Speaker: Alma
Job title: Advisory Board member
Company: World Pride Human Rights Conference

About the spreaker
Alma Aguilar Betancurt (she/her) is a trans woman and human rights defender from Abya Yala/Colombia. 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), the UN, 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 Hands-Off programme to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights for LGBTIQ+ people and sex workers in their diversity. She also serves as a Board member for Trans United Nederlands and the Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE) and is part of the Grantmaking Panel of the International Trans Fund (ITF).