Risa Hontiveros

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Ana Theresia 'Risa' Hontiveros-Baraquel
Risa Hontiveros
In office
13th Congress – 14th Congress
Born February 24, 1966 (1966-02-24) (age 42)
Manila
Nationality Filipino
Political party Akbayan Citizens' Action Party
Spouse Francisco Baraquel Jr. (Deceased)
Relations Television Journalist Pia Hontiveros (Sister)
Children Four (Not Named)
Residence Matandang Balara, Quezon City
Alma mater Ateneo de Manila University (BS Social Science, Cum Laude)
Occupation Activist
Profession Journalist
Religion Roman Catholic
Website http://www.akbayan.org

Ana Theresia 'Risa' Hontiveros-Baraquel, often referred to simply as Risa Hontiveros, is a Filipino activist, journalist, and politician who is serving her second term as the party-list representative of the Akbayan Citizens' Action Party to the Philippines' House of Representatives since 2004. Having served as a journalist for ten years before venturing into politics, she is a recipient of the Kapisanan ng Mga Broadkaster ng Pilipinas' Golden Dove Award for Best Female Newscaster. She also earned a Nobel peace prize nomination for her work as chair the Government Panel's Reciprocal Working Committee on Socio-Economic Reforms in the Peace Talks with the National Democratic Front from 1998 to 1999. She is the older sister of Journalist and Television Host Pia Hontiveros.

[edit] Political and Activist Affiliations

In Hontiveros' career as a politician and activist, she has been affiliated with a number of organizations and movements, including the following:

  • Coalition for Peace (served as Secretary-General from 1988 to 1992)
  • National Peace Conference (serving on its Governing Council since 1990).
  • Government Panel for Peace Talks with the National Democratic Front (chairing the Panel's Reciprocal Working Committee on Socio-Economic Reforms from August 1998 to June 1999)
  • Pandayan para sa Sosyalistang Pilipinas (Pandayan/Forge for a Socialist Philippines), a democratic socialist political organization (re-elected as Chairperson In August 2001)
  • Pilipina, a socialist feminist organization
  • Amnesty International Pilipinas (member of the Board of Directors)
  • Institute for Politics and Governance
  • Akbayan-Citizens Action Party (Executive Committee member)

[edit] Current Committee Memberships

Hontiveros currently serves as a member for the House Minority of the following Committees of the 14th Congress:

  • Appropriations
  • Ethics and Privileges
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Good Government and Public Accountability
  • Health
  • Higher and Technical Education
  • Human Rights
  • Natural Resources
  • Peace, Reconciliation and Unity
  • People Participation
  • Rules
  • Trade and Industry
  • Women and Gender Equality

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