Dr. Diana Rodríguez Franco

Dr Diana Rodríguez Franco was appointed Secretary for Women´s Affairs for Bogotà city, Colombia, in January 2020. She has a Master’s degree and PhD in sociology from Northwestern University, and a law and economics degree from the Universidad de los Andes. She has dedicated her life to the study and defence of human rights. As Deputy Director and researcher at Dejusticia, the Center for the Study of Law, Justice and Society, she focused on citizen participation, forced displacement, access to health, and environmental policy topics. She has also been a professor in the Faculties of Administration and Law at the Universidad de los Andes.