Luciana Fainstain Patiño

Dedicated gender and diversity leader with over 15 years of experience at the global, regional and local levels, in multilateral banking, academia, government, and civil society, I bring a proven track record of advancing transformative initiatives. I offer in-depth expertise in contemporary gender and diversity issues, with a strong ability to maneuver intricate policy environments and involve diverse individuals in bringing about change. As a leader, whether in a formal or informal capacity throughout my gender-related journey, I have consistently fostered synergistic engagement environments, collaborated with diverse stakeholders, and demonstrated a strategic and creative approach to driving initiatives. My strong interpersonal and communication skills have allowed me to influence stakeholders at all levels, from senior management to external partners. I have effectively represented organizations at high-level external events and prioritized gender and diversity issues on knowledge agendas. My collaborative efforts have resulted in multi-year action plans and inclusive organizational change.

As a Gender and Inclusion Executive at CAF, I have:

- Participated in the origination of more than 50 operations and ensured gender-mainstreaming;
-Successfully pleaded for the earmarking of at least 1% of project's funds to finance stronger Gender Action Plans;
-Updated CAF's Gender Safeguard to new standards and installed the paradigm of do-more-good instead of do-no-harm, and incorporated gender risks into the social and environmental risk assessment documents and procedures;

-Developed the corporate methodology to measure the gender-responsiveness and the gender-evaporation during the lifecycle of the projects;

-Led several initiatives in collaboration with the Human Capital Department to drive organizational change towards a culture with zero tolerance for gender discrimination.

As the Coordinator of the MA in Gender and Equality Policies Program of Flacso Uruguay, I:

-Led the team that designed and implemented the first academic degree on Gender in Uruguay;
-Coordinated a Thesis Tutor's team that improved for three consecutive years the indicators of terminal efficiency of the MA.

In my role as the Advisor to the Director of the Women's Institute of Uruguay, I:

-technically represented the Director of Inmujeres in the discussion tables during the installation of the Uruguayan Care system and contributed to eliminate numerous gender biases;
-Led the process of training and discussion of Gender-Sensitive Budget Initiatives and directly contributed to the decision of the authorities to open a project line in the structure of the National Budget to charge the State's expenditures in gender and diversity

As the Gender Advisor to the Uruguayan Minister of Social Development, I successfully integrated affirmative actions in several programs ands policies, previously gender-blind.

Uruguay, Argentina

-Selected as the representative of Uruguay by the Women in Public Service Project to participate in the first Women's Leadership Institute in Latin America (United States Secretary of State & Woodrow Wilson Center, California, March 2013, 120 hours).

-Received the Crear Award for innovation and best human resource management practices - August 2011