Ruth Baldacchino

Ruth Baldacchino
OccupationsFormer ILGA Co-Secretary General; Senior Program Officer - Intersex Human Rights Find at Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Known forLGBT rights
Websiteruthbaldacchino.com

Ruth Baldacchino is a Maltese activist, academic and human rights advocate specialising in LGBTQI+ rights, feminist and queer governance, and social justice. They have played a leading role in national and international law and policy reform, including contributing to Malta's Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics Act (2015). From 2014 to 2019, they served as Co-Secretary General of ILGA World, and were also Associate Director of Programs at the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, overseeing the Intersex Human Rights Fund.