seabra de Godoi, Lucas de Alvarenga Gontijo and Yuri Pérez Martínez. Publisher D´Plácido, 2018.

González Ferrer, Y. (2017) Mediation from a Gender Perspective. A Need for Effective Harmonious Resolution of Conflicts. In Quaderni Di Conciliazione edited by Carlo Pilia. Edizioni AV. Cagliari 2017, p. 13