Ana Cristina González-Vélez is a Colombian Medical Doctor with over 25 years’ experience. She holds a master's degree in Social Research in Health as well as a PhD in Bioethics, Applied Ethics and Collective Health.

A renowned international expert and leader in the field of health and sexual and reproductive rights, the right to health, and gender equality. Dr. González has held several positions across the spectrum of her profession: as a service provider, policy formulator, researcher, international advisor, activist and teacher on “health law” at the Faculty of Medicine.

Dr. González is the former national public health director in Colombia and co-founder of La Mesa por la Vida y la Salud de las Mujeres and the Medical Group for The Right to Decide in Colombia. She pioneered the Causa Justa movement of Colombia that established the most liberal abortion law in Latin America and the Carribean. She is also part of the regional coalition “Articulación Feminista Marcosur" and was recently included as one of 100 most influential people in the TIME100 list of 2022.

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