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Gina Romero

Gina Romero is a social activist, social entrepreneur and expert in civic education, youth empowerment, integrity and anticorruption as well as democracy strengthening.

She has wide experience in public diplomacy, networking, formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of social projects for development. She is an international consultant on anticorruption and youth issues and is currently the Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Network for Democracy.

Gina is a professional in the field of government and international relations, and has a Master in the Analysis of Political, Economic and International Contemporary Problems from the Universidad Externado de Colombia, among other courses and degrees.

Gina has received recognition on several occasions for her work in Latin America and the Caribbean: Global Changemaker (2011), Drapers Hill Fellow (Stanford, 2012) and Historical and Accountability Fellow (Columbia, 2017).

She has been part of the founding groups of different civil society organisations at national, regional and global level such as Ocasa (Colombia), Redlad (Americas), the World Youth Movement for Democracy and the Global Youth network for Democracy (global).

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Follow Gina’s experiences with dialogue in Latin America in her series of articles on the topic:

Dialogues Among Different Kinds of Actors: Religious Actors

 

Dialogue With ‘Opposite’ Actors: Business Sector

 

Getting on the Same Page: The Dialogue Between Diverse Civil Society Stakeholders

 

Dialogue as the Centre of Political Advocacy

 

 

Thoughts About My Experience With Dialogue in Latin America

Labs

2022, 2020-2021

Special function

EAC

Topics

Global Governance, Civil Society, Conflict Resolution and Mediation

Sectors

Private

Origin

Europe

Residence

Africa

Further Engagements

Elected Advisory Council
Every year, two GDL members of the Advisory Council are elected online by members. All four elected members of the Advisory Council work on a pro bono basis.

More about Gina Romero

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Paradigm Shifts and Gaps to Achieve Gender Equality

A very diverse group of people participated in the hybrid EU LAC Gender Equality Forum, led by the EU-LAC Foundation and the foreign affairs ministries of Germany, Argentina and Mexico to discuss overcoming economic and social inequalities, tackling climate change, and political leadership and peacebuilding.

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Dialogue as the Centre of Political Advocacy

In her latest blog post, Gina Romero talks about dialogue as the center of political advocacy. The more voices it includes, the more powerful the advocacy gets.

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Getting on the Same Page: The Dialogue Between Diverse Civil Society Stakeholders

Can dialogue be utilized as a tool for mediation and conflict resolution? Gina Romero reflects upon reproductive rights and LGBTQ+ related issues in the Americas while debating how to reach a common consensus when discussing controversial topics.

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Dialogue With ‘Opposite’ Actors: Business Sector

In the last posts and the ones to come, Gina addresses dialogue between civil society and stakeholders from other sectors. Today, Ginas describes her experience of the dialogue between the business sector and civil society in Latin America.

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Dialogues Among Different Kinds of Actors: Religious Actors

In previous posts Gina has talked about processes of dialogue between civil society organisations (CSOs) and societal stakeholders, in the next few posts she will address dialogue between civil society and stakeholders from other sectors. Today, Ginas describes how to open up dialogue with the religious sector.

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Dialogue Based on an Intersectional Approach

Gina Romero writes about dialogue based on an intersectional approach – from cultural to gender diversity in America to the UN and other institutions advocating for more inclusive perspectives.

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A Source of Inspiration, Hope and Collective Action

In this post GDL  member Gina Romero describes why she founded a Network for the Latin American and Caribbean Region and why dialogue is an important tool for citizen diplomacy.

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Hello 2022 – What We Expect and Wish For

For the new year we wanted to hear members’ expectations and wishes.

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Thoughts About My Experience With Dialogue in Latin America

In the past 10 years, GDL member Gina Romero has been involved in initiatives promoting dialogue among civil society actors and other social actors in Latin America.

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