Dr. Gloria Bonder

Dr. Gloria Bonder graduated in Psychology, University of Buenos Aires and also has an MA in Gender and Education, Department of Education, University of Cambridge, UK.

Since 2001 she has directed the Gender, Society and Policies Area based in the Latin American Post Graduate Institute of Social Sciences, FLACSO-Argentina where she coordinates the regional programmes: The E-learning Master´s Programme on Gender, Society and Public Policies (PRIGEPP – www.prigepp.org) and The UNESCO Regional Chair on Women, Science and Technology in Latin America (www.catunescomujer.org).
She also coordinates the Global Network of UNESCO Chairs on Gender (www.catunescomujer.org/globalnetwork).

Dr. Gloria Bonder has undertaken a great deal of research and written publications on gender and education, communication, science and technology and also on young people. She is a consultant for various international organisations including: ECLAC, UN WOMEN, UNICEF, DAW (UN), OAS, UNESCO, UNDP, IDRC, PAHO, PROLID-IADB. Gloria Bonder is also a consultant for universities and for different Latin American government organizations. She is a coordinating teacher on the seminar “Globalisation and gender. The Economic, Social Political and Social Dimensions. Tensions, Reactions and Emerging Proposals in Latin America”. She founded the Centre for Women´s Studies (CEM – Argentina) and was founding director of the Interdisciplinary Post Graduate on Women’s Studies, Faculty of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, between 1987 and 1999. She was also lecturer on the Women´s Studies Programme, University of Wisconsin, USA between January and May 2001 (Beca Tinker) and both a teacher and conference speaker at diverse universities worldwide.

Dr. Gloria Bonder is coordinator of the Communication Programme of Women and/in Science, Technology and Productive Innovation for the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovative Production of Argentina. She is an active member of the Iberoamerican Women´s network of Leaders. She has also been recognized as one of the “60 women of the world” selected by UNESCO for her contribution to the work of the organisation.