Emilia Reyes has specialised in gender responsive public policies and budgets linked to sustainable development, including comprehensive disaster risk management and climate change; in those fields she has trained governmental officers from the Legislative, Judiciary and Executive Branch, as well as officers from United Nations agencies at national and regional level.

For five years she held the role of Organising Partner of the Women’s Major Group for the 2030 Agenda. A further two years was spent as Co-chair of the High Level Political Forum’s Major Groups and Stakeholders Coordination Mechanism.

Emilia is currently the Programme Director of Policies and Budgets for Equality and Sustainable Development, at Equidad de Género: Ciudadanía, Trabajo y Familia (Gender Equity: Citizenship, Work and Family). Furthermore, she is Co-Convenor of the Women’s Working Group on Financing for Development, and in that capacity, a co-lead of the Beijing+25 Economic Justice and Rights Action Coalition.

Welcome Emilia to the Soroptimist International 100th Celebrations!