4th Global Conference

16-19 May 2016 • Copenhagen, Denmark

4th Global Conference

16-19 May 2016 • Copenhagen, Denmark

Giselle Carino

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Giselle is the Regional Director for IPPF/WHR. In previous positions, Giselle served as the Deputy Director, and as the Director of Programs – Universal Access and led the Safe Abortion Team. Under her tenure, Member Associations more than doubled abortion service provision and dedicated funding. She also provided support to initiatives in the areas of gender-based violence, emergency contraception, and mobile health units.

Prior to joining IPPF/WHR in 2000, Giselle worked for the Inter-American Parliamentary Group on Population and Development, where she developed policy briefings, proposed regulations, and trained Latin American and Caribbean members of Parliament and other policymakers on sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Giselle received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in Argentina and has a Master of Public Administration from New York University. She is a co-founder and past coordinator of the Latin American Consortium Against Unsafe Abortion, where she serves as Advisory Member, and part of the Board of Directors of Women’s Link Worldwide, the Safe Abortion Action Fund, andCatholics for the Right to Decide/Mexico.