Vanessa Brown is an international consultant with extensive experience and in-depth knowledge in research, training, and education on gender and intersectionality. With a solid academic and professional background in sociology and political science, she specializes in transforming institutional cultures through gender perspectives and intersectional frameworks. She works globally, with experience in South American contexts, to promote Women, Peace and Security (WPS), Youth, Peace, and Security, Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus), and intersectionality in order to address systemic inequalities in peace and insecurity and resist national backsliding on gender justice.