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Members of the Council

The International Network of Catholic Women Leaders seeks to generate thinking for a humanistic feminism (of Catholic inspiration), concrete proposals that respond to current challenges at all levels, and collaborative networks of Catholic women in various fields. The council is made up of women leaders from more than 20 countries around the world.

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ALEJANDRA SAFE

Honorary Member of the Social Council of the City of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and member of the Advisory Council for Latin America and the Caribbean of the University of Notre Dame.

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CAROLINA BRID

Former Miss Panama, television host and professional model.

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ERIKA GODOY

International project consultant for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States.

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JULIETA LUJAMBIO

Journalist, speech therapist, life coach, national journalism award winner and activist for the rights of single mothers.

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PAOLA BINETTI

Psychiatrist, psychotherapist, former Italian MP and Senator.

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Virginia Rivero

Member of the Board of Directors of WUCWO and President of the Foundation for Latin American Women's Rights FUNDEMUL VENEZUELA.

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Lisandra Chaves Leiva

Executive Secretary of Communications of the Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica.

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MARÍA CRUZ DÍAZ DE TERÁN VELASCO

Doctor of Law. Since 2020, she has been the Coordinator of RedWinn, for strengthening the female impact in innovation ecosystems, within the Ibero-American Program of Science and Technology for Development (CYTED Program).

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MARCELA MAZZINI

Doctor in Theology from the Catholic University of Argentina and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Theology of the same University.

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ADA FERREIRA

Clinical psychologist and former National President of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society in Brazil.

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CLAUDIA ZARZOSA

Advisor to the Economic and Social Research Consortium.

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Gabriela Castellanos

Executive Director of the National Anti-Corruption Council.

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KARINA ORDOÑEZ

Academic Coordinator of the Institute of Bioethics at the Finis Terrae University of Chile.

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PILAR ESCUDERO

Institute of Families of the Schoenstatt Movement.

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Yamil Osoria

Former Governor of Arequipa.

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Paulina Sotomayor

Professor of theology and morality; and lecturer in Bioethics at the ADW (The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington).

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MARTHA VILLAFUERTE

Former vice-presidential candidate of Ecuador. Current director of Familia Ecuador.

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RAQUEL IVONNE

Master in Family Sciences from the Juan Pablo II Anáhuac Institute. General Director of the Alliance for Training.

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CARMEN SANCHEZ

Former Councillor of the Madrid City Council.

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Daniela Cannavina

Religious of the Capuchin Sisters of Mother Rubatto and general secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Religious Men and Women.

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GISELA BLOHM-PADULA

Vice President of the Board of the International Federation for Family Development (IFFD) Foundation.

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MARTA RODRÍGUEZ

Founding Director of the Women's Institute of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum and former Head of the Women's Section of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life.

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ÚRSULA LONNGI

Focolari, interpreter and former official of the apostolic nunciature in Cuba.

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Marcela Chavarria Olarte

Member of the "Seminar on Transdisciplinary Family Studies" at the Universidad Panamericana, Mexico campus.

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FLAMINIA GIOVANELLI

President of the Association

The Nursery Onlus.

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OLGA VILLAR

First lay woman to be appointed as executive director of SEPI (Southeast Miami Pastoral Institute).

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MAGALÍ A. R. ZYSKA

Executive Secretary of the International Network of Catholic Women Leaders. Master's student in Philosophy of Law and doctoral fellow.

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