Inés Alberdi
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Inés Alberdi is the Executive Director of UNIFEM
and has been a noted academic, policy advisor and policy maker on family and women’s issues.
in the Madrid Assembly (2003 to 2007); at the Equal Opportunities Unit of the European Commission on the networks Family and Work and Diversification of Occupational Choices for Women (1998–2000); Advisor to the Inter-American Bank as Adviser for Women in Development
(1989–1990); Associate Researcher at George Washington University, Washington, DC (1988–1989); Member of the Board of INSTRAW, the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (1986–1989); Professor of Sociology at Madrid University and Director for Research at the Centre for Sociological Research (1992–1993); Visiting Scholar in the Department of Sociology at Georgetown University, Washington, DC (1978–1979)
, is the governor of the Bank of Spain and her sister is a former Social Affairs Minister Cristina Alberdi
. She has two children.
UNIFEM
The United Nations Development Fund for Women, commonly known as UNIFEM was established in December 1976 originally as the Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for Women in the International Women's Year. Its first director was Dr. Margaret Snyder, Ph.D...
and has been a noted academic, policy advisor and policy maker on family and women’s issues.
Career
Her previous posts have included the following work: Deputy for the Spanish Socialist Workers' PartySpanish Socialist Workers' Party
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...
in the Madrid Assembly (2003 to 2007); at the Equal Opportunities Unit of the European Commission on the networks Family and Work and Diversification of Occupational Choices for Women (1998–2000); Advisor to the Inter-American Bank as Adviser for Women in Development
Women in Development
Women in Development is an approach to development projects that emerged in the 1970s, calling for treatment of women's issues in development projects...
(1989–1990); Associate Researcher at George Washington University, Washington, DC (1988–1989); Member of the Board of INSTRAW, the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (1986–1989); Professor of Sociology at Madrid University and Director for Research at the Centre for Sociological Research (1992–1993); Visiting Scholar in the Department of Sociology at Georgetown University, Washington, DC (1978–1979)
Family
Her husband, Miguel Ángel Fernández OrdóñezMiguel Ángel Fernández Ordóñez
Miguel Ángel Fernández Ordóñez is a Spanish economist and politician, member of the Socialist Workers' Party and current Governor of the Bank of Spain. He is the younger brother of Francisco Fernández Ordóñez, also a Socialist politician, and he is married to Inés Alberdi.He was born in Madrid in...
, is the governor of the Bank of Spain and her sister is a former Social Affairs Minister Cristina Alberdi
Cristina Alberdi
Cristina Alberdi is a Spanish politician and lawyer.Graduating in Law, from 1970 she was a lawyer of the Colegio de Abogados , and in 1975 organized a feminist legal group...
. She has two children.
Publications
- Alberdi, Inés (2007) Los hombres jóvenes y la paternidad (Fundación BBVA, Madrid),
- Alberdi, Inés (2005) Violencia: Tolerancia cero (with Luis Rojas Marcos, Obra Social de la Fundación la Caixa, Barcelona)
- Alberdi, Inés (2000) Las mujeres jóvenes en España (Ediciones La Caixa, Barcelona).