Conference Host: Unit of Health, Sexuality and Human Development, Cayetano Heredia University School of Public Health.
Cayetano Heredia University was founded in 1961. It is recognized as the main biomedical sciences campus in Peru and one of the most important in Latin America. Its School of Public Health, named after Carlos Vidal Layseca, carries out important studies and programs in sexual and reproductive health and rights, and offers a masters program in gender, sexuality and reproductive health.

• Conference Convener:  Prof. Carlos F. Cáceres, present Vice-Dean of the School of Public Health, Coordinator of the Unit of Health, Sexuality and Human Development, and also President of IASSCS.

Conference Co-Host: Latin American Center for Sexuality and Human Rights, Institute of Social Medicine, State University of Rio de Janeiro.

Organizing Committee

• Peter Aggleton*, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Inst of Education, Univ of London, UK


• Violeta Barrientos*, Gender Studies Program, San Marcos University, Lima, Peru


• Gloria Careaga, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.


• Gary Dowsett*, Australian Research Center in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.


• Gilbert Herdt*, National Sexuality Resource Center, San Francisco State University, USA


• Nancy Palomino, School of Public Health, Cayetano Heredia University, Lima, Peru


• Mario Pecheny, Gino Germani Institute, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina


• María Raguz, REDESS Jóvenes, Lima, Perú.


• Horacio Sívori, Latin American Center for Sexuality and Human Rights, State Univ of Rio de Janeiro


• Niels Teunis*, National Sexuality Resource Center, San Francisco State University, USA


• Roxana Vásquez, Latin American Convention for Sexual and ReproductiveRights, Lima, Peru


• Huso Yi*, Korea/USA


• Saskia Wieringa*, European Center for Sexuality, The Netherlands