Julia Maciel is a Paraguayan diplomat who serves as Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Paraguay to the United Nations. She is responsible for a range of multilateral issues, focusing especially on gender issues, UN-Women and UN YOUTH agenda and multilingualism issues. She was the first woman to serve as the Minister of Planning for Economic and Social Development of Paraguay, and has performed works for agencies and international organizations including the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, UNDP, USIA, and EU.