Dina Rodríguez

Nationality: Perú

Current Position within UPEACE:

As Director of the Department for Gender and Peace Studies, I am responsible for the design, coordination and oversight of the academic content and administrative support services of the programme.  I work to ensure that students learn rhe skills and tools that will enable them to serve as gender trainers or officers, to participate in peace negotiations, to solve conflicts from a gender perspective and to work in international organizations, humanitarian aid agencies, and governmental institutions. In addition, I am the focal point for UPEACE projects on "Children, Adolescents and Youth in Conflict and Peace" and "Inclusion of Disabled Persons for Peace". Currently, I also coordinate the development of packages of educational materials on gender that will be distributed worldwide via DVD and CD-ROM.

Education and Qualifications

• 1972-1974 Master in Education. Adult Education and Mathematics. University of Texas at Austin, United States
• 1969-1971 Bachelor of Science. Mathematics and Secondary Education. Alverno College. Wisconsin, United States
• 1965-68 B.A. Education. National University of Education. La Cantuta, Lima, Peru

Work Experience

• Director of the Gender and Peace Studies Department. Focal Point for Children and Youth issues and for Studies about people with Disabilities, UPEACE. 2001 - Current job
• Director of the Area of Education at the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights. (IIHR) (1997-2000)
• Head of the Center of Educational Resources (CER) of the IIHR. (1992-1997)
• General Coordinator of the Second International Conference: "Health, Political Repression and Human Rights", finance by the United Nations Fund for Victims of Torture and the Government of The Netherlands. San Jose, Costa Rica. (1989)
• Consultant for the Project OIT/Ministry of Labor - Brazil. Project 112.4. Research the Analysis of the secondary data for qualified manpower demands, OIT, Brazilia, Brazil. 1978-79
• Planner II of the Technical Office of the Permanent Council for Educational Coordination (JUPCE). Ministry of Education. Lima Peru. (1976-78)
• Investment in Education. Coordination of investment projects at national level with the Planning Office of the Ministry of Education. Administration and finance. Preparation, planning and accountability of the Permanent Council of Educational Coordination (JUPCE).
• Program Officer of the Unit of Educational Services in Enterprises (USECEL) Ministry of Education. Lima Peru. (1974-76)
• Adult Education Teacher at the "Adult Education Center". Austin, Texas. United States. (1973)

Courses/Subjects Taught

• Human Rights Education at the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights. Latin America. (1992-2000)
• Human Rights Education at the University for Peace. (2001)
• Adult Education Teacher at the "Adult Education Center". Austin, Texas. United States. (1973)
• Teaching Assistant: Methodology and Didactic of Mathematics at the National University of Education "Enrique Guzman y Valle". Lima, Peru. June-December (1971)
• Teacher at the "United Migrant Opportunity Service Inc." Wisconsin, United States. January- May (1971)

Research

• Research on the Analysis of the secondary data for qualified manpower demands. OIT, Brasilia, Brazil. (1978-79)
• Human Rights Education in Latin America. University for Peace. (Dec. 2000)

Grants:

• President of the International Jury for the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education (2000-2003)
• Scholarship for the University of Education (1965-1968)
• Scholarship from LASPAU. Latin American Scholarship Program for American Universities. (1969-1972)

Consultancy Work

• Secretary of Planning, Brasilia, Brazil and the International Organization of Labour - OIT. (1978-1979)
• Organization for American States. Brasilia, Brazil (1978)
• University for Peace. Department of Education for Peace. (2000)

Publications
Direction and Coordination:
Videos:

• "Different but equal in rights". Costa Rican version, English and Spanish, 1993. Guatemalan version, Spanish and Mayan Languages, 1999. Peruvian version, Spanish, 2000.
• "At school and in life". Spanish and English. 1993.
• "Caminemos por nuestra libertad", Spanish, 1994.
• Promotional spots for TV. About Human Rights, 1996.
• Computer game: "Derechito plus", in Spanish. 1996.
• Printed materials - IIHR - Costa Rica
• "Educar en Derechos Humanos", Spanish, Miskitu and Sumu, 1993.
• "Conversemos sobre derechos humanos", Spanish. 1993
• "Vivan mis derechos", Spanish. 1993.
• Thematic Units about human rights values: Equality, Participation, Solidarity, Freedom. Four editions. 1994 to 1998.
• Adaptation of the Thematic Units for Venezuela, 1994, 1995 and 1996; Brazil, 1996; Argentine 1998; Mexico 1999; Peru, 1999.
• Basic Studies IX, 2000.
• Several specialized books for Human Rights Education.

Printed materials - Ministry of Education - Peru

• Educational activities carried out by National Sectors and other organisms, 1975.
• Condensed version of legal documents related to education prepared by different National Sectors and other Organisms, 1976.
• "Five issues of national interest", Ministry of education, 1976.
• Education: Intersectorial coordination. Magazine. 1977.

Responsibilities at UPEACE

• Responsible for the strategy and direction of all educational actions planned, organize and conduct Department of Gender an Peace Studies, including the areas of Children and Youth and Disabled people.
• Represent the Department in all internal and external meetings where convened.
• Report on the activities carried out by the Department.
• Responsible for the funds provided to the Department.
• Select and evaluate the personnel of the Department.