{{Short description|Chilean constituent}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Janis Meneses | image = Janis_Meneses.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1989|7|4}} | birth_place = Quilpué, Chile | office = Member of the Constitutional Convention | constituency = 6th District | term_start = 4 July 2021 | term_end = 4 July 2022 | alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (BA)}} | occupation = Constituent | profession = Social work | parents = | spouse = | children = | relatives = | footnotes = }} '''Janis Meneses Palma''' (born 4 July 1989) is a Chilean social worker, feminist and independent politician. She served as a member of the Constitutional Convention, representing the 6th District of the Valparaíso Region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diarioconstitucional.cl/entrevistas/janis-meneses-palma-se-refiere-a-la-comision-de-derechos-fundamentales-tiene-la-responsabilidad-de-concretar-muchas-de-las-demandas-historicas-de-los-movimientos-sociales-y-populares/|title=Janis Meneses Palma se refiere a la Comisión de Derechos Fundamentales: "tiene la responsabilidad de concretar muchas de las demandas históricas de los movimientos sociales y populares"|publisher=Diario Constitucional|date=9 November 2021|accessdate=25 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tv.emol.com/detail/20210712165219137/meneses-y-convencion-no-veo-como-algo-complejo-que-la-derecha-no-tenga-representacion-en-la-mesa|title=Meneses y Convención: "No veo como algo complejo que la derecha no tenga representación en la mesa"|publisher=Emol|date=13 July 2021|accessdate=25 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://plataformacontexto.cl/contexto_factual/janis-meneses-convencional-constituyente-fonasa-concentra-alrededor-del-80-de-las-personas/|title=Janis Meneses, convencional constituyente: "FONASA concentra alrededor del 80% de las personas"|publisher=Plataforma Contexto|date=9 November 2021|accessdate=25 December 2021}}</ref>
She coordinated the Fundamental Rights Commission and Subcommission No. 3.<ref name="BCN">{{cite web |url=https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/convencionales_constituyentes/ficha/Janis_Meneses_Palma |title=Janis Meneses Palma |website=Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile |language=es |access-date=2026-01-06 }}</ref>
== Biography == She was born on 4 July 1989 in Quilpué, Valparaíso Region.<ref name="BCN"/> She is the daughter of Carlos Meneses Meneses and Enriqueta Palma Canelo.<ref name="BCN"/>
== Professional career == She completed her primary education at Escuela Cirujano Videla in Valparaíso and her secondary education at Liceo Eduardo de la Barra, graduating in 2007.<ref name="BCN"/> In 2008, she entered the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, where she earned a degree in Social Work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pucv.cl/pucv/janis-meneses-siento-que-tenemos-una-oportunidad-real-de-avanzar-hacia|title=Janis Meneses: "Siento que tenemos una oportunidad real de avanzar hacia un país más justo"|publisher=Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso|accessdate=19 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pucv.cl/pucv/noticias/primera-persona/ex-alumna-de-trabajo-social-pucv-es-electa-constituyente-por-el-distrito|title=Ex alumna de Trabajo Social PUCV es electa constituyente por el distrito 6 en la región de Valparaíso|publisher=Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso|date=8 June 2021|accessdate=24 December 2021}}</ref>
Professionally, she worked as a social educator in the Programa Interviene Breve in 2012.<ref name="BCN"/> She later served as a social worker at the Servicio Paz y Justicia (SERPAJ) between 2013 and 2014, at the Aldea de Niños Cardenal Raúl Silva Enríquez in 2014, in the Programa de Prevención Focalizada TarinaKuy from 2014 to 2016, and from 2016 onward at Escuela Quebrada Alvarado.<ref name="BCN"/>
== Political activity == Meneses has been active in grassroots political work with women in labor unions and in the Los Pinos Neighborhood Assembly of Quilpué, where she served as a spokesperson.<ref name="BCN"/>
In the elections held on 15–16 May 2021, she ran as an independent candidate for the Constitutional Convention representing the 6th District of the Valparaíso Region, as part of the Movimientos Independientes list.<ref name="BCN"/>
She obtained 8,689 votes, corresponding to 2.65% of the valid votes cast.<ref name="BCN"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/convencionales_constituyentes/ficha/Janis_Meneses_Palma BCN Profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meneses, Janis}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Members of the Chilean Constitutional Convention Category:Eduardo de la Barra Lyceum alumni Category:Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso alumni Category:21st-century Chilean women politicians