Risa Hontiveros
| Risa Hontiveros | |
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Hontiveros in 2016
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| Senator of the Philippines | |
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Assumed office June 30, 2016 |
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| Chair of the Philippine Senate Women, Family Relations and Gender Equality Committee |
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Assumed office July 25, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Pia Cayetano |
| Chair of the Philippine Senate Health and Demography Committee |
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In office July 25, 2016 – February 27, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Teofisto Guingona III |
| Succeeded by | JV Ejercito |
| Member of the Philippine House of Representatives for Akbayan | |
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In office June 30, 2004 – June 30, 2010 |
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| Personal details | |
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Ana Theresia Hontiveros February 24, 1966 Manila, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Political party | Akbayan Citizens' Action Party (2004–present) |
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Liberal Party (2010) Team PNoy (2013) Koalisyon ng Daang Matuwid (2016) |
| Spouse(s) | Francisco Baraquel, Jr. (m. 1990; d. 2005) |
| Children | 4 |
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| Alma mater | Ateneo de Manila University (A.B.) |
| Occupation | Activist |
| Profession | Journalist |
Ana Theresia "Risa" Hontiveros-Baraquel (born February 24, 1966) is a Filipino socialist activist and journalist, who was the representative of Akbayan in the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2004 to 2010. She currently serves as a Senator of the Philippines after a victory in the 2016 elections, placing 9th, overall. She is the older sister of journalists and television hosts Ginggay and Pia Hontiveros.
Hontiveros was born on February 24, 1966 in Manila. At age 14, she was part of the Von Trapp children in the Repertory Philippines' adaptation of The Sound Of Music, alongside Lea Salonga, Monique Wilson and Raymond Lauchengco during her childhood. It was also during this period when she was first introduced to activist work as an organizer in the campaign against the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant in her high school. Hontiveros graduated cum laude with an Bachelor of Arts degree in social sciences from the Ateneo de Manila University. While at Ateneo, she was active in the student council, where she participated in advocacies for peace and justice in marginalized communities.
She was also a television journalist and news anchor who having worked for two television networks in the country, IBC (Headline Trese) and GMA Network (GMA Network News). In Hontiveros's career as an activist, she has been affiliated with a number of organizations and movements: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.
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