Born in San José, Costa Rica. Master’s degree in Anthropology with a major in Cultural Ecology. Her efforts towards a sustainable and equitable human development include more than a decade of practical experience in projects involving public policy development and design and eight years in the incorporation of social and gender issues into the use and conservation of natural resources.
Thanks to her tenacious work, women in different parts of the world had achieved yet another goal in connection with gender equity. In an unparalleled event at a worldwide level, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Mexico became the first seven countries which ministries of environment adopted and implemented a gender policy. This process has benefited thousands of women throughout the region who, prior to the implementation of these policies, barely profited from the projects involving sustainable development and conservation in the region.
Ms. Aguilar has provided technical assistance to international organizations, governments and universities in areas such as water, environmental health, gender and community participation.
Among her attributes stands out her unmatched leadership capacity in the field of promoting equity in the environmental sector. Through her projects and initiatives it has been possible to conform a wide network of specialists that provide technical assistance to more than 150 projects.
She presently is the Senior Adviser - Gender of the World Conservation Union. It should be pointed out that this is the first time in the history of the World Conservation Union, that a Latin American woman has been appointed to such an important global position.
Ms. Aguilar has written 20 books and other publications on gender and environment, environmental health and public policies involving equity. Many of her books have been translated into English 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 two years more than 6,000 people have been trained using the methodologies developed by her. |
