Marianela Pinales

Marianela Pinales is the executive president of the Centro de Estudios y Acción Social por la Mujer (CE-MUJER), an organization dedicated to addressing gender-based violence and advocating for women's rights. Recently, she has been in the news discussing the alarming rise in feminicides in her country, emphasizing the need for educational reforms to combat ingrained machismo culture among youth. Pinales advocates for a strategic approach to violence prevention and has called for greater involvement from the Ministry of Education to help reduce gender-based violence and protect women from their aggressors.