Carmen de la Cruz
International consultant
Carmen de la Cruz is an International consultant in gender and development. During the last 20 years, she has gained a broad working experience in development cooperation and humanitarian action in conflict and post-conflict environments in Africa, Middle East and Latin America.
Since 2005, she is working on the gender related impact of new aid modalities. UNIFEM consultant for Latin America since 2007, Carmen de la Cruz is collaborating in the programme “EC/UN Partnership on Gender Equality for Development and Peace” in its aid effectiveness component.
She is author of a considerable number of articles and papers on women´s participation in peace-building; gender, globalisation and women´s rights; as well as gender and human development.
She holds a BA in Geography and History, a diploma on Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology from the Autonomous University in Madrid and an expert title in International Relations and Gender in Development.
Geo tags
Latin America & Caribbean Middle East Sub-Saharan Africa
Expert in
Development Gender Post conflict
Spoken languages
English, Spanish
Written languages
English, Spanish
