Since 2000, UNEX has been offering older adults a learning environment that helps improve their quality of life and keeps them cognitively and physically active so they can successfully navigate the aging process. At the same time, it helps them view this stage of their lives as an opportunity to continue learning.
Authorities
Raquel Cuentas, M.A.
Master’s degree in Social Welfare from the Public University of Navarra, Spain. Expert in Gender Studies from the Public University of Navarra, Spain. Graduate of the Master’s program in Social Management at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Certificate in Social Gerontology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Ph.D. candidate, admitted to the Doctoral Program in Social Work at the Public University of Navarra. Full Professor of Social Work – Department of Humanities at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), where she coordinates the specialized diploma program in Social Gerontology and Microfinance for Financial and Social Inclusion. She coordinates the DAES – PUCP Welfare Network. She has served as Head of the Office of Social Support and Promotion within the Office of Student Affairs (DAES) at PUCP. With more than 25 years of management and leadership experience at the government level, she has led family policy, senior citizens’ affairs, and public welfare initiatives at the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations while serving as Director General of Family and Community Affairs in the Office of the Vice Ministry of Vulnerable Populations. She directed social welfare policy for the Municipality of Metropolitan Lima; served as Director of Social Services at the Lima Charitable Society; and acted as advisor to the Deputy Minister for Vulnerable Populations. She has participated in the creation of several social programs, notably the SIS and the National Program Against Violence (now known as the Aurora Program), among others. She is the honorary vice president of the Institute for Support of the Autonomous Movement of Rural Women (IAMAMC), an institution that has been supporting and accompanying women who were sterilized against their will in their struggle for justice and reparations. She is a consultant and lecturer at the national and international levels on issues related to aging, gender, social policies, and social protection.
