Mónica Roa

Monica Roa is the founder and executive director of Bridges, a civil society organization dedicated to strengthening the strategic capacity of human rights and gender justice movements and fostering alignment across movements, regions and disciplines. Monica works with a diverse set of public and private actors to achieve social justice, human rights protection and gender equality by combining legal, policy and communications tools. She has extensive experience advocating for women's human rights, promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights, designing strategic litigation, working with the judiciary and promoting exchanges in the global south.