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Alejandra Fierro Castro
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Bogota D.C., Colombia
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- LConsultant - Feminist political advocacy on SRHRLa Mesa por la Vida y la Salud de las MujeresDec 2025 - May 2026 (6 months)• Coordinate and provide technical support for a multi-format communication and advocacy strategy to position women's rights, particularly sexual and reproductive rights, within Colombia's 2026 pre-electoral context, with a focus on countering anti-rights narratives and expanding engagement beyond feminist audiences.• Work in alliance with human rights civil society organisations to shape narratives, messaging, and collective mobilisation, strengthening cross-movement coordination and public influence.
- SConsultant – Women's organisational strengtheningSwiss Aid ColombiaNov 2025 - Feb 2026 (4 months)• Provide technical assistance for the creation of the Women's Advisory Council of Bahía Solano, a grassroots organization of Afro-Colombian and indigenous women victims of the armed conflict.• Support local women leaders through participatory training, coaching, and mentorship, strengthening organisational capacities, leadership, and safe and meaningful participation in local decision-making spaces.
- TVolunteerThe Center for Violence PreventionJul 2024 - Current (2 years)• Engage and support the Global Femicide Watch, which brings together international experts on femicide research and policy making.
- WProgramme AssistantWomen Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML)Jul 2024 - Current (2 years)• Assist in the implementation of the Transformative Feminist Leadership Institute, a capacity-building initiative for young women in the MENA region.• Contribute to advocacy and communications efforts, including the preparation of content for social media and the website to amplify Muslim feminist voices and rights globally.
- NConsultant - Women, Peace and SecurityNetherlands Institute for Multiparty DemocracyMay 2023 - Aug 2023 (4 months)• Produced political analysis and qualitative research to document the national and regional impact of initiatives advancing women's political participation during peace negotiations and post-conflict implementation in Colombia, Guatemala, and Venezuela, under the UN Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund.• Coordinated and moderated a regional forum with international civil society organizations to exchange cross-country learning and foster regional coordination to elevate women's rights in peacebuilding efforts.• Developed policy recommendations and case studies highlighting innovative, gender-responsive peacebuilding practices, contributing to organisational learning and advocacy efforts in Latin America.
Junior Consultant – UN Special Procedures and SDGsILGA WorldFeb 2023 - Jul 2023 (6 months)• Provided technical and advisory support to LGBTI organisations and human rights defenders from Latin America, Africa, and Europe to engage with UN human rights mechanisms.• Drafted evidence-based submissions to UN Special Procedures, follow-up reports for the SDGs, and statements delivered at the Human Rights Council and the High-Level Political Forum.• Participated in international advocacy spaces (virtual and in-person), supporting stakeholder engagement and alliance-building among transnational LGBTI and feminist networks.- NPeace and Gender Project CoordinatorNational Women's Network of ColombiaJun 2021 - Nov 2022 (1 year 6 months)• Co-led the design and implementation of a gender, protection, and peacebuilding programme in four conflict-affected territories in Colombia, aimed at strengthening feminist and LGBT organisations' capacities to engage in peacebuilding, protection, and advocacy processes. The project was implemented in partnership with Christian Aid and Colombia, and funded by the UN Peacebuilding Fund (USD 1.1M).• Supported the development of community-based protection plans for women and LGBTQ+ human rights defenders in high-risk contexts, contributing to GBV prevention, risk mitigation, and safer participation in peace and advocacy processes.• Conducted policy advocacy and gender mainstreaming processes to incorporate gender approaches into national pub
- SGender Technical Advisor – District Care SystemSecretary for Women of the Bogotá Mayor's OfficeOct 2020 - Jun 2021 (9 months)• Was part of the core team that conceptualized the Bogotá Care System in its early stages and accomplished the implementation of the first three “Care Blocks” in Latin America, a pioneering public policy model to recognize, reduce, and redistribute unpaid care work through gender-responsive urban and territorial planning.• Coordinated cross-sectoral collaboration among district entities to integrate gender and intersectional perspectives into the design and delivery of care services.• Supervised the operation of five “Care Blocks", leading a team of five territorial coordinators, monitoring the delivery and quality of care services, and providing technical support to sectoral actors to ensure compliance with gender-responsive standards.
- IResearch Consultant – Gender-Based Violence (GBV)Interdisciplinary Centre of Development Studies – Universidad de los AndesSep 2020 - Feb 2023 (2 years 6 months)• Contributed as a qualitative researcher to an academic project analysing institutional and non-institutional mechanisms for the prevention, response, reporting, and sanction of GBV within university contexts.• Generated evidence and analysis identifying gaps, barriers, and good practices in GBV prevention and response systems, based on lived experiences and victim-centred approaches.
- SGender and Public Policy Advisor – Women's Participation OfficeSecretary for Women of the Bogotá Mayor's OfficeJan 2019 - Nov 2020 (1 year 11 months)• Provided gender advisory and technical support to advance women's political participation within the framework of Bogotá's Women and Gender Public Policy, fostering women's civic leadership and designing strategies to increase their influence and advance their agendas with policy decision-makers.• Supported gender mainstreaming process in key public policy and planning instruments, including land use, urban development, and participatory governance frameworks.• Delivered capacity strengthening to grassroots feminist organisations and women's participation bodies to enhance advocacy skills, policy engagement, and meaningful participation in decision-making spaces.• Facilitated multi-stakeholder dialogue and consensus-building between femin
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- UMSc in Global Development with a Gender CertificateUniversity of CopenhagenSep 2023 - Jun 2025 (1 year 10 months)• Master's thesis: "Navigating the Diaspora Space: Transnational Afghan Responses to Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan from Denmark".• Awarded the Global Development Travel Grant to conduct one month of fieldwork in Bolivia (February 2023).• Graduate Student Assistant, supporting the Development Economics Research Group and coordinating initiatives for the Global Development programme.
- B.A., Anthropology, concentration in Social and Cultural AnthropologyUniversidad de los AndesJan 2010 - Mar 2015 (5 years 3 months)• Research Assistant at the Medical Anthropology Research Group, processing and analysing qualitative data regarding sexually transmitted diseases in war contexts.• Conducted academic counselling in the class: “Culture and Health System”.• Thesis: "From which perspectives do we judge child labor in mining? Anthropological analysis of the narratives of the mining children and their parents in the coal area of Morca, Boyaca, Colombia”.
- B.A., Political Science, concentration in Political Theory and Colombian PoliticsUniversidad de los AndesJan 2010 - Mar 2015 (5 years 3 months)