Helena Morais Maceira is an expert on Gender Mainstreaming. She works at the European Institute for Gender Equality as a Researcher on Gender Mainstreaming.

Currently she is involved in EIGE’s work on Gender Budgeting and the Economic Benefits of Gender Equality. Before joining EIGE, Helena worked as a Gender Expert for the Spanish Agency for Development Cooperation, several International NGOs and served as a consultant for UN Women.

She has a degree in Political Science and Public Administration and two Master’s Degree in Peace Studies and Human Rights and in Women’s studies and Gender Equality