“The AFS Youth Assembly means the possibility of generating projects and transnational political advocacy through the creation of links with young activists and leaders.”

Constanza is a global goals advocate and founder of the feminist NGO Las Hijas de Pandora which has provided free psychological and legal support to more than 500 survivors of sexual violence in Ecuador. She is currently a student at the National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM and her research focuses on criminal and humanitarian law with a gender perspective.

She has carried out many regional projects around comprehensive sexual education, political empowerment of young women and eradication of gender violence with UN Women, the European Union, the French Development Agency, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES-ILDIS Ecuador) among other human rights organizations. 

She is fluent in Spanish, English and French and is currently studying Portuguese. She focuses on the UN Sustainable Development Goals 5 gender equality, 4 quality education, 3 good health and well being, 10 reduced inequalities and 17 partnerships for the goals. 

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