Thank you very much, Chair.
Ms. Chavez and Ms. Quirós, to echo what our chair just said, we commend you immensely for your bravery and your dedication to human rights. No doubt many people are alive today and many issues have been moved forward because of your dedication.
Our study is specifically on the more substantial and different hardships faced by female human rights defenders versus their male counterparts. Do you work with male counterparts, and if you do, can you explain to us the different level of persecution that you and your male counterparts face?
Perhaps Ms. Chavez can start, and then Ms. Quirós can answer after that.