Renata Hessmann Dalaqua

Head of Programme Gender and Disarmament
  • renata.hessmann
    dalaqua@un.org
  • @redalaqua

Renata is the Head of the Gender and Disarmament Programme at UNIDIR. Before joining UNIDIR, she was the Deputy Director of Projects at the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI), where she worked for six years.

A recipient of the United Nations Women Scholarship for Peace, Renata has conducted research and published on international cooperation on security, disarmament, nonproliferation and arms control, and nuclear energy governance. She holds a PhD in History and Politics from the Vargas Foundation, Brazil and a master’s degree in International Politics and Security from the University College of London, UK. She speaks English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.

Renata’s areas of expertise include gender and multilateral disarmament fora, nuclear energy policy-making and technology governance.