Geraldina Guerra Garcés

Geraldina Guerra Garcés (born 1975) is an Ecuadorian women's rights activist and campaigner against femicide.

Geraldina Guerra Garcés
Addressing the National Assembly in 2024
Born	1975 (age 49–50) Ecuador
Alma mater	Universidad Central del Ecuador, Latino-Americana de Ciências Sociais
Occupation(s)	women's rights activist and campaigner against femicide
Years active	1990s–present
Employer	Latin American Association for Alternative Development (ALDEA)

Biography

Garcés was born in Ecuador in 1975^[1] and is based in Quito.^[2] She has a degree in social communication from the Universidad Central del Ecuador and a diploma in migration and development from the Latino-Americana de Ciências Sociais.^[3]

Garcés has worked as a women's right's activist for almost 20 years.^[3] She has said that “Latin America is the second deadliest region for women due to the number of femicides."^[2] For the Cartographies of Memory initiative, she tracks cases and maps the lives of femicide victims, aiming to increase the visibility of the crime in Ecuador.^[4][5] The campaign was featured in a BBC World Service documentary in 2022.^[6]

Garcés is also president of the Latin American Association for Alternative Development (ALDEA).^[7][8] She has collaborated with other initiatives such as the Latin American Network Against Gender Violence.^[2]

She was named a BBC 100 Woman in 2022.^[5][9][10]