Minerva Bernardino

Dominican Republic

One of the four women to sign the Charter of the United Nations

Minerva Bernardino from the Dominican Republic signed two very influential documents of our time: the Charter of the United Nations as well as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1946, she joined Eleanor Roosevelt and the two other women in her “Open Letter to the Women of the World,” urging women to become active participants in politics and government.

#Women4Multilateralism is a project initiated in 2022 by the Delegation
of the European Union and the Permanent Mission of Gabon in Geneva

#Women4Multilateralism is a project initiated in 2022 by the Delegation of the European Union and the Permanent Mission of Gabon in Geneva

Minerva Bernardino

Dominican Republic

One of the four women to sign the Charter of the United Nations