Maria Elena Ramos Rodríguez

Social Worker graduated in 1981 from the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez (UACJ); she completed two specialties at the Latin American Center for Social Work (CELATS) in Lima, Peru: “Social Management for Welfare Programs” (1993) and “Community Health and Promotion of Development” (1994). In the professional field, she has focused on HIV / AIDS care, prevention and research; is a pioneer, in working with people who inject drugs. She has been: Member of CONASIDA, member of the Country Coordinating Mechanism (MCPMEX), which managed the project for Mexico to the Global Fund “Strengthening national strategies for prevention and harm reduction, directed to HSH HSH / TS and IDUs “. She was a member of the first Board of Directors of the Chihuahuan Women’s Institute (ICHIMU) during the administration of Mr. José Reyes Baeza, also acted as Citizen Counselor of the State Commission of Human Rights during the period 2011 – 2014. Currently, she is a member of the Council to Guarantee the Right of Women to a Life Free of Violence, as well as a representative of civil society in the Board of Directors of the Chihuahuan Women’s Institute.