María Fernanda González Betancourt

Associate lawyer

Specialist in commercial law, strategic litigation and human rights with a gender perspective.

Education:

Specialty in Gender and Law, Faculty of Law of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (U.N.A.M.).

Bachelor of Law, Faculty of Law of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (U.N.A.M.).

Practice Areas:

Corporate risk prevention and strategic litigation.

Career Path:

Renaud Monroy Abogados.

Guerra-González Abogados, S.C. (2017-2018) and Renaud Monroy Abogados (2018-2023).

Probono Activities:

Currently, Ms. Betancourt is part of the Colectiva Fortissimas team that promotes the Gender Parity Law Initiative on Stages and Mass Festivals in Mexico; being in charge of research and legal strategy in matters of human rights, as well as editor of the initiative.

Likewise, it is part of the Saloma Social and Environmental Innovation Consulting Agency, in charge of legal strategies in Advocacy and Public Policy Design, Social Project Management, Intercultural, Sustainable and Care Approaches. The members of this consulting agency were in charge of cannabis regulation.

On the other hand, she is an advocate for women and pregnant people in the surrogacy procedure.

She is a workshop and reading circle guide at Casa Corazón.

Publications:

“The pathologization of the menstrual cycle and its impact on human rights”

Eva's Hip · Jun 7 2023 ; “Otherness or diversity? For the right to be different”

Eva's Hip · July 12 2023 ; “Separating spirituality from religion: strategy against patriarchy”

Eva's Hip · September 14 2023 ; “How to break the gender gap in the music industry in Mexico?”

Eva's Hip · Dec 27 2023; Palotogization conference of the menstrual cycle and its impact on the human rights of menstrual people at the First University Meeting: Gender and Human Rights of the Division of Graduate Studies of the Faculty of Law, UNAM.