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Blanca Rosa Eekhout Gómez (born 6 January 1968) is a Venezuelan politician who has been Minister for Women and Gender Equality since 2016. She was Minister of Communication and Information between 2009 and 2010, and held the position as Second Vice President of the National Assembly during the 2011-2015 legislative period.
The Miraflores Palace is the seat of the Venezuelan government, where the official office of the president of Venezuela is located.. The Cabinet of Ministers of Venezuela (Spanish: Gabinete de Ministros de Venezuela is one of the bodies that make up the Venezuelan executive in that country's presidential system, alongside the Council of Ministers (Spanish: Consejo de Ministros). [1]
Years active. 1930–1977. Carmen Clemente Travieso (1900–1983) was a Venezuelan journalist and women's rights activist. She was the first graduate of the Central University of Venezuela as a reporter and one of the first women employed as a full-time journalist in Venezuela. She was one of the earliest group of women who joined the Communist ...
Women’s suffrage in Venezuela was first granted with the Constitution of 1947. [5] Women had started organising around the 1930s and 1940s with the death of dictator Juan Vicente Gómez. [6] But it was not until the 1950s that women from all social classes got involved and not only middle-class women. [7]
In 2007, the country enacted Ley Organica Sobre el Derecho de las Mujeres a una Vida Libre de Violencia (Organic Law on the Right of Women to a Life Free of Violence). [18] The Organization of American States hosts an in-house agency, MESECVI, "for the promotion and protection of women's rights and gender equality". Its current technical ...
Public Ministry of Venezuela. The Public Ministry of Venezuela is an organ belonging to Citizen Power, it has autonomous and independent character. It is under the direction of the Attorney General of the Republic who is elected by the National Assembly for a period of seven years. Building of the Public Ministry in Caracas - Candelaria parish.
Women's Development Bank. The Women's Development Bank ( Spanish: Banco Nacional de la Mujer or Banmujer ), was established in Venezuela in 2001 to remedy the political, economic, and social disadvantages faced by women. The Bank offers both financial and non-financial services to women. The first President was Nora Castañeda .
Politics of Venezuela. The following is a list of ministers of foreign affairs of Venezuela since 1830, [1] when Venezuela achieved independence after the dissolution of Gran Colombia. The founding minister was Diego Bautista Urbaneja, who held multiple terms. The current minister is Yván Gil, who assumed office on 6 January 2023.