WELAC
Women in Economics in LAC
WELAC is a standing committee of LACEA whose goal is to promote the careers of female economists and monitor the status of women in the profession with the aim to promote gender equity in the field of economics.
Key Facts
WELAC
Mentorship Program
WELAC-LACEA RIDGE
Workshop
Projects
Organization
Raquel Fernández
Director of WELAC
Silver Professor of Economics
at New York University
Inés Berniell
WELAC Coordinator
CEDLAS
Executive Committee
Laura Alfaro
Harvard Business school
Adriana Camacho
University of Los Andes
Ana María Ibáñez
Inter-American
Development Bank
Renata Narita
University of São Paulo
Hugo Ñopo
The World Bank
Joana Silva
The World Bank
Silvana Tenreyro
The WELAC Network
WELAC has been actively promoting the creation of women in economics committees within the national economics associations of several countries. These committees have been established or are in the final stages of being established in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Uruguay. Along with the Bolivian women in economics committee, they are part of the WELAC Network.
Argentina
COMAE: Comité de Mujeres Argentinas en Economía. This is the women economists’ committee of the Asociación Argentina de Economía Política (AAEP)
Committee chairs: Lucila Berniell, María Edo, & Cynthia Moskovits
Bolivia
BOWEN: Bolivian Women in Economcs Network. This is the women economists’ committee of the Sociedad de Economistas de Bolivia (SEBOL)
Committee chairs: Andrea Alcaraz & Liliana Serrate Mendía
Webpage: www.bowensebol.org
Brazil
Rede de Mulheres Economistas do Brasil. This is the women economists’ committee of the Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia (ANPEC)
Committee chairs: Paula Pereda, Fabiana Rocha, & Solange Ledi
Chile
REM Chile: Red de Economistas Mujeres de Chile. This is the women economists’ committee of the Sociedad de Economía de Chile (Sechi)
Committee chairs: Sofia Correa, Andrea Repetto, Sofia Bauducco, & Francisca Pérez
Colombia
This is the women economists’ committee of the Asociación Colombiana de Facultades y Departamentos de Economía (Afadeco)
Committee chairs: Adriana Camacho Gonzalez, & Maria Del Pilar López Uribe
Uruguay
Comité sobre la Situación de las Mujeres en Economía en Uruguay. This is the women economists’ committee of the Sociedad de Economistas del Uruguay (SEU)
Committee chairs: Verónica Amarante & Ana Balsa