Anahí Durand
{{Short description|Peruvian sociologist (born 1978)}}
{{family name hatnote|Durand|Guevara|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Anahí Durand
|image=Ceremonia_de_juramentación_del_Gabinete_Ministerial_19-49_screenshot_(cropped).png
|office=Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations
|term_start=29 July 2021
|term_end= 8 February 2022
|president=Pedro Castillo
|primeminister=Guido Bellido
Mirtha Vásquez
Héctor Valer
|predecessor=Silvia Loli
|successor=Diana Miloslavich
|birth_place=Lima, Peru
|birth_date={{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|04|01}}
|party=New Peru
|education=National University of San Marcos
Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences
National Autonomous University of Mexico
}}
Anahí Durand Guevara (born 1 April 1978) is a Peruvian sociologist. From July 2021 to February 2022, she served as the Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations in the presidency of Pedro Castillo.
Biography
Durand is the daughter of the sociologist Julio Durand Lazo. She has a degree in sociology from the National University of San Marcos (UNMSM) and a master's degree in social sciences from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences. She has a doctorate in sociology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.{{Cite web|url=https://larepublica.pe/politica/2021/07/30/anahi-durand-quien-es-la-nueva-ministra-de-la-mujer-del-gobierno-de-pedro-castillo-mdga/|title=Anahí Durand: quién es la ministra de la Mujer del Gobierno de Pedro Castillo|accessdate=2021-07-31|last=LR|first=Redacción|date=2021-07-30|website=larepublica.pe|language=es-PE}} Durand is a professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the UNMSM. She is a specialist in social movements, political representation, indigenous peoples, interculturality and gender.
Political career
Durand is a member of the New Peru political party and was head of the government plan of presidential candidate Verónika Mendoza for the 2021 general election. In said election, she ran for Andean Parliament for Together for Peru without success.{{Cite web|url=https://rpp.pe/politica/gobierno/anahi-durand-la-nueva-ministra-de-la-mujer-perfil-noticia-1350013|title=Anahí Durand, la nueva ministra de la Mujer [PERFIL]|accessdate=2021-07-31|last=Arango|first=Melissa Barrenechea|date=2021-07-29|website=RPP|language=es}} After the alliance for the second round between New Peru and Free Peru, the party of candidate Pedro Castillo, she became part of the technical team that drew up the government plan for the first 100 days.
=Minister for Women and Vulnerable Populations=
On 29 July 2021, Durand was appointed Minister of Women and Vulnerable Populations of Peru in the government of Pedro Castillo.{{cite web |url=https://larepublica.pe/politica/2021/07/29/anahi-durand-jurara-como-ministra-de-la-mujer-en-la-gestion-de-pedro-castillo/ |title=Anahí Durand jurará como nueva ministra de la Mujer |date=29 July 2021 |website= larepublica.pe |language=Spanish}}
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Category:Peruvian sociologists
Category:Peruvian women activists
Category:Women government ministers of Peru
Category:21st-century Peruvian women politicians
Category:National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
Category:National University of San Marcos alumni
Category:Academic staff of the National University of San Marcos