Andrea Guillem
Andrea is a feminist researcher based in Ecuador.
With six years of experience in research focused on economic rights and gender, I have worked extensively with non-profit and human rights civil society organisations developing advocacy and communication efforts.
I am passionate, creative, and a natural problem solver, consistently striving to advance equality and justice through my work.
SKILLS
- Research and Qualitative Methods
- Strategic Communications
- Project Management
LANGUAGES
🇪🇸 Spanish [Native]
🇬🇧 English [C1]
🇮🇹 Italian [A2]
🇧🇷 Portuguese (Advanced)
EDUCATION
Master in Development
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UNICAMP, Sorbonne University of Paris (EPOG Consortium)
🇧🇷 🇫🇷 Currently
Academic year
Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Mexico City
🇲🇽 2019-2022
Master’s Degree in Feminist and Gender
University of the Basque Country – Bilbao
🇪🇸2023-2024
Bachelor’s degree in Political Science
Central University of Ecuador – Quito
🇪🇨 2016-2020
Feminist Journalism Intensive Course
Wambra Media & Volcanicas Magazine
🇪🇨 2022
CONGRESSES AND PRESENTATION
The Political Economy of Sexual and Reproductive Rights
A view from austerity in Ecuador. Side event at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
March 12, 2024. United Nations Palace. Geneva. [Presentation in English]
Extractive indebtedness circuits in Ecuador, a case study
Meeting of Social Studies of the Economy. A perspective from Latin America.
November 9 to 12, 2022. Buenos Aires – Argentina.
Gender austerity and how women become buffers to austerity measures
Meeting of Social Studies of the Economy. A perspective from Latin America.
November 9 to 12, 2022. Buenos Aires – Argentina.
The IMF and gender austerity. Feminist Perspective
Justice, Debt and Violence. Global Day of Action for Tax Justice.
March 23, 2022. Virtual event organized by CDES, PSI Ecuador, Global Alliance for Tax Justive, CONFENIAE, Latindadd.
Changing the Rules for a Just Recovery
Aligning IMF’s Work with Fiscal Justice and Human Rights in LAC.
September 30, 2020. World Bank Civil Society Policy Forum. Organized by: CESR, ACIJ, CELS, Dejusticia, Fundar, INESC, Fiscal Justice Network, Latindadd.
Democracies in dispute
A new reading of democracy from the epistemologies of the global south.
Ecuadorian Congress of Sociology and Politics October 2017 Quito, Ecuador.
WORK EXPERIENCE
DATANALISIS
Auxiliar Research
April 2019 – December 2019
Golden Companies
Political Communication in Digital Platforms
January 2020 – March 2020
Gender and Economic Rights Officer
Research on gender analysis of external debt and labor rights in Ecuador. Lead the project of Economic Empowerment for Rural Women in Pichincha supported by the Government of Pichincha, educating 400 women in community banks.
March 2020 – May 2022
UN Women & PRO Amazonía
Methodologies for the Political Agenda of Indigenous Women of the Amazon
Research on priorities and demands of indigenous women of the Amazon in Ecuador, and design methodologies based on their cosmovision to develop a Political Agenda.
November 2021 – February 2022
Chango Foundation
Head of Governance and Communities
Lead the governance model in educational communities to foster democratic participation and equal and just means of living.
September 2022 – 2023
Consultancy to research on gender equality and feminist political participation
National mapping on advancements in gender parity and public policy implementation with gender lens. Development of 4 national assemblies between women in politics. Develop a proposal for the creation of the Network of Women in Politics.
March 2023 – September 2023
Communications and Community Lead
National mapping on advancements in gender parity and public policy implementation with gender lens. Development of 4 national assemblies between women in politics. Develop a proposal for the creation of the Network of Women in Politics.
September 2022 – On going
(Partial time)
Latin America Network for Economic Social and Climate Justice (LATINDADD)
Consultancy on the Climate Finance, Multilateral Development Banking and Gender
Peer Review, Follow up and Comments on Advocacy Documents on Climate Finance, Multilateral Development Banking and Gender.
September 2019 – January 2020
EU EOM Ecuador 2025
Political Expert Assistant for the European Union Electoral Observation Mission for General Elections in Ecuador 2025
Research and political analyses of key actors in Ecuador with a special focus in campaign financing to support electoral transparency and accountability.
December 2024 – May 2025
Research Paper on Investment in Care Policies in Latin America for FFD4 Seville
Conducted research on care system financing in Latin America, analyzing debates on social reproduction and public investment and public spending in care policies. Developed recommendations on tax and social security reform to fund comprehensive universal care systems.
February 2025 – June 2025
Research and implementation of a Toolbox for Women in Politics.
Research, designed and delivered a virtual course for feminist women in political parties in Ecuador on State theories, development and feminist economics to strengthen their capacities in gender-responsive policymaking and cross-sector alliance building.
January 2025 – August 2025
PUBLICATIONS
Guillem, A. (2021) (6), 121–135.
Muchhala B, Guillem A. (2022), Volume 30, 2022
Guillem, Andrea; Ledesma, Pamela. (2023), 3(2), 225- 248.
Guillem, A. (2021) (6), 121–135.
Guillem Andrea, June 2023. Analysis Notebooks. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung – Ecuador
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
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