Catalina Gil Pinzon is an accomplished project leader and program manager with over 15 years of experience in peacebuilding and security fields. Her work spans various areas, including drug and security policies, police reform, youth violence prevention, innovative memory processes with victims of conflict, and disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of ex-combatants (DDR). Her work emphasizes exploring new narratives and incorporating gender perspectives as a way of driving change towards diversity and inclusion in these sectors. She has collaborated and been part of teams within the Colombian government, international foundations, civil society organizations, and multilateral organizations. Operationally, she excels in managing complex, multi-project portfolios, aligning diverse agendas, and using strategic thinking and creativity to achieveimpactful outcomes. Additionally, she independently leads and promotes initiatives focused on transforming how we understand and approach security through three key areas: the relationship between democracy and security, narrative change, and women’s leadership in the security field. She regularly contributes opinion articles on drug policy, security and gender to various national and international media outlets. She writes frequently for El País and have also been published in El Espectador, Washington Post en Español, and Agenda Pública.

Participant in: October 2024 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes