If you have ever watched a beehive, you would have noticed that it operates through coordination. Each bee plays a role in a system based on communication, cooperation, and a shared purpose. In a similar way, institutional responses to violence against women require coordination and a comprehensive approach. Based on this promise, the 2025 Regional Policy Dialogue entitled … [Read more...] about Five Priorities for a Coordinated and Comprehensive Approach to Violence Against Women
Denisse Wolfenzon
Denisse Wolfenzon is a consultant in the Citizen Security Division at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), where she works on the prevention of violence and crime against women and populations in vulnerable situations. She also specializes in incorporating gender and diversity approaches into the division’s loan operations. Before joining the IDB, Denisse served as a Gender and Health Specialist in the Equity, Gender, and Cultural Diversity Division at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). She also worked in the Gender Division of the World Bank, as well as in civil society organizations, including The National Network to End Domestic Violence in the United States and APROPO in Peru, where she contributed to improving the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and youth. Denisse holds a degree in Economics from the University of Lima (Peru), a master’s degree in International Relations from Columbia University (New York, USA), and a master’s degree in Gender Equality in Development from the Universitat Central de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain).