
Gracia Violeta Ross is a Bolivian social anthropologist who has done studies on gender and sexual and reproductive health. In 2000, she tested positive for HIV and since then, she has mobilized communities for free and universal access to HIV treatment and care. She has represented communities and NGOs from Bolivia and Latin America in global bodies, including UNAIDS PCB, the Communities Delegation in Unitaid, the Developing Countries NGO Delegation to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, the Civil Society Advisory Group for UN Women in Latin America, the TB-HIV Working Group for the Stop TB Partnership and the WHO Civil Society Task Force. Gracia is a public speaker and researcher on HIV, gender-based violence, health and human rights. She has written about her experiences as a rape survivor and as a woman living with HIV. In February 2022, she joined the World Council of Churches to lead its HIV work.