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Diana Maffía
Birth Name:Diana Helena Maffía
Birth Date:19 September 1953
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation:Academic, politician
Spouse:Alberto Moretti
Awards:Konex Award (2016)
Alma Mater:University of Buenos Aires
Party:Civic Coalition ARI
Office:Legislator of the City of Buenos Aires
Term Start1:10 December 2007
Term End1:10 December 2011

Diana Helena Maffía (born 19 September 1953) is an Argentine academic and politician.

With a PhD in philosophy from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Maffía is a professor of undergraduate and postgraduate programs at UBA and other national and international universities. She is a researcher at UBA's Interdisciplinary Institute of Gender Studies (IIEGE), founded the Argentine Network of Gender, Science, and Technology in 1994, and was a member of the Argentine Association of Women in Philosophy from 1987 to 1991. She has directed research projects and doctoral and master's theses. She is the author of numerous books and articles. She served as deputy ombudsman (1998–2003) and city deputy of Buenos Aires (2007–2011), receiving Parlamentario Awards for each year of her legislative work. Since 2012, she has directed the Observatory on Gender in Justice, which reports to the Buenos Aires Council of Magistracy. Other awards and mentions include the Dignity Award from the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights in 2001, and the Konex Award Diploma of Merit in 2016.

Biography

Diana Maffía was born in Buenos Aires on 19 September 1953, the second of four siblings. She went to a Mercedarian elementary school, moved to the Nicolás Avellaneda school in third grade, and attended for her secondary education.[1]

In 1971, she majored in philosophy at UBA. After graduating, she joined the Argentine Society of Philosophical Analysis (SADAF). In the 1980s, she received a teaching degree in philosophy at UBA.

In the early 1980s, she married Alberto Moretti, with whom she has two children.[1]

In 2000, she obtained a doctorate in philosophy from the same university. Her thesis was titled Género, subjetividad y conocimiento (Gender, Subjectivity, and Knowledge).

On several occasions, she has publicly stated that she is agnostic.[1] [2]

Public offices

From 1998 to 2003, Maffía served as deputy ombudsman of the City of Buenos Aires, in the area of human rights and gender equality. She advocated for the rights of women, children and adolescents, sexual minorities, and sex workers.

From 2004 to 2008, she was academic director of the Hannah Arendt Institute of Cultural and Political Formation, and taught the classes "Scientific, Practical, Mystical, Aesthetic Knowledge" and "Social Contract Modes".[3]

From 2007 to 2011, she was a member of the Buenos Aires City Legislature for the Civic Coalition ARI party. She chaired the Committee on Women, Children, Adolescents and Youth,[4] and was also part of the committees on culture, health, and monitoring of control organizations. During her tenure, she introduced a bill to improve the conditions of sex workers,[5] spearheaded the creation of the Raquel Liberman Award for the prevention of gender violence,[6] supported the legalization of abortion in Argentina,[7] and co-authored a bill on dignified death.[8] She was critical of the actions of the chief of government of Buenos Aires, Mauricio Macri, and that of the national government led by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.[9] [10]

On 26 May 2012, she participated in the WikiGénero "making gender gaps visible on Wikipedia" meeting held at the Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center in Buenos Aires.[11]

From 2012 to 2014, she was a member of the academic council of the Judicial Training Center of the Buenos Aires City Council of Magistracy, and since 2012 she has been the director of its Observatory of Gender in Justice.

Other academic positions include professor of gnosiology at the UBA Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, professor of feminist epistemology (in the master of gender studies program) at the National University of Rosario's Faculty of Humanities and Arts, researcher at the UBA Interdisciplinary Institute for Gender Studies, and director of the study "Control, Defense, and Promotion of Sexual and Reproductive Rights", funded by the Ford Foundation.[12]

Awards and recognitions

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maffía . Diana . Soy . I Am . https://web.archive.org/web/20240414190918/http://dianamaffia.com.ar/soy/ . April 14, 2024 . April 24, 2024 . Official website . Spanish.
  2. News: Legrand . Denisse . 2019-06-08 . Diana Maffia: 'Es distinto no desear que desear que no' . Diana Maffia: 'It's Different Not to Wish Than to Wish Not' . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20191103065634/https://feminismos.ladiaria.com.uy/articulo/2019/6/diana-maffia-es-distinto-no-desear-que-desear-que-no/ . November 3, 2019 . April 24, 2024 . . Spanish.
  3. News: Natanson . José . 2004-05-02 . Carrió abre escuela propia, bajo el ala de Hannah Arendt . Carrió Opens Her Own School, Under the Wing of Hannah Arendt . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231203090914/https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/1-34809-2004-05-02.html . December 3, 2023 . April 24, 2024 . . Spanish.
  4. Web site: Modifican la ley de Establecimientos para Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes . The Law of Establishments for Girls, Boys, and Adults Modified . Parlamentario . Spanish . 2012-11-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131002215544/http://www.parlamentario.com/noticia-50145.html . 2013-10-02 . unfit . 2019-11-01.
  5. News: Plan para promover los derechos humanos de personas en situación de prostitución . Plan to Promote Human Rights of People in Prostituion . Jesica . Bosso . El Barrio Villa Pueyrredón . 96 . Spanish . August 2011 . https://archive.today/20130403153238/http://www.elbarriopueyrredon.com.ar/notas/ano-2011/plan-para-promover-los-derechos-humanos-de-personas-en-situacion-de-prostitucion.php . 3 April 2013 . dead . 2019-11-01 .
  6. Web site: 2011-11-25 . Reconocimiento a quienes luchan por frenar la violencia de género . Recognition of Those Who Fight to Stop Gender Violence . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105130249/http://www.parlamentario.com/noticia-41353.html . 2012-11-05 . April 24, 2024 . Parlamentario . Spanish.
  7. News: Lipcovich . Pedro . 2009-09-24 . Un paso por el aborto no punible . A Step Toward Non-Punishable Abortion . live . https://archive.today/20130403160715/http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/sociedad/3-132302-2009-09-24.html . April 3, 2013 . April 24, 2024 . . Spanish.
  8. News: 2011-09-27 . La Legislatura porteña debate hoy varios proyectos sobre 'muerte digna' . The Buenos Aires Legislature Debates Various Bills on 'Dignified Death' Today . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191101203002/https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/La-Legislatura-portea-debate-hoy-varios-proyectos-sobre-muerte-digna-20110927-0006.phtml . November 1, 2019 . April 24, 2024 . . Spanish.
  9. Web site: September 10, 2008 . Diana Maffía (CC) critica que Macri dé becas sólo a familias con ingresos menores a mil cincuenta pesos . Diana Maffía (CC) Criticizes Macri for Only Granting Scholarships to Families With Incomes Less Than One Thousand Fifty Pesos . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20191101201501/https://www.continental.com.ar/noticias/actualidad/diana-maffia-cc-critica-que-macri-de-becas-solo-a-familias-con-ingresos-menores-a-mil-cincuenta-pesos/20080910/nota/668380.aspx . November 1, 2019 . April 24, 2024 . . Spanish.
  10. Web site: Argentina: Cristina y el síndrome Doris Day . Argentina: Cristina and Doris Day Syndrome . Diana . Maffía . Kaosenlared . Spanish . 2009-02-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305060734/http://old.kaosenlared.net/noticia/82432/argentina-cristina-sindrome-doris-day . 2016-03-05 . dead . 2019-11-01.
  11. Web site: May 22, 2012 . Encuentro sobre brecha de género en los proyectos de Wikimedia . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231002072015/https://www.revista.escaner.cl/node/6202 . October 2, 2023 . April 24, 2024 . Revista Escáner Cultural.
  12. Pequeños apuntes para un país al garete . Little Ways for a Country to Go Bad . Augusto . Padilla . Catapulta . 77 . Spanish . 2008-02-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111028012706/http://www.catapulta.com.ar/anterior/ediciones/77.htm . 2011-10-28 . dead . 2019-11-01.
  13. Web site: Premio Dignidad . Dignity Award . . Spanish . 2019-11-01 . 17 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200217155251/http://www.apdh-argentina.org.ar/areas/mujer/premio-dignidad . dead .
  14. News: November 1, 2019 . 2008: Cristian Ritondo . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20191101201503/http://www.parlamentario.com/premio-40.html . November 1, 2019 . April 24, 2024 . Parlamentario . Spanish.
  15. Web site: 2009-11-20 . Premio Parlamentario 2009: el diputado Juan Manuel Olmos obtuvo la principal distinción . 2009 Parlamentario Award: Deputy Juan Manuel Olmos Obtains the Top Recognition . 2019-11-01 . . Spanish.
  16. Web site: 2010-06-09 . El gobierno porteño entregó medallas del Bicentenario a 16 periodistas al cumplirse 200 años de La Gazeta de Buenos Aires y celebrarse el día del periodista . The Buenos Aires Government Presents Bicentennial Medals to 16 Journalists on the 200th Anniversary of the Gazeta de Buenos Ayres and in Celebration of Journalist's Day . live . https://archive.today/20240424124707/https://www.mibelgrano.com.ar/medallas.htm . April 24, 2024 . 2019-11-01 . Mi Belgrano . Spanish.
  17. News: November 1, 2019 . 2010: Cristian Ritondo . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20191101201501/http://www.parlamentario.com/premio-47.html . November 1, 2019 . 2019-11-01 . Parlamentario . Spanish.
  18. Web site: Alvaro González es el diputado porteño del año . Alvaro González is the Buenos Aires Deputy of the Year . Parlamentario . Spanish . 2011-11-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121031141822/http://parlamentario.com/articulo-6821.html . 2012-10-31 . dead . 2019-11-01.
  19. News: 2011-12-19 . Diputados salientes recibieron medallas . Outgoing Deputies Receive Medals . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20120411231544/http://www.parlamentario.com/noticia-41827.html . 2012-04-11 . April 24, 2024 . Parlamentario . Spanish.
  20. Web site: 2011-12-21 . Sección Política entregó los Premios SP 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20191101201502/http://seccionciudad.com.ar/seccin-poltica-entreg-los-premios-sp-2011-aid13275.html . November 1, 2019 . April 24, 2024 . Sección Ciudad . Spanish.
  21. Web site: Diana Maffía . live . https://archive.today/20240424124139/https://www.fundacionkonex.org/b4891-diana-maffia . April 24, 2024 . April 24, 2024 . . Spanish.
  22. Web site: October 31, 2019 . Doctorado "honoris causa" para Diana Maffía . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191102150145/https://www.lavoz.com.ar/ciudadanos/doctorado-honoris-causa-para-diana-maffia . November 2, 2019 . April 24, 2024 . es.
  23. Web site: April 22, 2024 . La UNL le otorgará el título de Doctora Honoris Causa a Diana Maffía . live . https://archive.today/20240424085656/https://www.unl.edu.ar/noticias/news/view/la_unl_le_otorgar%C3%A1_el_t%C3%ADtulo_de_doctora_honoris_causa_a_diana_maff%C3%ADa#selection-491.0-491.68 . April 24, 2024 . April 24, 2024 . es.

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