Ana Peláez Biography

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Ana is the Executive Councillor for International Relations and External Development at the Spanish National Organisation of the Blind (ONCE), Executive Vice-President of the ONCE Foundation for Solidarity with Blind People in Latin America (FOAL), and Commissioner for Women’s Affairs at the Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Disabilities (CERMI).

She is also a Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), becoming the first woman with a disability to serve on the Committee.

Ana currently serves as Secretary-General of the EDF Executive and is also an advisor to its Women’s Committee.

Ana participated in the official Spanish delegation involved in the final drafting phase of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), as well as in the signing ceremony and the deposit of Spain’s instrument of ratification of the Convention.

She served two terms as a member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

In recognition of her contributions in this field, she was awarded the Order of Isabella the Catholic by His Majesty King Juan Carlos I of Spain.