Marta Granados Hernández, Junior Columnist

Marta Granados Hernández served as a policy officer at the Permanent Mission of Malta to the United Nations during Malta’s term on the UN Security Council. In this role, she represented Malta and the European Union in negotiations on human rights and gender equality at the UN General Assembly, and she contributed to Security Council deliberations on Myanmar. She has also held positions across several UN diplomatic missions, including the European Union Delegation and the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations, where she covered processes related to sustainable development. Currently she is a graduate student at Georgetown University exploring the intersection of technology and human rights, with a focus on digital surveillance, censorship, and the misuse of technology to harm communities in vulnerable situations, including women and girls.