Sofía Monsalve Suárez
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Sofía Monsalve Suárez is a member of the IPES-Food panel, and the former secretary general of FIAN International – an international human rights organization working for the right to food and nutrition.
Before becoming secretary general in 2016, she coordinated FIAN’s program on land and natural resources for more than 15 years. This work included close collaboration with peasants, family farmers, landless people, fisher folks, indigenous peoples and rural workers organizations.
She has extensive advocacy experience in the UN human rights system, UN-FAO and the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) – contributing to the development of human rights standard setting, including in new areas such as the rights of future generations, and knowledge and technology. Likewise, she has undertaken conceptual work and research particularly on the intersection between human rights, land and natural resource governance in collaboration with various academic institutions. She holds a master’s degree in political science and philosophy.
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