Monica Muñoz Vargas

Monica Muñoz Vargas is a feminist and sociologist who studied in Chile (BA), Brazil (Ma.) and England (PhD). She recently retired from the United Nations, after 20 years in the organization. In the UN Monica worked both for UNICEF (1985-1994) and UNIFEM (1994 to 2005).

In UNICEF she was the women’s programmes coordinator for Central America, Panama and Belize and later for the region of Brazil. In UNIFEM she was the Regional Program Director for the Andean Region, Regional Programme Director for Brazil and the South Cone and Chief for the Latin America and Caribbean section.