Yadira Henríquez (born 1958) (also known as Yadira Henríquez de Sánchez Baret) is a Dominican attorney and politician who has worked in criminal law, international law, land law and women's rights throughout her career. Between 1994 and 2000 she served in the Chamber of Deputies as a representative for the

Partido Revolucionario Dominicano The Dominican Revolutionary Party ( es, link=no, Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, PRD) is a political party in the Dominican Republic. Traditionally a left-of-centre party and social democratic in nature, the party has shifted since the 2000 ...

(PRD) (Dominican Revolutionary Party) of the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...

. In 2000 she was appointed as Minister, serving as the Secretary of State for Women of Dominican Republic and in 2002, was elected as the president of the

Inter-American Commission of Women The Inter-American Commission of Women ( es, Comisión Interamericana de Mujeres, pt, Comissão Interamericana de Mulheres, french: Commission interaméricaine des femmes), abbreviated CIM, is an organization that falls within the Organization of ...

, serving that body from 2003-2005.

Biography

Yadira Henríquez Núñez was born on 24 January 1958 in La Vega, Dominican Republic to Ramona Núñez and Eladio Henríquez, who was a founder of the PRD. She graduated with a degree in law from the

Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo The Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) (Autonomous University of Santo Domingo) is the public university system in the Dominican Republic with its flagship campus in the Ciudad Universitaria (lit. University City) neighborhood of San ...

(UASD) (Autonomous University of Santo Domingo), specializing in criminal law, land law and international law. In 1977, she began organizing and running campaigns for the PRD and first came to prominence as a councilwoman on the City Council of the Federal District. Henríquez became a member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1994. During her tenure in the Chamber, she, along with others, promoted laws to address domestic violence and an electoral reform law requiring that a minimum of 25% of political posts for municipal positions must be held by women. She served until 1998 and was re-elected for a second term from 1998 to 2000. In 2000, she became head of a new Ministry and served as the Secretary of State for Women of Dominican Republic. In 2002, Henríquez was elected as the president of the

, serving that body from 2003-2005. During the same time-frame, she served as general secretary of the Federacion Dominicana de Mujeres Social Democratas (FEDOMUSDE), assuming the presidency of that organization from 2005 to 2009. She is married to the attorney Vicente Sánchez Baret, who previously served as a Senator for the

Sánchez Ramírez Province Sánchez Ramírez () is a province which constituting one of the 32 provinces of the Dominican Republic. It is divided into 4 municipalities and its capital city is Cotuí. Located in the Cibao Sur region in central Dominican Republic, it is bord ...

, Dominican Republic.

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