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Maureen Meyer, Vice President for Programs, Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
“From deterrence to protection: Assessing U.S. policies towards migrants at the U.S. - Mexico border and beyond

Light refreshments will be served at 5:30 p.m.

The 2023 MAS Alvarez Seminar will take place over the months of February and March 2023: The topic is Global Migration and Challenges at the U.S. - Mexico Border. 

Maureen Meyer works with WOLA’s program directors to develop policy priorities and strategies to advance human rights and social justice in Latin America.  Prior to assuming this role in 2020, she spent 14 years leading WOLA’s Mexico program with a special focus on analyzing U.S.-Mexico security cooperation, criminal justice and public security reforms, anti-corruption efforts, human rights, and the situation facing migrants and asylum-seekers in Mexico and at the U.S.-Mexico border. From 2006 to 2013 Ms. Meyer also supported WOLA’s work on human rights and democracy in Central America. 

She is a member of the Mexican-based Collective for Analysis of Security with Democracy. She has extensive experience addressing human rights, security cooperation, border security and migration issues and works closely with various human rights and migrant rights organizations and networks in the region. 

Before joining WOLA in 2006, Ms. Meyer lived and worked for five years in Mexico City, primarily with the Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez Human Rights Center. Previously she was an International Development Fellow with the Catholic Relief Services in the Dominican Republic. She has an M.A. in International Development from American University and a B.A. in Anthropology and Spanish from the University of Arizona. 
 

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