Carmen Cecilia Martinez Lopez
Associate Director, Legal Strategies
Carmen joined the Center in April 2018 as Regional Manager. She oversees
the legal work and strategies for Latin America and the Caribbean and is
responsible for team leadership and overseeing Bogota´s Office management.
Carmen
came from Women’s Link Worldwide, where she worked as regional director and
managing attorney. There she was responsible for designing and leading legal
strategies in sexual and reproductive rights, violence against migrant women and
human trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to that, Carmen
used to work at the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS) in Argentina, in
their institutional development and justice and security work.
Carmen
is from Venezuela. She holds a bachelor’s in laws from Yacambú University (Venezuela),
a Master’s degree in Law and a graduate diploma in Constitutional Law and Human
Rights from the University of Palermo (Argentina). She also holds a graduate
diploma in Non-Profit Management from the University of San Andrés (Argentina).
Carmen
native tongue is Spanish. She also speaks English.