Villarán, Susana

LC control no.	no2007035499
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Villarán, Susana *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Villarán de la Puente, Susana De la Puente, Susana Villarán La Puente, Susana Villarán de Puente, Susana Villarán de la
Associated place	Lima (Peru) Chorrillos (Peru) Washington (D.C.) Santiago (Chile)
Birth date	1949-08-16
Place of birth	Miraflores (Lima, Peru)
Field of activity	Democracy Political corruption Human rights Security
Affiliation	Decentralista Fuerza Social Inter-American Institute of Human Rights Instituto de Defensa Legal (Lima, Peru) Universidad Católica de Chile Sagrado Corazon Chalet Peru. Ministerio de la Mujer y Desarrollo Social
Profession or occupation	Sociologist Radio journalist Mayor Government minister
Found in	Picking up the pieces, 2006 : t.p. (Susana Villarán; co-author is Nick Caistor; work is about democracy and political corruption in Peru) <https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/5126137/staff_view> International Journal of Cultural Studies, volume 3, no 2, 2000: page 226 (Susana Villarán; Peruvian journalist who has worked in radio since 1984; former general secretary of the Peruvian Human Rights Network and has been head of the IDEELE Radio project since its inception five years ago of the Instituto de Defensa Legal; co-author is Nick Caistor) <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/136787790000300210> National Democratic Institute website, January 15, 2021: (Susana Villarán de la Puente; family educator and journalist; studied in social sciences at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; specialist in human rights as well as the rights of women and children; has extensive experience in public management and work with civic and social organizations; participated in the creation of the Milk Bottle Program and was an advisor to the Mayor Alfonso Barrantes for the implementation of the Milk Glass Program in Lima; former executive secretary of the National Coordinator of Human Rights; was the Minister of Women during the Transitional Government chaired by Valentín Paniagua that established the Round Table for Combating Poverty, the National Program Against Family and Sexual Violence, and the creation of the Truth Commission; during her ministerial management, she approved the first National Plan against Violence against Women; member of the Commission for Modernization and Restructuring of the National Police, which created the Office of the Defender of the Police and created the Commission of the Rights of Women Police; also interacted with the District Citizen Security Committees to implement the National Citizen Security System Law in seven emblematic districts of Peru; member and president of the Party for Social Democracy that later became Social Force and as a member of its Political Commission (1999-2015)) <https://www.ndi.org/susana-villaran-de-la-puente> Perú Reports website, January 15, 2021: (Susana Villaran; Peruvian politician; former mayor and first female mayor of Lima; member of the Decentralista Fuerza Social party; in 2006 ran an unsuccessful presidential campaign; studied sociology at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago; specialist in human rights, security, and gender equality; former high school teacher at Sagrado Corazon Chalet in Chorrillos, Lima, and worked in various capacities in education throughout the 1970s; in 1981 cofounded the Vaso de Leche nutrition program in Lima under the Alfonso Barrantes administration, which provided milk to vulnerable children in the city; throughout the 1980s and 1990s she worked as a consultant and on committees advocating for women and children; from 2002 to 2005 represented Peru at the Organization of American States as a member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights focusing on women's and children's issues; also headed the Peruvian Ministry of Women and Social Development; later began to focus on security issues, working on a commission for the modernization of the Peruvian police department and public safety committees; in 2002, she was appointed a police ombudsman in the interior ministry; in 2005 became president of the Decentralista Fuerza Social party and ran for president in 2006, garnering less than 1 percent of the vote; continued human rights work at the United Nations; in 2011 was elected mayor of Lima and pledged to improve city security, public transportation, and children's safety; in October 2012 she experienced her first scandal because she had planned to evacuate the infamous La Parada sector, a wholesale food market in the impoverished La Victoria district. The city's evacuation of La Parada was disorganized and poorly planned and criminal interests in La Parada organized a riot that repelled police for two days. A video was publicized showing vandals beating a policeman who had fallen from his horse. Four rioters were killed by the time authorities restored order; in 2012 a mayoral recall movement collected 400,000 signatures to legally require a public referendum on her mayoral term and she defeated the referendum; in 2014 she was defeated in her re-election campaign by former mayor, Luis Castañeda) <https://perureports.com/susana-villaran/> Expreso (newspaper in Peru) website, January 15, 2021: posted April 8, 2019 (Susana Villarán; former mayor of Lima; affiliated with the Instituto de Defensa Legal) <https://www.expreso.com.pe/polidatos/susana-villaran-forma-parte-del-idl-financiado-por-soros/> El Comercio website, January 15, 2021: posted May 17, 2019 (Susana Villarán de la Puente; born August 16, 1949 in Miraflores, Lima province; educator; journalist; consultant affiliated with various national and international organizations including Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos and the Alto Comisionado para los Derechos Humanos of the United Nations; former mayor of Lima) <https://elcomercio.pe/archivo-elcomercio/archivo/susana-villaran-distintas-caras-accidentada-vida-politica-ecpm-noticia-633950-noticia/?ref=ecr> Instituto de Defensa Legal website, January 15, 2021: posted May 16, 2019 (Susana Villarán; born 1949 in Lima; former mayor of Lima) <https://www.idl.org.pe/susana-villaran-la-alcaldesa-que-acabo-involucrada-en-la-corrupcion-de-odebrecht-rpp/>
Associated language	eng spa