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Biography

Jurist, feminist, researcher, Costa Rican politician, and activist for women's rights. Minister for the Status of Women, President of the National Institute of Women (INAMU) from 2014 to 2018 and Director of the Ombudsperson Office for Women  of the Office of the Ombudsperson of Costa Rica until August 2019.

She has a law degree from the University of Costa Rica (1989) and completed specialization courses at the University of Lund and Raul Wallenberg in Sweden in 1997. She obtained her Masters Degree in Constitutional Law from the State Distance University of Costa Rica in 2004 and a Postgraduate degree in Human Rights from the University of Chile in 2007. Author of a book and multiple articles on women's human rights.

Alejandra Mora Mora began her work as Executive Secretary of the CIM/OAS on August 16th 2019.

More information at: http://www.oas.org/en/cim/directory.asp

Alejandra Mora Mora

Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM), Organization of American States (OAS)