PIEDAD CORDOBA RUIZ
Senator of the Republic
Born in Medellin January 25 of 1955, in the home of the educators Zabulón Córdoba and Lia Ruiz . Four children: Juan Luis, Camilo, Natalia y César Augusto.

STUDIES

PRIMARY: School Santa Lucía (The Floresta),
Medellin, 1967.

SECONDARY: Educational Feminine Center of
Antioquia (CEFA), 1972.

UNIVERSITY: University Pontificia Bolivariana
Medellín,1979.

TITLE OBTAINED: Lawyer.

SPECIALIZATION: Organizational and Family Law.
University Pontificia Bolivariana Medellin, 1981.

LANGUAGES.

Native Language: Spanish
Second Language: English (conversational)
Other: French( in a full time program)

JOBS


Judge of Departmental Rents of Antioquia,

Head of Fiscal Executions of Medellin,

Sub - comptroller of Medellin,

General secretary in Medellín Mayor’s office during the administration of William Jaramillo Gómez.
Member of the following Board of Directors:

Corporation of Development and Turism of Medellin,
Departmental Planning of Antioquia, Public Companies of Medellin.

Coorporation of Housing and Development of Medellin CORVIDE),Social service of Antioquia, Factory of Liquors of Antioquia.


LECTURES AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS


XXXI Interamerican Conference about Women, Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Interdisciplinary Conference about Woman, Costa Rica 1993, in representation of UNICEF,
topic: “Black Woman fears."
Delegate of the Union of Colombian Women Citizens to the XXVI Conference of the International Labour Organization, Medellin, 1979.
International Conference in Costa Rica, 1993, topic: ”Ethnos, Cultural opposition and gender."
World Population Conference, Cairo, 1994.
Summit of Social Development, Copenhagen, 1995.
Fourth World Conference about Woman, Beijing, 1995.
International Forum about Woman, Work and Health, Barcelona, 1996.
Conference about Human Rights, Washington, 1996.
Fifth meeting of Latin American parliamentarian, Sao Paulo, 1996
International seminar about violence against the woman, Lima,1996
United Nations ReByt about Human Development in Latin America, Costa Rica, 1997.
Conference about parliaments and political parties, Chile, 1998.
Forum about drug trafficking,Dominican Republic, 1998.
International Conference of Parliamentarian to Revise Cairo 5, La Haya, February of 1999
Inter - agential video conference of the UN; a World without Violence against Women; UNIFEM March 1999
Conference of Leader Women Net from America(WLCA),Washington AD, April of 1999.
Seminar about Domestic Violence and Masculinity, summoned by the Interamerican Parliamentary Group
of Development and Population Commission and Development of the Senate of the Republic of Mexico, April of 1999
Peace conference, The Hague, UNIFEM May 1999
POPULAR REPRESENTATION POSITIONS

Deputy to the Assembly of Antioquia 1990-1992.
Representative to the House of Representatives for Antioquia 1992-1994.
Senator of the Republic 1994-1998, 1998-2002, 2002-2006.
President in two occasions of the Legal Commission of Human Rights of the Senate. In such quality coordinated the following events:

Forum about Human Rights, Ethnos and Gender.
First and Second workshops about Human Rights for Official,
Sub officials and Congress Policeman.
Forum of Parliamentarian about the Fourth World Conference of Woman.
International Seminar about Woman and Citizenship.
Afrocolombian Culture International Meeting
International Seminar-workshop Civic Women
Seminar about Public Politicies and Political Participation It belongs to the Peace Commission of the Senate. As member of this Commission I carried out contacts with the ELN and the FARC to impel the peace process and to promote the defense of the fundamental rights during the conflict.



AUTHOR OF THE FOLLOWING LAWS.


By which penalizes the norms for the protection of the family are issued and the intrafamilil violence. Approved and effective as law 294 of 1996.

By which regulates the rights of the black communities. Approved and outstanding as Law 70, 1993.

By which regulates the social security for the Mothers in Community (Madres Comunitarias).Included in the law 6th of 1992.

By which assigns a departure of 60 thousand million pesos for Mothers in Community “Madres Comunitarias” (social security,grants, micro - enterprises, housing). Included in tax reform of 1992 as SOCIAL IVA.

By which creates the Equity National Direction for Women included in the law 188 of 1995 (National Plan of Development).

By which regulatesd the Tax Collection from gold and platinum.Approved and effective as law 366 of 1997.

Project of Constitutional Revision by which recovers the extradition of native citizens. Tried jointly and approved.

Project of constitutional revision by which erects the municipality of Buenaventura into a Special Tourist and Port District. In procedure.

Project of constitutional revision, by which establishes unicameral congress, the semipresidential regime and affirmative actions in benefit of the women.

By which sanctions with prison tax evasion. In procedure.

By which creates the special district for the black communities in the House of Representatives. Approved and pending presidential sanction. With this project two seats are instituted for black communities in the congress of Colombia.

By which penalizes the sexual harassment. In procedure.



EXPERIENCE WITH LATIN - AFRICAN COMMUNITIES


*25 years working educating Afro-American leaders in Colombia and developing communities.

*To trigger the conformation of several non governmental organizations of Afro-Colombian communities.

*Design and approval of the Colomboian institutional policy for black communities through the approval and creation at national level of " NATIONAL DIRECTION FOR BLACK COMMUNITIES. LAW 70 OF 1994."

*Encourage to the creation of the regional and local black communities directions in Colombia.

*Responsible for the public politicies posing for the organization of black Afro-Colombian Women.

*Responsible for the posing of Afro-Colombian population centers in the cities of Medellin, Bogotá and Cali.
*Coordinator of the first international congress of Afro-Colombian communities. 1997.
*Coordinatorof the first meeting of leaders African- Latin Americans communities in the Interamerican Bank of Development. 1998.


LAST PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS.


Equity Social Decisive Factors In The Afro-Colombian Community,for the OPS.
Internal Conflict, Displacement And Social Development In Black Communities. BEEP, WORLD BANK AND I DIALOGUE INTERAMERICAN.