President Danilo Medina, First Lady Candida Montilla and Vice President Margarita Cedeño honored 13 women on the occasion of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2018. Those honored were singer Fefita la Grande; Superior Education Minister Alejandrina Germán; judge Miriam Germán; Michelin star-winning chef María Marte; geriatrician Rosa Elvira Pereyra Ariza; Partido de Acción Liberal (PAL) political party, Maritza López; judo athlete Leidi Germán; rice producer Bernardina Hernández; theater actress Carmen Elvira Taveras; Central Electoral Board (JCE) officer Lesbia María Castillo; illicit trafficking of migrants prosecutor Roxanna Reyes; community leader Cristina Altagracia Sánchez; and Petra Rodríguez, founder of the Fundación Madre Teresa in Montecristi.
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Presidency
12 March 2018
