Andrea M. Ayala
Andrea M. Ayala is a lesbian Salvadoran refugee person currently based in Europe, she is a Lawyer and has worked as Human Rights Defender of LGBTIQ communities around the world since 2009 focusing her efforts in the Global South (Latin America), currently, she works as an international consultant on SOGI and Social Inclusion issues creating public and private politics to address them. She loves to cook, watch and play sports. Making her wife and dog happy is the most important task of her life.
My Sessions
UN and International Policy
Andrea M. Ayala
Kseniya Kirichenko
Aoife Burke
Angelica Polmonari
This session aims to showcase how developing international advocacy within the frames of the different UN mechanisms as well as of initiative such as Ilga World LBTIQIA+ Women Steering Committee can serve as a tool for lesbian resistance and countering the hate narrative with legal instruments. The objective will be to get to activists the […]
Panel: Lesbians heading social justice movements
Andrea M. Ayala
Pierrette Pyram
Sihame Haddioui
Elisa Manici
Nevena Tarlanovic
Numerous studies, including research conducted by EL*C, have shown that in many countries in Europe and Central Asia, LBQTI women and non-binary persons are, or have been, at the forefront of social and political change, despite their efforts, creativity and activist contributions being too often invisibilised or marginalised. In this panel, the floor is given […]