Maria Herminia Graterol

Maria Herminia Graterol is a Venezuelan expert in international women’s human rights law, gender, and development. Her work centers on advancing women’s economic and social rights, with a particular focus on the right to education for women and girls. She has extensive experience providing training, conducting research, and supporting program evaluations for women’s rights and human rights organizations around the world. 

In recent years, she worked with Community Legal Centres Australia, the International Network to End Violence Against Women and Girls and the Alliance for Feminist Movements on various initiatives. In 2025, she finished her term as Board member of the Think+DO Tank Foundation (Australia) and as Co-chair of International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia-Pacific.