Maite Fernández-Villa
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step (Lao Tzu). For me Asia is a great point of reference; the first step on this journey: sharing a roof with communities in Mindanao (Philippines), accompanying women survivors of genocide in Cambodia… Interpreting these experiences through a feminist lens, expanding on them with other organized women from Western Sahara, Ecuador, Bolivia… That is what drives me to keep walking”
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step (Lao Tzu). For me Asia is a great point of reference; the first step on this journey: sharing a roof with communities in Mindanao (Philippines), accompanying women survivors of genocide in Cambodia… Interpreting these experiences through a feminist lens, expanding on them with other organized women from Western Sahara, Ecuador, Bolivia… That is what drives me to keep walking”
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step (Lao Tzu). For me Asia is a great point of reference; the first step on this journey: sharing a roof with communities in Mindanao (Philippines), accompanying women survivors of genocide in Cambodia… Interpreting these experiences through a feminist lens, expanding on them with other organized women from Western Sahara, Ecuador, Bolivia… That is what drives me to keep walking”
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step (Lao Tzu). For me Asia is a great point of reference; the first step on this journey: sharing a roof with communities in Mindanao (Philippines), accompanying women survivors of genocide in Cambodia… Interpreting these experiences through a feminist lens, expanding on them with other organized women from Western Sahara, Ecuador, Bolivia… That is what drives me to keep walking”
Biography
Graduate in Physical Sciences. Master’s in International Development and Cooperation (University of the Basque Country). Diploma in Mental Health in Situations of Political Violence and Catastrophes (Madrid’s Complutense University). After three years work in teaching, in 1998 she joined the Jesuit Service Cambodia (1998-2000) as a volunteer. Coordination of the Projects Area of the Alava Association of Friends of Western Sahara (2003-2006). In 2006 she joined the Consultancy Area of Hegoa, leading projects and programmes running training in local economic development; education on cooperation and microloans in the Sahara; Social and Solidarity Economics (SSE) in Ecuador and other countries in the Andean region, linking research and training, public policies and practical experiences of SSE. General coordinator of Hegoa since May 2015.
Themes
Social and solidarity economics and feminist economics, public policies for SSE, Capability building, Gender equity, Project cycle management
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Events
Place: Grenada
