A/70/309 (g) From 15 to 19 June, she participated in the Afromad rid conference, held in Madrid, delivering an informative statement on the Decade; (h) From 6 to 13 July, she took part in a meeting on decolonization of power and knowledge, held at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, delivering, among other things, a critical and analytical presentation on the Decade and its objectives; (i) On 31 July, she participated in a workshop on the theme “Law for black lives”, held in New York, which was intended to build a network of lawyers. 27. In 2015, Verene Shepherd used her radio programme, Talking History, broadcast in Jamaica, to promote the work of the Working Group and to explain the programme of activities for the Decade. She also delivered lectures and speeches bringing visibility to the work of the Working Group, the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the Decade. In particular, she discussed the matter of redress for victims of the transatlantic slave trade, slavery and colonialism. In that regard: (a) On 16 April, she delivered a speech on the theme “Black lives matter: the Caribbean and the call for reparatory justice”, as part of the Walter Rodney speakers series, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States; (b) On 23 May, she delivered the keynote address, on the theme “Backward stretch, forward reach”, at a scholarship luncheon hosted by the Jamaican Women of Florida association in Miami, Florida, United States. 28. In addition, she attended the above-mentioned international summit on reparations held in New York in April, hosted by the Institute of the Black World, and hosted the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, at the Institute for Gender and Development Studies at the University of the West Indies, who gave a presentation on cross-cutting issues affecting African women. 29. In 2014, she participated in other meetings and delivered presentations to increase support before the launch of Decade, as follows: (a) On 11 June, she delivered the fourth annual George Lamming distinguished lecture, on the theme “Reparation, psychological rehabilitation and pedagogical strategies”, at the Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination, University of the West Indies, Barbados, emphasizing the issue of culturally sensitive education and history education for children, as outlined in the programme of activities for the Decade; (b) On 9 August, she delivered the feature address, on the theme “In their name: Caribbean women, slavery and reparation”, at the thirty-second annual Emancipation Day dinner, held in Trinidad. She also delivered the lecture the following day in Tobago; (c) On 9 September, she gave the ninth annual Kenneth E. Robinson/Cyril Outerbridge Packwood memorial lecture, on the theme “Reparation, psychological rehabilitation and pedagogical strategies”, in Hamilton; (d) On 9 October, she gave the Alderman Sydney Smith memorial lecture, on the theme “Changing places: slavery, indentureship and the ranking game in colonial and post-colonial Jamaica”, at the University of Hull, United Kingdom; 15-13565 7/9