Silvia Mantilla
As Global Policy & Communications Manager, Silvia bridges WFA’s advocacy and visibility, overseeing its engagement at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and leading the organisation’s strategic communications and outreach.
Prior to joining WFA, she spent more than twelve years with United Nations agencies and programmes, spearheading communications and partnerships that delivered high-impact campaigns on sustainable development across three continents.
A political scientist by education, Silvia graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia before pursuing her postgraduate studies at the Università Iuav di Venezia in Italy.
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Silvia Mantilla
WFA champions animal welfare for sustainable development
At the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), the World Federation for Animals (WFA) and its members advocated for recognising animal welfare’s pivotal role ...
One year on since historic United Nations Animal Welfare Resolution
March 2nd, 2023 – The World Federation for Animals (WFA), representing 48 global animal protection organisations, has published a report one year on from the historic ...
In recent news: How climate change affects animals
We are living in a fast changing world with unprecedentedly high temperatures, floods, and droughts – something almost everyone has experienced in recent years. News ...
3 takeaways from the latest IPCC report
On 4 April 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the intergovernmental body tasked under the UN to act as a clearing house for scientific ...
A collective strategy to achieve global impact for animals by 2030
As members of the World Federation for Animals (WFA), leading animal protection organisations from across the globe have agreed on a joint strategy to improve ...
Three other UNEA-5 resolutions that you need to know
On 2 March 2022, the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA), the highest-level decision-making body on the environment adopted 14 resolutions to strengthen actions for nature. In ...
Historic UN resolution recognizes animal welfare’s role in sustainability
World Federation for AnimalsAfrican Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal ResourcesAfrica Network for Animal Welfare____________________________________________________________ Member States at UNEA-5 adopt a pioneering resolution recognising the link ...
