Maíra Junqueira is a program officer in the foundation’s Brazil office. Prior to joining Ford, she was deputy executive director of Brazil Human Rights Fund, a position she held from 2015 to 2019, having joined the organization in 2006. Throughout her career, she has worked in international relations for NGOs, including at the World Social Forum Secretariat in 2001, its inaugural year.
Maíra has a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) and a master's degree in international relations from San Tiago Dantas (UNESP, UNICAMP, PUC-SP).
Maíra Junqueira
Maíra Junqueira
Program Officer, Brazil
Maíra Junqueira é diretora de programa no escritório do Brasil. Ela é formada em relações internacionais pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) e mestre em relação internacionais pelo Programa Santiago Dantas (UNESP, UNICAMP, PUC-SP). Trabalhou no Fundo Brasil de Direitos Humanos de 2006 a 2019, onde desde 2015 exerceu a função de diretora executiva. Antes de trabalhar no Fundo Brasil, atuou como articuladora de atores sociais, com ênfase na pauta política internacional da sociedade civil, em diferentes organizações, tais como na Secretaria Executiva do Fórum Social Mundial em 2001.

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