Silvia Gurrola

International gender specialist with over 20 years of experience in leading and coordinating Gender Equality, Reproductive Health, and HIV/AIDS programs. Outstanding experience conducting gender analysis and providing technical assistance on gender mainstreaming, gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and attention, women & girls´ empowerment, gender identity and inclusion, prevention of child marriage, and masculinities. Extensive experience working with minority groups (LGBT+, people living with HIV, female sex workers, migrants, internally displaced persons, and ethnic & religious minorities). Excellent transferable skills in program leadership, representation, coordination, public relations, communications, and capacity building. Author of two pedagogical novels: La dignidad encarnada, Editorial Planeta, July 2014, and El vínculo impensable, Textofilia Ediciones, August 2019. These novels address different forms of GBV, including rape and sex trafficking from a human rights perspective.