PROFILE

Gabriela Ramos is the Assistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences of UNESCO, where she oversees the contributions of the institution to build inclusive and peaceful societies. Her agenda includes the achievement of social inclusion and gender equality, advancing youth development; promotion of values through sports; anti-racism and anti-discriminatory agenda and ethics of artificial intelligence.

Ms. Ramos previously served as the Chief of Staff and Sherpa to the G20/G7/APEC in the OECD, the Director of the OECD Office in Mexico and Latin America, and worked in the Mexican Foreign Service.

In 2019, she launched the Business for Inclusive Growth (B4IG) platform, bringing together 40 major multinational companies committed to reducing inequalities.

Ms. Ramos was decorated with the Ordre du Merit by the President of France. Her work to promote gender equality earned her the 2017 and 2018 Forbes Excellence award as well as being named in Apolitical’s 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy in 2018 and 2019.

She is member of the board of the Paris Peace Forum, UNICEF Advisory Board, the Lancet Commission on Gender-Based Violence and Maltreatment of Young People, and the Lancet Commission on COVID-19.

Ms. Ramos is a Fulbright and Ford McArthur fellow, and a graduate of the Ibero-American University of Mexico City.