Gabriela Dutra Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Remote

Translated, edited, and advised on over 50 documents, including books, publications, business communications, press releases, and presentations. Clients include international organizations such as the UNDP and the OAS, the private sector, religious organizations, and non-profits.

Panamá, Panama

Independent consultant. Technical support on public policy on violence prevention, citizen security, rule of law, and democratic governance in more than five countries in Latin America. UN agencies and other international donors.

Panama City, Panama

• Provided technical and administrative support to the UNDP regional team, UNDP country offices, and regional projects. Field missions in Brazil, Panama, El Salvador, Trinidad, and Colombia.
• Managed communication with other teams, UN agencies, donors, and public stakeholders.
• Drafted project proposals, memorandum of understanding, concept notes, and program reports
• Managed UNDP's regional roster of specialists. Oversaw consultants' contracts and deliverables.
• Advised on the creation of local committees for violence prevention, local violence observatories, and local plans for citizen security in Brazil and Panama.
• Coordinated the UNDP regional security and justice academic programs portfolio with courses designed for public actors, media, the private sector, and civil society. Implemented courses in Guatemala, Bolivia, Panama.

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

• Supported the implementation of the Children and Youth in Organized Armed Violence (COAV) project with comparative and qualitative research on Mobilization, Disarmament, and Social Integration (MDI).
• Assisted the implementation of projects in three communities (Maré, Pavão-Pavãozinho, and Cantagalo).
• Represented the project on the Commission for the Defense of Human Rights and Citizenship of the state's Legislative House, on Community Safety Councils, and National Security Conferences meetings held in Rio de Janeiro.
• Rapporteur of the I National Conference on Policemen’s Human Rights organized by the Brazilian Bar Association.

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Supported the implementation of the National Disarmament Caravan project, mobilizing civil society and public actors for the Ministry of Justice's national campaign for civilian disarmament.

Courses Towards M.A. In Development Policy

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Relations

Academic Exchange, Political Science

Scholarship Award: Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) from the Government of Canada.