Inés Alberdi:directora del Fondo para el Desarrollo de la Mujer de Naciones Unidas
United Nations, New York - The appointment of Inés Alberdi of Spain as the new Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, UNIFEM, has been announced by UNDP Administrator Kemal Dervi?.
Inés Alberdi has worked for over 25 years on gender issues and in politics. She comes to UNIFEM from her previous position as Professor of Sociology at Madrid University where she has taught Political Sociology and Sociology of Gender since 1993. Prior to that, she was Director for Research at the Centre for Sociological Research (1992-1993). Ms. Alberdi has published extensively on family and women’s issues. Her distinguished academic career also included positions as Associate Researcher at George Washington University, Washington, DC (1988-1989), and Visiting Scholar in the Department of Sociology at Georgetown University, Washington, DC (1978-1979), as well as an Eisenhower Fellowship (1998).
From 2003 to 2007, Inés Alberdi was an elected Deputy in the Madrid Assembly. She served as an expert for the Equal Opportunities Unit of the European Commission on the networks Family and Work and Diversification of Occupational Choices for Women (1998-2000) and worked for the Inter-American Bank as Adviser for Women in Development (1989-1990). She also served as a Member of the Board of INSTRAW, the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (1986-1989).
“I am delighted to take on my new responsibilities,” said Ms. Alberdi of her appointment. “I come with high hopes and am determined to make my contribution. For me, UNIFEM has been a key reference in the struggle for women’s rights and gender equality throughout the years. I want the organization to continue to be at the cutting edge of these issues and will dedicate all my efforts to this,” she added.
Inés Alberdi is the fourth Executive Director of UNIFEM. She succeeds Noeleen Heyzer of Singapore (1994-2007), Sharon Capeling-Alakija of Canada (1989-1994) and Margaret Snyder of the USA (1978-1989).
La socióloga española Inés Alberdi ha sido nombrada este martes nueva directora del Fondo para el Desarrollo de la Mujer (Unifem) de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas, según ha anunciado la Misión de España ante la ONU, lo que la convierte en la primera española al frente de un fondo, agencia o programa para el desarrollo de Naciones Unidas.
Noticia completa en castellano
April 9th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
I would have love to comment on the initiative but unfortunately its not in english. so i can’t comment at the moment as promise. however, i know its a good initiative. look forward to the english verson
stay bless
Musukuta from the Gambia
April 10th, 2008 at 7:59 am
Welcome Musu!!!!
We are very glad to hearing from you!!
We hope all the african women collaborate writing comments in our posts like you!
Sorry about the language, we are working on the traslation of the site.
Best Regards and lots of kisses!
Bea, Guio and María
April 10th, 2008 at 8:09 am
Bonjour,
C’est une ce blog est très belle initiative et j’espère y apporter ma contribution dans la construction de la version française. Tout comme Musu je voudrais bien laisser des commentaires mais j’attendrais la version franacaise pour cela.
bien de chose à vous toutes
Maimouna du Mali
June 25th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
It is indeed challenging to have a woman attain such astronomical achievements especially in view of the fact that she is raising other women’s concerns and issues that greatly affect them.I hope this is a wake up call to other women myself included to join in and be the voice of change for fellow women.
l was keen on joining the network of young women since l am a youg person engaged in young women development,how may l do so there seems to be a problem with the website.
Kindly get back.
Warm Regards,
Banja Lynda
January 27th, 2009 at 9:42 am
Nice work! I’ll have to do a cross post on this one