Alma Aguilar Betancurt

With an MA in Human Rights and Cultural Diversity from the University of Essex, she has contributed to a range of regional and international organizations, including the Organization of American States (OAS), ILGA World and Aidsfonds. Alma has worked within the universal human rights system to advocate for LGBTIQ+ rights at ILGA World and has supported advocacy efforts and community organizing among Indigenous women with diverse and ancestral gender identities and expressions in Abya Yala/Colombia. Currently, she is with Aidsfonds, working on the Love Alliance project to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights for LGBTIQ+ people, people living with HIV, sex workers, and people who use drugs while shifting power dynamics in participatory grantmaking. She also serves as a Board member for Trans United Europe.