Alejandra Mora

 

Comisión Interamericana de Mujeres (CIM) – Secretaria Ejecutiva | Inter-American Commission of Women – Executive Secretary

Alejandra Mora Mora es secretaria ejecutiva de la Comisión Interamericana de Mujeres (CIM) de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA). Abogada, feminista, investigadora, académica y expolítica costarricense, cuenta con un amplio reconocimiento internacional por su trayectoria en la defensa de los derechos humanos de las mujeres y las niñas. Ocupa el cargo de secretaria ejecutiva de la CIM desde el 16 de agosto de 2019. Anteriormente fue ministra de la Condición de la Mujer de Costa Rica, presidenta del Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres (INAMU) entre 2014 y 2018 y directora de la Defensoría de la Mujer de la Defensoría de los Habitantes de Costa Rica hasta agosto de 2019. Se licenció en Derecho por la Universidad de Costa Rica en 1989 y realizó estudios de especialización en la Universidad de Lund y en el Instituto Raoul Wallenberg, en Suecia, en 1997. Es máster en Derecho Constitucional por la Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED) de Costa Rica desde 2004 y cuenta con un posgrado en Derechos Humanos por la Universidad de Chile, obtenido en 2007. Es autora de numerosos libros y artículos académicos sobre los derechos humanos de las mujeres.


Alejandra Mora Mora serves as Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) of the Organization of American States (OAS). A lawyer, feminist, researcher, academic, and former politician from Costa Rica, she is internationally recognized for her longstanding advocacy for the human rights of women and girls. She has held the position of Executive Secretary of the CIM since August 16, 2019. Previously, she served as Costa Rica’s Minister for the Status of Women, President of the National Institute for Women (INAMU) from 2014 to 2018, and Director of the Women’s Ombuds Office within the Office of the Ombudsperson of Costa Rica until August 2019. She earned her law degree from the University of Costa Rica in 1989 and completed specialized studies at Lund University and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Sweden in 1997. She holds a master’s degree in Constitutional Law from Costa Rica’s State Distance University (UNED), completed in 2004, and a postgraduate degree in Human Rights from the University of Chile, earned in 2007. She is the author of numerous books and scholarly articles on the human rights of women.

 

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