The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ latest Annual Report highlights key human rights trends and challenges across Latin America—two of which Optio is actively working to address: access to contraception and media harassment of women and girls accused of...
Lauren van der Walt Executive Director & Founder Lauren is a medical anthropologist who has spent the past two decades promoting the health and rights of women, children, refugees, immigrants and internally displaced populations. Prior to founding Optio, she...
Larissa Reyes Regional Director Larissa is a distinguished lawyer, graduating Magna Cum Laude from the National Autonomous University of Honduras. She holds an LLM in Human and Humanitarian Rights and an MA in Public International Law, both with distinction from...
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