Photographs from Perfecto Caparas, intern at International Women's Rights Action Watch (Minneapolis, MN)

Intern Perfecto Caparas poses at the lobby of the Millennium UN Plaza Hotel New York, site of the Global to Local Training facilitated by the International Women's Rights Action Watch-Asia Pacific.

Intern Perfecto Caparas walks home in downtown New York after observing the sessions of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

Intern Perfecto Caparas visits the World Trade Center site of the 9/11 terrorist attack.

Trainers and participants in the Global to Local Training pose in front of the UN accreditation office in front of the UN New York Headquarters.

Two Irish non-government organization activists pose with intern Perfecto Caparas inside at the session hall of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.

Non-government organization activists hold a debriefing in one of the conference rooms of the United Nations New York Headquarters.

Gambian activist poses with Intern Perfecto Caparas after presenting the Gambian shadow report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.

Cambodian activists observe the proceedings of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.

Intern Perfecto Caparas poses with one of the observers in the Global to Local Training facilitated by the International Women's Rights Action Watch-Asia Pacific in New York.

Inside the session hall occupied by the Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and the rest of the members of the UN Secretariat.

Session hall of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.

Rosario Manalo, chairperson of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, poses with intern Perfecto Caparas at the UN New York Headquarters

Experts of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women begin to hold their constructive dialogue with delegates of states parties under the watchful eye of representatives from various non-government organizations

Trainers and participants in the Global to Local Training participate in the proceedings of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.

Shanthi Dairiam and Alda Facio, third and fourth from left, respectively, join NGO activists in one of the restaurants in New York.

A good summer view at the University of Minnesota