Maria Adelasia Divona (She / Her)

Dr Divona is a gender expert and public policy analyst. She holds a Ph.D in Sociology with a major in gender topics from the University of Palermo, Italy (2008). She brings 15 years of experience working mainly as advisor, consultant and researcher for the civilian and the military environment. Her focus is on topics such as gender mainstreaming, GEWE, women and conflict, gender responsive budgeting, and women and social inclusion. She gained military experience serving as Reserve Officer of the Italian Army inside a NATO HQ, working as knowledge development social analyst and gender advisor for the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda. After leaving her last military assignment in 2018, she served as Gender Technical Advisor at UNDP Namibia and UN Women SAMCO, based at the Ministry of Gender Equality and supporting the Namibian Government on the implementation of the Country’s Gender-Responsive Budgeting (GRB). As of September 2020, she is the Senior Gender Officer at the OSCE Mission to Skopje.