La igualdad y equidad de género, son asuntos fundamentales de los derechos humanos y la justicia social, así como una pre-condición para el desarrollo sostenible y el logro de la misión de la UICN.
LORENA AGUILAR REVELO,
Global Senior Gender Adviser – IUCN
Born in San José, Costa Rica. Her efforts towards a sustainable and equitable human development include more than two and half decades of practical experience in projects and initiatives involving public policy development and design and the incorporation of social and gender issues into the use and conservation of natural resources.
Ms. Aguilar has provided technical assistance to international organizations, governments and universities in areas such as water, environmental health, gender and community participation.
She presently is the Global Senior Gender Adviser of IUCN-The International Union for the Conservation of Nature. It should be pointed out that this is the first time in the history of the Union, that a Latin American woman has been appointed to such an important global position.
Has written 30 books and other publications on gender and environment, environmental health and public policies involving gender equality. Many of her books have been translated into English, Arab and French and are widely used in many projects around the world. Through her efforts and firm determination regarding the development of technical skills, over the past 10 years more than 10,000 people have been trained using the methodologies developed by her team.
Thanks to her efforts mayor environmental institutions have developed gender plans of actions. Examples of this are UNEP and the Convention on Biological Diversity.
In the last years Ms. Aguilar has been conducting a serie of efforts to ensure that gender considerations are fully integrated in climate change efforts and policies. Part of her efforts have been the creation and consolidation of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance, training to delegates from all around the world to the UNFCCC, building capacity at the governmental and nongovernmental institutions, support the development of national gender and climate change strategies and the development of various manuals and articles dealing with the topic.
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