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Irene Valarezo Cordova

Irene Valarezo Cordova

Consultant, United Nations Population Fund

Irene Valarezo Córdova is a 31-year-old internationalist and political scientist. She is a woman with cerebral palsy and an activist for the rights of persons with disabilities. She is an agent of change for social inclusion and a lecturer, through which she has realized her advocacy for changing the paradigm of approaching disability and human rights. She is also the first woman to practice Framerunning in Ecuador. Currently, she works as a consultant for disability issues in the United Nations Population Fund office in Ecuador. For Irene, disability is nothing more than another of the particularities of human diversity; and inclusion is just one more step to achieving a true coexistence among all people.

Family of 7 posing for a photo in Ecuador.
Family of 7 posing for a photo in Ecuador.