
Laura Restrepo Acevedo
Member, Youth Leadership Council (Colombia)
Laura is an environmental and human rights lawyer. She was born in Colombia, a country she appreciates for its cultural and ecological richness, and where she has also learned ways to build peace amid a violent and unequal reality. Laura works with civil society organizations to promote the rights of Indigenous and Afro-Colombian people, women, and victims of armed conflict. She has supported women’s organizations participating in the truth and justice processes resulting from the peace accords in Colombia. Laura has a background as a researcher and is the founder of a foundation that promotes social projects to strengthen the culture, autonomy, land rights, and education of Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities.