Mariana Brocca

Mariana Brocca is an Adjunct Professor at the School of Law, National University of Central Buenos Aires Province (UNICEN), and a Ph.D. candidate in Law at the University of Buenos Aires under a CONICET grant. She co-chairs the Observatory on Care Rights at UNICEN and serves as a researcher with the Interdisciplinary Work Group 'Social Rights and Public Policy' at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), the Center for Human Rights Studies at UNICEN, and is an external affiliate of the Human Rights Reparations Design and Compliance Lab at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame. She is actively involved in the Carework Network's Steering Committee and the 'Care and Gender' Work Group of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO).

• LL.B. and J.D. equivalent (National University of Central Buenos Aires Province, UNICEN)
• L.L.M. in International Human Rights Law (University of Notre Dame – Fulbright scholarship)
• Master in Feminist Legal Studies (Autonomous University of Barcelona)
• Ph.D. candidate in Law (University of Buenos Aires, CONICET grant)

Her research focuses on care policies at the subnational level through a gender and human rights lens. She integrates feminist legal theory, public policy analysis, and social rights frameworks to address structural inequalities in care systems. This work aligns with her participation in interdisciplinary networks like CLACSO and Carework Network, emphasizing intersectional approaches to legal and policy reform.

Mariana has received multiple scholarships and awards, including the Fulbright scholarship, summa cum laude, the Faculty Award for Excellence, and the Dean’s Honor Roll at the University of Notre Dame. She has also secured funding from CONICET, the Max Planck Institute, ICON.S, and ERASMUS.

• Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame (external affiliate)
• Interdisciplinary Work Group 'Social Rights and Public Policy', University of Buenos Aires (UBA)
• Center for Human Rights Studies, National University of Central Buenos Aires Province (UNICEN)