ANA GÜEZMES (Peru)

Director of the Gender Affairs Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

An advocate for women’s human rights and gender equality, with 30 years of experience in Latin America and the Caribbean, she has been a UN Women representative in Colombia, and previously in Mexico and sub-regional director of UN Women for Mexico, Central America, Cuba and the Dominican Republic, as well as regional advisor to the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA.

She has previously worked with the World Health Organization (WHO), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the British Government’s Department for International Development (DFID), the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and the Flora Tristan Peruvian Women’s Center.

Dr. Güezmes is a health physician, specialist in community health and management and international cooperation.