In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Facio and the second or maternal family name is Montejo.
Alda Facio
Born
Alda Facio Montejo
(1948-01-26) 26 January 1948 (age 76)
New York City, United States
Nationality
Costa Rican
Alma mater
New York University University of Costa Rica
Occupation(s)
Lawyer and writer
Parent(s)
Gonzalo Facio Segreda María Lilia Montejo Ortuño
Relatives
Giannina Facio Franco (half-sister)
Alda Facio Montejo (born 26 January 1948) is a Costa Rican feminist jurist, writer, teacher and international expert in gender and human rights in Latin America. She is one of the founding members of the Women's Caucus for Gender Justice at the International Criminal Court.[1] Since 1991, she has been the Director of Women, Justice and Gender, a program within the United Nations Latin American Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (ILANUD) and vice president of the Justice and Gender Foundation. She was also one of the founding members of Ventana in the 1970s, one of the first feminist organizations in her native Costa Rica.[2] Since 2014, she has been one of five United Nations special rapporteurs for the Working Group against Discrimination against Women and Girls.[3][4]
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