Who We Are

Gabriela Ramos is the Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences of UNESCO, where she oversees the institution's contributions to building inclusive societies. Her mandate includes tackling inequalities of income and opportunity and promoting social inclusion and gender equality. She also oversees the youth support agenda, the promotion of values through sport, the fight against racism and discrimination, and the ethics of science and technology. She oversaw the development and adoption of the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, the first global instrument of its kind, adopted by acclamation in 2021 by UNESCO's General Conference.



Previously, Gabriela Ramos worked as Cabinet Director and Sherpa for G20, G7, and APEC at the OECD, contributing to increasing the OECD's global impact and leading initiatives such as "Inclusive Growth" and "New Approaches to Economic Challenges". She is a board member of the Paris Peace Forum, the Lancet Commissions on COVID-19 and on Men's Violence against Women, and the Danone “Entreprise à Mission” Committee.