Bio

Belén Valencia Castro is a transfeminist and an active member of the Institute for Ecuadorian Studies’ research and pedagogical-political training team. Belén is also a part of the Observatory of Rural Change. She’s specialized in topics such as gender, sexuality, reproductive and care work, and feminisms. She primarily works with indigenous and peasant women from different organizations and social movements in the Sierra and Costa regions. Belén also conducts research about migrant laborers in digital delivery platforms in Ecuador, with a theoretical framework that seeks to investigate body, migration, borders, and labor from the digital lens.