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Grace provides technical advice to UNICEF country offices and counterparts on Justice for Children and Legal Reform. She represents UNICEF in global platforms on access to justice and rule of law. She steers UNICEF’s global thought leadership on access to justice for children. Grace previously worked as Chief of Child Protection and manager of multisectoral development programmes in UNICEF Colombia, Regional Child Protection Specialist working on human rights, justice for children and partnership with ASEAN at the UNICEF Regional Office for East Asia and the Pacific based in Thailand, and as Chief of Social Policy in UNICEF Philippines. She joined UNICEF Philippines in 2000 as Child Protection Officer and later worked on local governance, gender, emergencies, social protection and as area coordinator. Before UNICEF, she worked in an international NGO working with children and families in extreme poverty and in a center for human rights. Grace completed a PhD in Human Rights and Peace, a Juris Doctor, a master’s in international cooperation for development and bachelor’s degrees in legal management and Hispanic Studies. She is a member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the International Bar Association.