Janet Camilo
{{Short description|Former minister of women's affair of the Dominican republic}}
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| birth_name = Janet Altagracia Camilo Hernández
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|10|29}}
| birth_place = Salcedo, Dominican Republic
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| occupation = Lawyer
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| alma_mater = Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo
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| office = Minister of Women's Affairs of the Dominican Republic
| term_start = August 16, 2016
| term_end = August 16, 2020
| president = Danilo Medina
| predecessor = Alejandrina Germán
| successor = Mayra Jiménez
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Janet Altagracia Camilo Hernández (born October 29, 1971) was the Minister of Women's Affairs of the Dominican Republic. She was appointed by President Danilo Medina in August 2016. She is a feminist activist concerned with women's rights.
Biography
Camilo Hernández was born in Salcedo, the daughter of Antonio Manuel de Jesús Camilo and Lorenza Hernández Ramírez. She has seven siblings, a daughter, and a son.{{Cite web |url=https://mujer.gob.do/transparencia/index.php/declaracion-jurada?download=281:ministra-janet-altagracia-camilo-hernandez |title=Declaración Jurada de Patrimonio |trans-title=Affidavit of Heritage |publisher=Government of the Dominican Republic |language=Spanish |access-date=2019-09-16}} She graduated with a licentiate in law from the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, and later earned a master's degree in political science from the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo.{{Cite web |url=https://conferenciamujer.cepal.org/es/janet-camilo |title=Janet Camilo |date=October 17, 2016 |publisher=CEPAL |language=Spanish |access-date=2019-09-16 |archive-date=April 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402193523/https://conferenciamujer.cepal.org/es/janet-camilo |url-status=dead }}
In 1991 she joined the National Commitment movement to support José Francisco Peña Gómez of the Dominican Revolutionary Party. She held various positions within that movement.{{Cite news |url=https://listindiario.com/la-republica/2017/10/09/485701/yanet-camilo-arreglando-al-hombre-y-a-la-mujer |title=Yanet Camilo: arreglando al hombre y a la mujer |trans-title=Yanet Camilo: Mending Men and Women |first=Wendy |last=Santana de Franjul |work=Listín Diario |language=Spanish |date=2017-10-09 |access-date=2019-09-16}}
Camilo Hernández is the President of the Latin American Institute for Women and Politics. She is a vice president of the Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean (COPPPAL Women).{{Cite news |url=https://eldia.com.do/la-copppal-realizara-plenaria-ordinaria-en-rd-sobre-partidos-politicos/ |title=La COPPPAL realizará plenaria ordinaria en RD sobre partidos políticos |trans-title=COPPPAL Will Hold Ordinary Plenary in DR on Political Parties |work=El Día |location=Santo Domingo |language=Spanish |date=2015-05-09 |access-date=2019-09-16}} She is also vice president of Socialist International Women.{{Cite news |url=http://diarioadiario.com/ministra-de-la-mujer-asegura-que-debe-haber-mayores-esfuerzos-para-inclusion-laboral-de-la-mujer-en-rd/ |title=Ministra de la Mujer asegura que debe haber mayores esfuerzos para inclusión laboral de la mujer en RD |trans-title=Women's Minister Ensures That There Should be Greater Efforts Toward the Inclusion of Women in Labor in DR |work=Diario @ Diario |language=Spanish |date=2018-04-25 |access-date=2019-09-16}}
She was appointed Minister of Women's Affairs by President Danilo Medina on August 16, 2016.{{Cite news |url=https://www.diariolibre.com/actualidad/las-mujeres-tenemos-que-mostrar-mas-curriculo-y-experticia-para-ser-promovidas-BB9333993 |title='Las mujeres tenemos que mostrar más currículo y experticia para ser promovidas' |trans-title=Women Have to Show More Curriculum and Expertise to be Promoted |first=Niza |last=Campos |work=Diario Libre |location=Santo Domingo |language=Spanish |date=2018-03-05 |access-date=2019-09-16}} On February 1, 2018, she was named president pro tempore of the Council of Women's Ministers of Central America and the Dominican Republic (COMMCA).{{Cite news |url=https://listindiario.com/la-republica/2018/02/01/501044/janet-camilo-asume-hoy-presidencia-pro-tempore-de-commca-en-panama |title=Janet Camilo asume hoy presidencia Pro Tempore de COMMCA en Panamá |trans-title=Janet Camilo Takes Office Today as President Pro Tempore of COMMCA in Panama |work=Listín Diario |location=Panama |language=Spanish |date=2018-02-01 |access-date=2019-09-16}}
References
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External links
- {{Facebook}}
- [https://mujer.gob.do/index.php/sobre-nosotros/directorio-de-funcionarios/item/257-janet-camilo-hernandez Janet Camilo Hernández] at the Ministry of Women's Affairs
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Category:Government ministers of the Dominican Republic
Category:Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo alumni
Category:Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña alumni
Category:Women government ministers of the Dominican Republic
Category:Dominican Republic women's rights activists
Category:20th-century Dominican Republic lawyers
Category:20th-century Dominican Republic women lawyers