The document summarizes the professional experience of Maria Alejandra Wundram Pimentel, including her work with the United Nations in Colombia monitoring the reincorporation of former combatants and her experience advocating for vulnerable groups in Guatemala and conducting research on gender issues. She has 9 years of experience advocating for human rights and social inclusion. Her academic background includes an M.Sc. in Anthropology from Purdue University and publications on transgender rights in Guatemala.

1. Field Officer
United Nations Verification
Mission to Colombia
TeamLeader andgender focal
point.Local officeinVista
Hermosa,Meta
(October 2017-April2018)
Gender andethniccommunities
focal point.Mobileteamin
PopayánRegional Office,Cauca
(May2019 ?August 2020)
RELEVANT PROFESSI ONAL EXPERI ENCE
- Verified the reincorporation to civil life and the implementation of security guarantees
for former FARC-EPcombatantsand communitiesasstated in the Peace Accordsof
Colombia.Thisincluded their relationship with their communities,accessto health
and educational services,political participation,and advancesin productive economic
activities.
- Reported on imminent security mattersand monitored the advancement of individual
cases,including institutional compliance and fair accessto justice.
- Designed asystem to manage and systematize dataon security related eventsat the
regional level.
- Recollected and managed information about individual reintegration processes,as
well ashealth and educational needs.
- Mediated conflictsbetween former combatants,communities,governmental
organizationsand others.
- Asagender mainstreamingfocal point,I coordinated with governmental and
non-governmental actorsto identify opportunitiesfor the political and economic
empowerment for FARC women,includingadvising aFARC women?
scollective in
formulatingaclothing production project.
- Developed strategies,including learningactivitiesand training,to promote gender
awarenessand to include agender-based differential approach in security meetings
with local armed forces,police,and government institutions.
- Identified opportunitiesfor capacity buildingfor women peace-building organizations.
- Supervised and established work prioritize for alocal team,with both civilian and
military/police personnel.
- 9 years experience asan advocate for people in positionsof vulnerability,fightingfor human rightsand social
inclusion in Guatemalaand Colombia.
- 3 yearsof experience with information management,analysis,and graphic presentation.
- Specialist in conductingmixed method research,datacollection,and gender equality assessments.
- Experience with DDRand conflict analysis.
- Expertise in facilitatingand implementinguser-centered learningprograms,including atrainingprogram that reached
over 6000 people in Guatemala.
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Mar ia Al ejan d r a
Wu n d r am Pimen t el
(57) 315-212-7547 /(502) 3762-4480
awundramp@gmail.com
17/12/1989
CITIZENSHIP Guatemala / Spain
LANGUAGES Spanish (Native) / English (Fluent)
SUMMARY
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Planned,developed and executed atrainingprogram for high level government
officialsabout the UN Declaration on Human RightsDefenders.
- Constructed interactive learningmethodologiesusingdesign-thinkingmethods.
- Designed informational graphic materials.
- Structured and implemented amonitoring and learningevaluation plan.
Technical Consultant
Officeof the UNHigh
Commissioner for Human
Rights in Guatemala
December 2020-March2021
Quantitative data
analysis
Graphic
design
Report
writing
Qualitative data
analysis
Network
building

2. Research Assistant
MónicaLeonardo Segura,
LL.M.
Guatemala
August 2012- August 2013
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
M.Sc.in Anthropology with aconcentration on Women,Gender and Sexuality Studies.
Purdue University.Indiana,United States.
B.A.in Anthropology
Oberlin College. Ohio,United States.
2015
2012
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Wundram Pimentel,Alejandraand MónicaLeonardo Segura.2018.?Paradoxesof Visibility: The Proposed Guatemalan
Gender Identity Law.?Transgender StudiesQuarterly 5,1: 83-99.
Wundram Pimentel,Alejandra. 2015.?Negotiating TransActivism in GuatemalaCity: The Case of REDMMUTRANS.?
Master?
sthesis,Purdue University.
PUBLICATIONS
OTHERACADEMICCERTIFICATES
Gender AdvisersSpecialization Course.Folke Bernadotte Academy.Online.
Conflict Transformation.Austrian Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution. Schlaning,Austria.
International Protection of Women´sRights. Austral University,OEA,Interamerican Women´s
Commission.Online (Whetu).
Women,Gender,and Post Conflict.Universidad del Rosario.Online (Miriada).
Gender,Intersectionality,and Public Policy.Facultad Latinoamericanade CienciasSociales,
Guatemala.
Women,Gender and Sexuality Studies.Purdue University,Indiana,United States.
2020
2019
2017
2017
2016
2013
Technical Assistant (Intern)
MuJERGuatemala
May2016-May2017
- Interviewed,and systematized experiencesof women engaging in sex work.
- Designed and implemented face-to-face educational interventionson human rights,
health,and gender-based violence aimed to reach low -income sex workersin their
placesof work.
- Developed projects,forums,training,and other activitiesto support the
organization?
spolitical advocacy,outreach,and reportingon human rightsviolations.
- Supported trainingfor alternative income generation.
- Conducted research that contributed to the publication of eight reportson LGBTI
human rights,national and international frameworksfor the protection of LGBTI
communities,good practicesfor political advocacy work,adolescent sexual and
reproductive health,and guidelinesfor disaster risk management.
(57) 315-212-7547 /(502) 3762-4480
awundramp@gmail.com
17/12/1989
Mar ia Al ejan d r a
Wu n d r am Pimen t el
Researcher and Teaching
Assistant
PurdueUniversity
Indiana,UnitedStates
August 2013-June2016
- Formulated and implemented mixed-methodsresearch projectswith afocuson
gender analysisin activism in transcommunities,the livesof women who live in
poverty and engage in sex work,and LGBTI conversion programsin Pentecostal
churches.
- Used dataanalysisand datamappingprogramslike InVivo and GIS.
- Planned and taught anthropology classesfor university students.
- Implemented the Youth for the Sustainable Development Goalsregional project in
Guatemala.Thisincluded managingthe budget,collaborating with other countries?
trainersfor developingthe trainingmethodology,evaluating resultsand developing
recommendationsfor improvingthe project.
- Trained over 700 younguniversity students,organization leaders,and people living
with HIV,who later themselvesformed over 6000 youngpeople in 5 regionsof the
country.
- Created alliancesbetween the UN Volunteer Program,youth-lead social society
organizationsand governmental institutions.
Youth Trainer
United Nations Volunteer
Programin Guatemala
August 2016-May2017

3. Paradoxesof Visibility: The Proposed Guatemalan Gender Identity Law. 2018
Wundram Pimentel,Alejandraand MónicaLeonardo Segura.Transgender StudiesQuarterly 5,1: 83-99.
NegotiatingTransActivism in Guatemala City: The Case of REDMMUTRANS.2015.
Wundram Pimentel,Alejandra.Master?
sthesis.Purdue University.
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
INSTITUTIONALREPORTS (Unaccredited)
Jóvenespor losODS: Manual para Capacitadores.2016.
UN Volunteer Program.
MANUALS
BLOGSAND OTHER RESEARCH
Propuesta de un Proyecto de Ley de Igualdad de Género.
Documento Analítico. 2013
Leonardo Segura,Monica.UNAIDS,UNDP,OTRANS.
Discriminación por Orientación Sexual e Identidad de Género y
una Aproximación a la Interseccionalidad con otras Forrmasde
Discriminación en Guatemala .2012.
Leonardo Segura,Mónica.Fundación MirnaMack.
The Night isAnother Country: Impunity and Violence against
Transgender Women Human RightsDefendersin Latin
America.2012.
Poor Women,Sex Work,and Moral Judgment. 2017
Wundram Pimentel,Alejandra. Gender Based Violence Column.
Society for Applied Anthropology News.
Sobre lasTribusUrbanas. 2013
Linksin titles
Wo r k Po r t f o l io
Productson Human RightsDefenders,2021.
OHCHRGuatemala
GRAPHIC PRODUCTS
(57) 315-212-7547 /(502) 3762-4480
awundramp@gmail.com
17/12/1989
Mar ia Al ejan d r a
Wu n d r am Pimen t el
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