Ana Helena Chacón Echeverría

Senior Advisor on Public Policy and International Relations
ophi@qeh.ox.ac.uk
Ana Helena Chacon

Biography

Ana Helena Chacón Echeverría is a Senior Advisor on Public Policy and International Relations at OPHI. She leads the Executive Education programme for high-level officials and fosters strategic connections in Latin America and the Caribbean. She holds the honorary title of Inaugural MPI Ambassador for her ongoing commitment to international advocacy on multidimensional poverty reduction. 

She served as Vice President of the Republic of Costa Rica and head of the government's social sector (2014–2018), leading all efforts on poverty reduction, social inclusion and human development. She was the Ambassador of Costa Rica to the Kingdom of Spain (2018–2022), former Congresswoman (2006–2010) and former Vice minister of Security (2002–2005) of Costa Rica. Her life’s work has been dedicated to fighting for human rights as an activist, advocate, public official and decision maker.

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  • Education

    BA in International Relations, Universidad Latina de Costa Rica.

  • Publications

    Chacón, A. H. (2022). Costa Rica y el ODS 8, Avances, Interacciones y Retos. Diplomacia Siglo XXI (149). pp. 18.

    Chacón, A. H. (2020). Mujeres y diplomacia. Diplomacia Siglo XXI (127). pp. 24.

    Chacón, A.H. (2011). Violencia institucional. Estrategias y lineamientos para enfrentar y eliminar la violencia institucional contra las mujeres y la inseguridad en las instituciones policiales. Revista IIDH (54). pp. 89-97.

    Chacón, A.H. (2009). Retos de la Jurisdicción Constitucional y sus reformas. En Sala Constitucional y UNED, 20 años de Justicia Constitucional 1989-2009 (pp. 245-270). EUNED.