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Erika Guevara-Rosas is the Senior Director for Research, Advocacy and Policy at Amnesty International, where she leads the movement's global human rights work. She is responsible for the organization’s research, crisis response, policy development, campaigns, and advocacy work globally, as well as for providing strategic support to Amnesty International’s regional offices and sections. Erika is a well-known Latina feminist and human rights lawyer & defender, who previously served as Amnesty’s Americas Director for a decade, leading human rights work and operations across the continent. Erika brings over twenty-five years of professional experience in the fields of human rights, international development, and philanthropy, as well as decades of global social and feminist activism. Prior to Amnesty, Erika held leadership roles at other non-governmental organizations and international agencies, including the Global Fund for Women and the UN Refugee Agency, managing complex operations in communities affected by conflict and other serious human rights challenges in different countries. She has also served on the board of directors of several organizations, including IPAS, the Association for Women´s Rights in Development (AWID), and the International Museum of Women. She has led groundbreaking human rights research and campaigns on a range of issues, including forced migration, gross human rights violations in the context of repression, torture, sexual violence against women in conflict, the impact of climate change on Indigenous people territories and the violence facing human rights defenders, among others. Her articles and opinion pieces are often published in major international media.