Biography

Noemy Molina is a human rights lawyer with a degree from the Central American University José Simeón Cañas (UCA) in El Salvador, and a Master’s in Regional Development from El Colegio de la Frontera Norte in Mexico. She has over two decades of experience in academic and applied research, as well as in the design and implementation of international cooperation projects focused on the rights of vulnerable groups, including women, youth, persons with disabilities, LGTBI individuals, missing persons, and migrants. Her work has centered on creating inclusive and participatory processes in complex socio-political contexts. She has specialized in dialogue methodologies, conflict transformation, and multi-stakeholder consensus-building, to co-create sustainable and peaceful solutions to systemic challenges. In El Salvador, where civic space has faced increasing restrictions, she has led collaborative advocacy efforts aimed at transforming legal and public policy frameworks to advance human rights protections. Noemy’s research interests focus on the intersections of human mobility and human rights violations, analyzed through a gender-sensitive lens. Her main areas of expertise include international migration, human rights, women's rights, rights of vulnerable populations, conflict transformation, and peacebuilding.