Udenrigsudvalget 2008-09, Det Politisk-Økonomiske Udvalg 2008-09
URU Alm.del Bilag 278, PØU Alm.del Bilag 116
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CV FOR INÉS ALBERDI
Inés Alberdiof Spain assumed her duties as Executive Director ofthe United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) on 4June 2008.Ms. Alberdi worked for more than 25 years on gender issues and inpolitics. She came to UNIFEM from her previous position asProfessor of Sociology at Madrid University where she had taughtPolitical Sociology and Sociology of Gender since 1993. Prior tothat, she was Director for Research at the Centre for SociologicalResearch (1992–1993). Ms. Alberdi has published extensively on family and women’sissues. Her distinguished academic career also included positions as AssociateResearcher at George Washington University, Washington, DC (1988–1989), and VisitingScholar in the Department of Sociology at Georgetown University, Washington, DC (1978–1979), as well as an Eisenhower Fellowship (1998).From 2003 to 2007, Ms. Alberdi was an elected Deputy in the Madrid Assembly. Sheserved as an expert for the Equal Opportunities Unit of the European Commission on thenetworks Family and Work and Diversification of Occupational Choices for Women (1998–2000) and worked for the Inter-American Bank as Adviser for Women in Development(1989–1990). She also served as a Member of the Board of INSTRAW, the United NationsInternational Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (1986–1989).Inés Alberdi is the fourth Executive Director of UNIFEM. She succeeds Noeleen Heyzer ofSingapore (1994–2007), Sharon Capeling-Alakija of Canada (1989–1994) and MargaretSnyder of the USA (1978–1989).
