1. Julieta Castellanos was born on 8 January 1954 and is a Honduran sociologist and the dean of the National Autonomous University of Honduras since 2009.
20 Facts About Julieta Castellanos
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Julieta Castellanos has advocated for both judicial and police reform.
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Julieta Castellanos founded the Observatorio de la Violencia at UNAH in 2004, a center that analyzes crime statistics in Honduras.
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Julieta Castellanos was a member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which was tasked with clarifying the facts related to the 2009 coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya.
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Julieta Castellanos Ruiz was born in San Francisco de Becerra, Olancho on 8 January 1954 to Rafael Castellanos of Santa Barbara, and Ernestina Ruiz of Olancho.
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Julieta Castellanos grew up in the rural Honduran sugar fields.
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Julieta Castellanos was accepted and graduated in 1973 with a teaching degree.
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Julieta Castellanos was head of the Social Sciences Department and President of the Association of Teachers from 1997 to 2001.
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Julieta Castellanos served as President of the Association of Professors of the University Center of General Studies in 1986, Coordinator of the Violence Observatory since 2005, consultant to the Arias Foundation for Human Progress and the Washington Office on Latin America, and Research Associate of the Centro de Documentation de Honduras.
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For 13 years, Julieta Castellanos was the author of a newspaper column.
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Julieta Castellanos was elected to a four-year term as Rector of the National Autonomous University of Honduras in 2009.
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At the time of her appointment she served as Coordinator of the UNAH Violence Observatory and Director of the Instituto Universitario en Democracia Paz y Seguridad, which was created with support from the United Nations Development Programme and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency when Julieta Castellanos worked as a consultant for the UNDP.
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Julieta Castellanos replaced Jorge Abraham Arita, who was recalled for incompetence.
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Julieta Castellanos oversaw the construction of a sports complex, an administrative building, and a university clinic, for which UNAH invested L1,500 million.
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Julieta Castellanos remained interim rector and was re-elected for another term as head of the university in September 2013.
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Julieta Castellanos has been a vocal advocate for police reform and measures to curb violent crime in Honduras.
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Julieta Castellanos pushed for an international commission to oversee a purge of the police, an idea that was approved by the National Congress.
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Julieta Castellanos has weighed in on gun politics in Honduras, calling on the Honduran armed forces to destroy illegal firearms, including AK-47s.
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Julieta Castellanos was presented with the inaugural Martin Luther King Jr.
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Julieta Castellanos received the International Women of Courage Award in March 2013 from the US State Department.