Kristina Hinz
State University of Rio de Janeiro / FU Berlin Kristina Hinz is a researcher specialized in gender, security and violence in Brazil. Her research focuses on gender-based violence, police violence and organized crime. She served as a consultant to several international organizations for environmental protection. She is currently finishing her PhD
About this speaker
Kristina Hinz is a researcher specialized in gender, security and violence in Brazil. Her research focuses on gender-based violence, police violence and organized crime.
She has served as a consultant to several international organizations for environmental protection and women’s rights in Latin America and the Middle East. Most notably, she advised the German Association for Development (GIZ) on its cooperation projects with the Brazilian Amazon Fund, the world's largest climate fund, on issues related to women’s tights, inclusive participation, land ownershio and management, and Indigenous Peoples' rights. In Jordan, she worked together with local reseachers and advised co-jointly the GIZ on women's rights and masculinities in the Jordan and Western countries.
She published her research in peer-reviewed journals. She is a regular contributor to different media outlets and writes her own column Women in Dark Times: Feminist Perspectives on Security, Violence and Organized Crime.
