Ángela Robledo
Ángela Robledo | |
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Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
In office 20 July 2018 – 25 April 2019 | |
Constituency | Capital District |
In office 20 July 2010 – 20 July 2018 | |
Constituency | Capital District |
In office 13 May 2020 – 20 July 2018 | |
Constituency | Capital District |
Personal details | |
Born | Ángela María Robledo Gómez 7 September 1953 Pontifical Xavierian University |
Profession | Politician, psychiatrist, and academic. |
Ángela María Robledo Gómez (born 7 September 1953) is a Colombian psychologist and
A member of the centre-left
Early life and career
Robledo grew up in Manizales, a city in the Caldas Department. Robledo cites her mother as the first person to introduce her to feminism. Robledo has stated that her family were not wealthy, but made enough to pay for her and her siblings' education.[4]
Robledo studied
While completing her studies, Robledo would meet future
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
In 2010, she ran for the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia as a member of the centre-left Green Alliance with the help of Mockus.[8] She received 158,415 votes and was elected to the body, and in 2014 would be reelected.[9]
Robledo was a member of the Seventh and Integral Commission for Gender Equality. Additionally, she founded the chamber's Peace Commission with Alternative Democratic Pole Senator Iván Cepeda.[10]
In 2014, Robredo would write and advocate for Law 1719 along, a proposal to modify the Penal Code to guarantee access to justice for victims of sexual violence, especially sexual violence during the armed conflict.[11][12] Robledo is an advocate of abortion rights[13] and participated in a march to end violence against trans women.[14]
References
- ^ ""Nunca me subiré en una tarima con Álvaro Uribe" | www.arcoiris.com.co 1" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ Semana (22 October 2019). "Claudia López impulsa a Ángela María Robledo a lanzarse a las presidenciales de 2022". Semana.com Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ "Angela María Robledo. Politics with the sixth sense". National Network of Women. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- ^ "ÁNGELA MARÍA ROBLEDO GÓMEZ". CvLAC - RG.
- ^ "Ángela María Robledo". 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Las políticas públicas de mujer y género en Bogotá" (PDF). 19 March 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Perfil de Ángela María Robledo Gómez". congresovisible.uniandes.edu.co. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ Espectador, El. "ELESPECTADOR.COM". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Cámara De Representantes". www.camara.gov.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (18 June 2014). "Ley da dientes a jueces para castigar violencia sexual en el conflicto". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (18 June 2014). "Sancionan ley para proteger víctimas de violencia sexual en conflicto". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Ángela Robledo reclama al Procurador solidaridad con las mujeres". Angela María Robledo (in Spanish). 4 September 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "@angelamrobledo: "Me uno al Basta Ya a los asesinatos de mujeres trans en región caribe"".