Karen Arévalo Calle

Undergraduate degree in International Relations

2020 - 2025

Pontifical University of Peru - (PUCP)

Full scholarship and studying the 7th Cycle of the International Relations degree course.

European Studies

Summer School 2021

Ludwig Maximilian University of Münich - Germany

Full scholarship. I completed the summer course on the European Union, its actors and future projections.

Management Assistant

2020-2021

Peruvian Business Institute - (IPN)

Full scholarship. I completed the degree in Management and Business assistant.

A-Gente de Cambio

2019

Participation in the course "A-Gente of Change, Capacity Building for Youth Participation", organised by the National Youth Secretariat.

Training in "Social skills and youth" with emphasis on: Youth Focus and Socio-emotional Skills.

Congress of the Republic

2020-2021

Participation, Outreach and Citizen Liaison Office.

• Women and Politics: Background, evolution, obstacles and expectations of women's political participation in Peru.
• Women's Rights and Opportunities: Women's and family rights, violence against women and measures to tackle this problem.
• Political and Citizen Participation: Conceptual scope and importance of democracy and citizen participation.

Bicentennial Project

2021-2022

• Leadership
• Dialogue and Reconcilation
• Hospitality

Model United Nations

• Speech and Negotiation Practice

World Savings Week Financial Rally (Superintendencia de Banca y Seguros (SBS) y AFP)

• Knowledge, skills and attitudes to make sound financial decisions and to recruit staff.

Spanish

Mother Tongue

English

Advanced

Portuguese

Advanced

French

Intermediate

Chinese

Basic

• MS Office Professional (Word, Excel and Power Point)
• Canva
• Procreate
• Video editing and social media management
• Drive

Research Assistant

2022

IDEI PUCP- Institute of International Studies

Report writing and research assistance. Project: the state of democracy in Latin America.

Intercultural Promoter

2022

Peruvian Ministry of Culture

Report writing, assistance and planning of cultural events and programmes.

Young Parliamentarian

2022

Peruvian Youth Parliament

Member of Parliament for the Ucayali Region. Representation and public debate in the Peruvian Congress.

Co-host in collaboration with Markham College at "Americas Regional Conference 2019"

2019

Round Square Exchange Programme

I contributed to the organisation of the event in Chincha-Ica, taking full responsibility for managing the logistics of the conference, planning the programme, recruiting participants and producing registration documentation.

Youth Speaker

2019

Regional Youth Forum - SENAJU, Ucayali

Public participation and debate on the grounds of elaboration of proposals in the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals in: Gender Equality, Climate Action and Reducing Inequalities.

Programme Management, Event Planning and Initiatives

2021

NGO Sin Tabúes (No Taboos)

Part of the Programmes and Initiatives board, responsible for research, formulation, development and implementation of projects.

Tele-Guide

2021

World BankWFP, UNDP and the UN Volunteers Programme: Nurturing Hopes, Protecting Families

Nutrition and social protection tele-guidance support to the process of cash transfers to refugee and migrant families.

Youth Delegate

2019

Participation in the National Youth Meeting organised by the National Secretariat of Youth.

I contributed to the research and development for the elaboration of the National Youth Policy with SUPREME DECREE No. 013-2019-MINEDU, presented to the Congress of the Republic on 23 September 2019. With the aim of certifying the regulatory and institutional framework of the Youth Law No. 27802 that guides the actions of the State and society in terms of youth policy, promoting the conditions of participation and democratic representation of young people.

Member of the people and peace team

2020

United Peruvian Youth

Youth organisation that promotes the participation of young people in leadership activities that contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and democracy. I am a member of the "People and Peace" area, seeking to promote research. I write articles related to SDGs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 16 and 17 and, in particular, political and citizen participation.

Directorate of Publications

2020

Internacia

Opinion writer and researcher for the newsletter of Internacia Magazine. A magazine that disseminates international relations and the national scene.

Research and Publications Assistant

2021

Sisterhood of Internationalists

I am a writer of posts and articles on governance, democracy, cooperation, international trade and international relations.

Pontifical Universitie of Peru

2020-2023

Sisterhood of Internationalists

• OPROSAC Letras (Article published in Boletín .edu on women, education and politics in Peru)
• Centro Federado de Estudios Generales Letras (Policy Commission, Defence Commission, Letras Saludable, Culture Commission).
• Centro Federado de Ciencias Sociales (Policy and Event Committee, Women and Diversities Committee)
• Gender Week (Academic Commission, Communications Commission)
• Centro Federado de Ciencias Sociales - Vice-President MD 2023

World Bank

2021

• World Bank Summit 2021 (A sustainable future for East Asia)

United Nations

2021

• UNCTAD Barbados 2021
• The Gender and Development Forum 2021
• Civil Society Forum 2021