Carolina Caza (She/Elle/Ella)

Experience

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  OLADE - Organización Latinoamericana de Energía

  Aug 2014 - Jan 2015

  Pasante del departamento legal
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  Centro de Asistencia Legal UDLA

  Feb 2016 - Aug 2016

  Internship, Paralegal

  - Provide support in different types of consultations free of charge to the community. - Offer legal advice services and sponsorship of cases aimed at vulnerable groups, survivors of gender-based violence and people with complex economic situations.Areas of law in which this service is offered:CivilChildhood and AdolescenceImmigrationTax LawLaw of Tenancy

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  Gobierno Provincial de Pichincha

  Mar 2016 - Mar 2019

  Consultant

  - Accompany and implement project activities in the areas agreed with the person responsible for the Training Plan with emphasis on strengthening grassroots organizations in targeted communities, from an intercultural, gender-intersectional approach and adapted to the reality of each people and nationality.- Review and adapt training plans to local contexts.- Implement the organizational strengthening modules of the training plan.- Accompany partner institutions in the implementation of the training modules.- Identify local profiles for the role of trainer of trainers.- Identify potential allies and partners for the implementation of the training plan.- Participate in regional project trainings. - Consolidate the organizational productive base through the recognition of rights and their empowerment. - Legal advice and analysis within project management. - Construction of methodologies and action plans to contribute to the generation of policies, ordinances and instruments of economic, political and social impact. Show less

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  Ministerio de Telecomunicaciones y Sociedad de la Información

  Feb 2017 - Sept 2017

  Paralegal

  - Provide the legal support required by the Director of Sponsorship during the development of its activities, in order to ensure the correct application of the regulatory and legal framework applicable to the attributions and functions of the same.- Participate as secretary in the evaluation, selection and qualification meetings related to the bids carried out by the Ministry.- Prepare Minutes, Resolutions, Contracts and other legal documents.- To provide support in the elaboration of the Agreements entered into with Municipalities, Provincial Governments, Communities, etc.- Support in the elaboration of legal criteria requested by the Program General on matters and activities within the Program's competence.- Support the Management Team in legal issues related to the Operating Manual for Financial Administrative Management and the public procurement law and other aspects that require legal assistance. Show less

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  UNICEF Ecuador

  May 2018 - Aug 2018

  Consultant

  Generation of a baseline on the weaknesses and strengths of lawyers for children and adolescents who have been victims of sexual violence.

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  SALVAS Ecuador

  Aug 2019 - now

  Director of Gender, Humanitarian Action and Communication

  - Guarantee the execution of high quality and profitable programs and projects in Ecuador.- Provide technical assistance for the incorporation of the gender approach, humanitarian action in the programs implemented by the Organization. - Provide technical assistance to SALVAS for gender mainstreaming, prevention of gender-based violence and promotion of sexual survivors empowerment in all actions carried out by SALVAS in Ecuador. - Ensure the incorporation of the gender approach in all SALVAS humanitarian response strategy management in Ecuador. - Contribute to the expansion and consolidation of SALVAS projects at the national level, as well as monitor the possibilities of expansion in LATAM, representing the organization with donors and government representatives at the national and local levels.- Define educational-communication strategies of impact. - Participation in the GTRM protection board. - Construction of portfolios of proposals and projects for diversification of income, sources, channels and allies and a plan and strategies for monitoring by segments, communication, retention and management of allies and public, private, corporate and business donors. corporate and business donors.- Manage and develop the relationship strategy and growth of public partnerships with multilateral organizations, development agencies, chambers of commerce and governments, public-private partnerships, intersectoral alliances, among others. Show less

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  Consejo Noruego para Refugiados - NRC

  Oct 2019 - Dec 2020

  ICLA Technical Assistant

  -Contribute to legal strategies and activities to provide information, orientation and legal assistance services in an efficient and timely manner.- Implementation of information, orientation and legal assistance activities for refugees, migrants and persons in need of international protection (PNPI) in offices and through transfers to assigned communities/locations, with emphasis on the registration and regularization process and access to rights and services.- Identify, document, attend, attend, refer and follow up on cases in the framework of the work developed. - Enter information into and maintain updated database(s) of beneficiary population and NRC activities, and ensure proper archiving of documents.- Properly apply and file the tools for collecting, evaluating and systematizing information on the activities carried out, as well as the means of verification. - Prepare quantitative and narrative reports on the activities implemented.- Provide inputs to prepare documents on the main obstacles faced by the migrant and refugee population in accessing rights, services and the process of registration and regularization of migration. - Information, counseling and legal assistance (ICLA) in projects financed by the Bureau of Population, Migration and funded by the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (BPRM Colombia, Venezuela), The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (NMFA) and the Unidad para la Atención y Reparación de las Víctimas Colombia (UARIV). - Opening of NRC office Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Show less

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  CISP América Latina y El Caribe

  Dec 2020 - Jul 2021

  National legal advisor

  - Implementation of the project "Comprehensive Protection and Humanitarian Assistance to border population, displaced, returnees and migrants with multiple ffectations in Venezuela, in Colombia and Ecuador", led by CISP and financed by the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations Department - ECHO and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).- Provide legal and technical advice at the national level to families in need of special protection in each territory for access to immigration regularization and asylum possibilities.- Provide legal and technical advice to families in its territory of operations in terms of services and processes of special protection for children and adolescents.- Participate in the case analysis roundtables for the identification of risks and case management to ensure the integrity of children and adolescents in a situation of human mobility and in need of special protection.- Advise families on the implementation of alternative methods of conflict resolution. - Legal accompaniment to survivors of gender-based violence and protection of children and adolescents.- Lead teams in territories and represent CISP in the territories in meetings with decentralized agencies.- Maintain an updated database of the activities carried out in relation to the beneficiary population.- Respect for humanitarian principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality, operational independence. Show less

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  Proyecto Transgénero

  Oct 2021 - Jan 2022

  Consultant

  - Provide legal advice for the protection and access to rights of people in a situation of human mobility in conditions of high vulnerability, with emphasis on priority groups and their families.- Legal accompaniment in public or private agencies to cases of people in human mobility who are in a situation of high vulnerability, with emphasis on priority groups. - Participation in local and national advocacy spaces to contribute to the protection of the rights of people in a situation of human mobility.- Coordinate with the consortium team the processes to unify approaches to care in the legal field; and establish local inter-institutional agreements, aimed at optimizing the service to the population.- Generate spaces for dialogue with the beneficiary population of the project, including children, youth, adults, seniors (women and men, with special emphasis on LGBTI+ population) in human mobility and who meet vulnerability criteria that require humanitarian assistance. - Support the development of awareness-raising sessions, talks or workshops on migration risks, human trafficking, sexual exploitation or violence, gender-based violence, among others. - Keep an adequate record of the data of the beneficiaries who receive humanitarian assistance from the organization at an individual or collective level. - Contribute to the preparation of periodic reports on progress in achieving the goals established in the project. Show less

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  Secretaría de Derechos Humanos

  Feb 2022 - Aug 2022

  - Elaborate and supervise the follow-up of the work plan and schedule of activities, following the deadlines established in the general project schedules. - Design and ensure the proper implementation and management of the Project: organization and supervision of the team; strategic planning; elaboration, coordination and implementation of annual work plans; monitoring and evaluation strategy; knowledge management; reporting; visibility; budget execution of the Projects, in coordination with the technical team. - Prepare and follow up on the implementation of work plans and periodically monitor the budgets of financial resources available to the project, supervising procurement plans and periodic monitoring of the same, based on regulations and public operational guidelines.- Oversee the formulation, implementation and evaluation of all activities, under the results-based management approach methodology.- Identify risks that could affect the achievement of expected impacts and each of its implementation proposals, and the definition and application of corresponding mitigation strategies.- Facilitate inter-institutional relations and effective communication between the Institution and organizations that support its implementation, planning, coordinating, participating and attending work meetings, workshops, meetings, seminars, field work, and other related events.- Prepare and/or review the contents of reports according to requirements, publications and other written or audiovisual materials to ensure a good quality of the final products, based on periodic information on the progress and programmatic and administrative requirements of the projects.- Provide technical inputs (presentations, relevant data, summaries, etc.) on LGBTI+ economic empowerment when required, supervising the collection and systematization of information and data, as well as the elaboration of documents, presentations and other thematic materials. Show less

  • Project Manager

    Feb 2022 - Aug 2022

  • Human Rights Culture Promotion Specialist

    Feb 2022 - Mar 2022
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  Women Deliver

  Nov 2022 - Aug 2023

  In charge of coordinating the first Latin America and Caribbean meeting, where Young Leaders can meet virtually with other Young Leaders and Women Deliver staff, and develop key skills for their advocacy efforts.

  • Young Leader

    Jun 2020 - Aug 2023

  • LAC PLANNING COMMITTEE

    Nov 2022 - Mar 2023
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  Secretaría de Inclusión Social

  Aug 2023 - Dec 2023

  Coordinadora del Centro de Equidad y Justicia Los Chillos
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  UNODC

  Oct 2023 - Nov 2023

  Consultora
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  TAG International

  Nov 2023 - Mar 2024

  Gender Advisor
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  International Rescue Committee

  Nov 2023 - Dec 2023

  Consultor independiente

  Generación de Entrenamientos sobre violencia sexual: atención informada sobre el trauma para profesionales de la salud, trabajadores/as humanitarios y servidores/as públicos

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  CAF -banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe-

  Jan 2024 - Apr 2024

  Consultor independiente
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  Cruz Roja Ecuatoriana

  Feb 2024 - Apr 2024

  Consultor independiente

  Fortalecimiento de capacidades para personal CRE - activación de código púrpura (VBG) y código gris (tratos inhumanos y graves violaciones a los derechos humanos)

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  Fiscalía General del Estado Ecuador

  Mar 2024 - Oct 2024

  Experta en género
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  Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano

  Jan 2025 - now

  Consultora

  Implementación del Plan de Acción de Género del proyecto “Implementando el Sistema de Transparencia Climática de Ecuador” (CBIT - Capacity-building Initiative for Transparency), asegurando la incorporación del enfoque de género en los productos y actividades del proyecto, especialmente en el Registro Nacional de Cambio Climático.

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  ONUDI Cono Sur

  Mar 2025 - Mar 2025

  Consultor

  Talleres: Género, Industria y Clima Quito y GuayaquilObjetivo generalFacilitar un espacio breve pero significativo de sensibilización sobre la equidad de género en el sector ambiental-industrial, promoviendo la reflexión y la participación paritaria en igualdad de condiciones de grupos históricamente excluidos.Objetivos específicos• Sensibilizar sobre la participación de las mujeres y población LGBTIQ+ en el sector, identificando barreras y oportunidades.• Promover el diálogo y la reflexión mediante actividades interactivas que recojan percepciones y experiencias de las personas participantes.• Proponer estrategias de diversidad, género e inclusión.• Recoger insumos para futuras acciones que fortalezcan la equidad de género en el sector. Show less