Marita Perceval

Senior Fellow

María Cristina (Marita) Perceval (she/her) is the current President of Feminists Without Borders in Argentina. Most recently, she was the Special Representative for Feminist Foreign Policy of Argentina. From 2021-2022, she served as the Secretary of Equality and Diversity of the Ministry of Women, Genders and Diversity of the Argentine Republic. Marita has held various Secretary and Under-Secretary positions in the Government of Argentina, including on portfolios regarding international cooperation on education and the promotion of human rights, focusing her work on the regulation of Argentina’s gender identity law and the launch of a support platform for women human rights defenders. In 2016, Marita became the Regional Director of UNICEF for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Notably, in 2012, Marita became the first female Permanent Representative of the Argentine Republic to the United Nations and was elected Vice President of the 69th General Assembly and Vice President of ECOSOC. She carried out two terms as a National Senator for the Province of Mendoza, serving as the first female President of the Defense Committee and creating the Women’s Caucus which coordinated to advance legislation informed by international women’s human rights law on the prevention of gender-based violence, combating human trafficking, promotion of sexual and reproductive health and rights.

As part of the inaugural class of the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative’s Visiting Fellows Program, Marita will focus her thought leadership and advocacy on strengthening regional efforts to advance feminist foreign policy with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean and documenting good practices in advancing this agenda at the sub-regional to multilateral levels.

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