Working Group on Child Migration
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Meet the members
This group comprises government representatives, civil society leaders, migration and early childhood experts, international organizations, and cooperation agencies. The group’s purpose is to generate a regional consensus on the most effective mechanisms to guarantee the full exercise of the rights of migrant children.
Águeda Marín, Regional Specialist for Protection and Assistance to Migrants, Regional Office for South America Argentina, IOM
Álvaro Botero, Senior Fellow, Inter-American Dialogue
Andrés Echeverría, Director of Migration and Human Rights, Fundación Horizonte Ciudadano, Chile.
Ariel Fiszbein, Director, Education Program, Inter-American Dialogue
Ariela Luna, Former Minister and Vice-Minister of Development and Social Inclusion Secretary, Copera Infancia
Peru
Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian, Director, Department of Social Inclusion, OAS
Camilo Valenzuela, Education Coordinator International Rescue Committee (IRC) Colombia
Carolina Soto, Technical Coordinator, Human Rights and Migration, Fundación Horizonte Ciudadano, Chile.
Cristina Lustemberg, Deputy Member of the Frente Amplio and former Vice-Minister of Public Health, Uruguay
Eva Fernández Garza, Manager, Early Childhood Development, FEMSA Foundation
Felipe Aravena (on behalf of Antonia Urrejola, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile), Chilean Mission to the OAS, Chile
Felipe Muñoz, Head of the Migration Unit, Inter-American Development Bank
Florencia López Boo, Lead Economist of the Social Protection and Health Division, Inter-American Development Bank
Heydi Arevalo Mendoza, Strategy and Knowledge Management Manager, World Vision Colombia
Juan Pinzón, Education Specialist, Unicef Panama
Joel Hernández García, Rapporteur on the Rights of Migrant Persons, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, OAS
Laura Gil, Vice-Minister of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Colombia
Leonardo Yánez, Early Childhood Specialist and Former Senior Programme Officer, Bernard van Leer Foundation
Lisa Frydman, Vice President for International Programs Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
Luis Pedernera Reyna, Member of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, United Nations
Martín Vinacur, Founder and President, AldeA Santiago, Chile
Micaela Finoli, Research Associate, Inter-American Dialogue
Mileydi Guilarte, Deputy Assistant Director, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, USAID
Nashieli Ramírez Hernández, President, Human Rights Commission, Mexico
Pablo Ceriani Cernadas, Member of the Committee of Migrant Workers of the United Nations, Argentina
Pablo Saavedra Alessandri, Executive Secretary, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Costa Rica
Pedro Hartung, Director of Policies and Children’s Rights, Alana Institute, Brazil
Raquel Bernal, Rector, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
Rebecca Bill Chavez, President and CEO, Inter-American Dialogue
Ricardo Bucio, President CEMEFI and former Executive Secretary, SIPINNA Mexico
Roberto Rodríguez Meléndez, Specialist, Unicef El Salvador
Romina Sijniensky, Deputy Executive Secretary, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Costa Rica
Ruth Custode, Education Specialist, Unicef Panama
Sarahí González, Deputy Director of Programmes for Colombia, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Colombia
Sindy González Tijerina, Head of Social Investment in Early Childhood, FEMSA Foundation
Sofialeticia Morales Garza, Secretary of Education, State of Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Victoria Ward, Regional Director, Save the Children for Latin America and the Caribbean
Xavier Altamirano, Executive Director, Fundación Horizonte Ciudadano, Chile