Biography of the General Director of Children's and Adolescents' Rights

Lucía Losoviz Adani

General Director of Children's and Adolescents' Rights of the Ministry of Youth and Childhood

Functions

The General Directorate of Children's and Adolescents' Rights is responsible, within the scope of the competencies constitutionally reserved to the State and in cooperation with the autonomous communities, for the comprehensive promotion of the rights of children and adolescents.

Academic Training

Degree in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires. She holds an Executive MBA (European University - IEDE Business School), a Master's in Economic Development and International Aid (Complutense Institute of International Studies), and has completed courses as an Expert in European Gender Policies at the Complutense University of Madrid and Public Policy Analysis at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Professional Experience

Appointed General Director of Children's and Adolescents' Rights by Royal Decree 35/2022, January 11th.

She has extensive experience in the international non-governmental organizations sector, especially in children's and adolescents' rights, advocacy strategies, public policies for children, cooperation, and humanitarian action.

She has held the following positions: Country Coordinator in Argentina and, subsequently, head of the Cooperation and Humanitarian Action Department at Save the Children Spain. She has worked as a consultant on human rights, protection and child policies at Espirales Consultoría de Infancia. Until her appointment as General Director, she held the position of Head of Local Child Policies and Participation at UNICEF Spain.

She has coordinated and written several publications and work guides on the rights of children and adolescents. She has participated as an expert in numerous presentations, seminars and training courses.

Personal Profile

Born in Caracas (Venezuela) in 1975.

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Photo by Lucia Losoviz Adani