Alejandra Martinez Alfaro

  • International Development consultant with more than nine years of experience in conducting research and evaluation assignments.

  • She has diverse multi-sector expertise, most notably in female empowerment, violence prevention, financial inclusion, and education.

  • As an Evaluation Consultant, Alejandra has led multiple projects on the ground for clients such as USAID, UNICEF, UNDP, UNODC, and UNFPA.

  • Her specific evaluation experience includes: Impact evaluations; Baseline evaluations; needs assessments; multi-country, regional and thematic evaluations; evaluations at the country programme level; and evaluations at the project or sector level.

  • Alejandra’s technical expertise includes: online and in-field surveys, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, analysis of official statistics, econometric methods, data visualization, and geographic methods (ArcGis).

  • Alejandra has worked as a consultant for hera for several years, she joined hera as an Associate Partner in 2023.

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Fact sheet on the Maternal Health of Women and Girls of African Descent in the Americas
Fact sheet on the Maternal Health of Women and Girls of African Descent in the Americas

This fact sheet was developed by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) with the support of a hera team that included Adria Armbrister, Marianne Eelens, and Alejandra Martinez.

Maternal, neonatal, adolescent, sexual and reproductive health in Rwanda
Maternal, neonatal, adolescent, sexual and reproductive health in Rwanda

In 2022 hera was selected to support the evaluation of the effectiveness of the Barame project and conducted a knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) study to help identify gaps in community knowledge and utilization of health services related to maternal, neonatal, adolescent, sexual, and reproductive health, as well as providing recommendations for future development of communication and awareness strategies.

Gender equality mainstreaming in health evaluations and research workshop #HSR2022
Gender equality mainstreaming in health evaluations and research workshop #HSR2022

At the Seventh Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR2022) in Bogota, Colombia, hera Director Marieke Devillé, along with Alejandra Martinez presented a participatory workshop on gender-responsive evaluation and research approaches.