Catalina Gil Pinzón is a Latina woman with over 12 years of experience in program management in the peacebuilding and security fields. Catalina’s work spans various areas, including drug and security policies, police reform, youth violence prevention, innovative memory processes with victims of conflict, and disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration of ex-combatants (DDR). Her work emphasises 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 organisations, and multilateral organisations. 

Additionally, Catalina independently leads and promotes initiatives to facilitate strategic spaces for dialogue, promoting new voices and leadership (especially of women) and approaches to security. These efforts aim to counteract the resurgence of militarised and punitive perspectives in Latin America, thereby supporting and strengthening democratic and pluralistic approaches to governance in the region. 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 has 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