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Conduct a Rapid Gender Analysis with a focus on inclusive conservation in Amazonian indigenous communities.

Conduct a strategic analysis of the regulatory and public policy framework of four value chains (metal-mechanics, textiles, agroindustry and forestry) to incorporate circular economy criteria through institutional arrangements.

Conduct a diagnosis and design strategies for gender mainstreaming in the energy sector initiatives of the Nationally Determined Contributions NDC within the framework of the Paris Agreement.

Within the framework of the project "Promotion of a Culture of Peace and Democracy through the strengthening of indigenous justice", financed by the European Union and Manos Unidas (Spain), I performed the following functions: - Research of theoretical and methodological tools to strengthen legal pluralism and the plurinational and intercultural State of Ecuador. - Systematization of the Intercultural Dialogue Roundtable held on December 10, 2021, with the participation of representatives of the Judiciary Council, ordinary judicial authorities and indigenous justice, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), Central Ecuadorian Agricultural Services (CESA) and the Central University of Ecuador (UCE). - Systematization of the Mesa Plural de Reflexión y Estudio del Pluralismo Jurídico held on November 14, 2022, with the participation of representatives from fifteen universities of Ecuador.

Systematization of the contributions made at the World Summit held in Quito, Ecuador, regarding the guarantee of sexual and reproductive rights (SRHR) and LGBTIQ+QI rights.

Developed a legal and social research on the process of defending the decriminalization of abortion in case of rape in Ecuador. Analysis and identification of the main achievements in terms of women's rights.

Prepared the weekly reports and monthly statements of Notary 16, addressed to the Judiciary Council, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Financial and Economic Analysis Unit (UAFE).

Systematized the Cycle of virtual conferences "Cities and Territories of Human Rights" in Ecuador, within the framework of the Sustainable Habitat Agenda 2036.

Conducted research of the Enabling Environment National Assessment (EENA)in Ecuador for the human rights to free association, free expression, and access toinformation and prepared the First Country Report.

Produced reports (Spanish & English) for the All Eyes on the Amazon (AEA) program(executed by 30 local and international organizations), about human and Indigenousrights, advocacy, and law enforcement.

Participated in the organization of training in Criminal Law for prosecutors and officials of the Judicial Function, in the Directorate of the Prosecutors School of the Attorney General's Office (FGE).

Analyzed the normative framework of human rights in the Ecuadorian municipal planning process of six laboratory cities of the Intermediate Sustainable Cities Program (PCIS) of GIZ (Ambato, Cuenca, Latacunga, Lago Agrio, Loja, and Portoviejo). I contributed to the design of concrete tools to incorporate the human rights approach in urban management.

- Drafted recommendations to prevent violence against women in the street.- Assisted in the preparation for the Andean Parliament sessions.

At the Legislative Technique Unit of the National Assembly, I did the verification of the constitutional requirements in the bills submitted and a summary of the bills filed during the legislative period 2017-2018.

Assisted in the registration of trademarks and patents, and in the preparation of opposition appeals filed before the Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property (IEPI), currently the National Service of Intellectual Rights (SENADI).

Collaborated in the drafting of lawsuits and follow-up of administrative law cases. I provided assistance in the preparation of trials and mediations.

Drafted administrative, civil, labor, and corporative claims.Organized legal paperwork in the archive and assisted in client interviews