Vanda Pignato

Quick Facts

Full Name	Vanda Pignato
Occupation	Lawyer
Date Of Birth	Feb 16, 1963(1963-02-16)
Age	61
Country	Brazil
Birth City	São Paulo
Horoscope	Aquarius

Vanda Pignato Biography

Vanda Pignato is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on February 16, 1963 in São Paulo, Brazil. Vanda Guiomar Pignatto (born on the 16th of February, 1963) is born in Brazil. She is a Salvadoran lawyer as well as human rights activist, politician, activist for women’s rights and the former first lady of El Salvador from 2009 until 2014. Pignato was elected the First Ladies of El Salvador on June 1 in 2009, on the same day her husband president Mauricio Funes, appointed her Secretary for Social Inclusion between 2009 and 2014. The appointment resulted in Pignato the first First Lady of El Salvador in its time to be in a post in the political arena. Funes’s successor as President Salvador Sanchez Ceren, reappointed Pignato as Secretary of Social Inclusion when he took his office in June of 2014.

In the month of October the heavy rains led to devastating flooding that affected 70 percent of El Salvador and damaged approximately 80 percent of El Salvador’s roads. The floods, which affected 300,000 people caused the deaths of 105 and caused the destruction of 250,000 square feet of crops and agricultural land. Then , President Mauricio Funes estimated the damages at $840 million which equals four percent of El Salvador’s total gross domestic output (GDP). Pignato as secretary of social Inclusion as well as First Lady, visited Washington D.C. in November 2011, to push for humanitarian assistance by The United States Congress and the U.S. State Department. She also had meetings in person with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the former U.S. President Bill Clinton and members of the Salvadoran American community and representatives from the private sector.

In 2011, Pignato established Ciudad Mujer (Women City), to aid victims of violence against women, as well provide access to women’s healthcare services, financial advice, and career training.The five Ciudad Mujer centers, located throughout the country, offer services from 15 Salvadoran government agencies in one location.These include job training and financial loans to offer a chance for economic independence.Ciudad Mujer also provides healthcare services, including forensic laboratories and legal aid for victims of sexual assault, reproductive services, neonatal care and breast cancer prevention.An estimated 603,000 women have utilized Ciudad Mujer, as of November 2014.

The National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) awarded Pignato the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in May 2012, citing her cooperation with the Salvadoran American community and her initiatives to support women’s rights.

Pignato has fought for gender equality and women’s rights throughout her time in the office of First Lady as well Secretary for Social Inclusion. Her Department of Social Inclusion oversees matters related to the rights of people and families issues and family affairs in El Salvador. Pignato was appointed the first Secretary in June of 2009 by her husband president Mauricio Funes. Pignato was then reappointed to the position at the end of 2014 by president Salvador Sanchez Ceren, who requested that she remain as his Secretary for Social Inclusion.

Vanda Pignato Net Worth

Vanda Pignato is one of the richest Lawyer from Brazil. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vanda Pignato 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She began to document human rights violations during the civil war in El Salvador during the Salvadoran Civil War which was ended in the Chapultepec Peace Accords. Pignato relocated away from Brazil in 1992 to El Salvador in 1992, where she was the representative of the workers’ party of Central America. She was also appointed director of the Center for Brazilian Studies at the Embassy of Brazil in San Salvador in 1992. She later got married Mauricio Funes who was an Salvadoran journalist as well as an FMLN politician and politician, with whom she had the birth of a son named Gabriel.

Pignato was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She was an activist with the Workers Party (PT) and also served as advisor for Luiz inacio Lula da Silva who would later be elected as the President of Brazil from 2003 until. The reports indicate that she remains near to Lula da Silva as well as his successor the President Dilma Rousseff.

Her signature initiative has been Ciudad Mujer, which were established in

2011. Five the centers have been opened to low income areas across El Salvador. She overcame opposition against the plan from several sectors of Salvadoran society, which included politicians, evangelical Christian groups, and the Roman Catholic Church, to launch Ciudad Mujer. Ciudad Mujer, which had provided healthcare, legal and healthcare services to 603,000 women by November 2014, have won praise both within El Salvador and internationally. Brazil has announced plans to open its own Ciudad Mujer initiative, while Guatemala, Colombia and Mexico have expressed interest in adopting Pignato’s initiative as well.

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Who is Vanda Pignato Dating?

According to our records, Vanda Pignato married to Mauricio Funes. As of December 1, 2023, Vanda Pignato’s is not dating anyone.

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In May 12, 2017 Mr. Joao Santana, a brazilian marketing consultant reveleaded under oath the money applied to Mr. Mauricio Funes first presidential campaign was financed by brazilian company Odebrecht with dirt money, the command to Odebrecht to give money to Mr. Funes campaign committee came from former Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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Vanda Ranked on the list of most popular Lawyer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Brazil. Vanda Pignato celebrates birthday on February 16 of every year.