Executive Director, World Federation of the Deaf
Pamela Molina is Chilean and is currently the World Federation of the Deaf Executive Director. She participated in the drafting process of the United Nations Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and has over 17 years of work experience in the international human rights field. She was the Disability Rights Specialist for the Rapporteurship on the rights of persons with disabilities at the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights and at the Organization of American States for 14 years. She holds a Master's in Disability Studies from the University of Illinois in Chicago.
Ms. Molina is a recognized advocate, speaker and capacity building trainer on disability rights, deaf women’s rights, linguistic rights, and minorized groups' rights. She has also published several articles on these matters.