During the week of June 24-28, 2024, the Ordinary Assemblies of REDIFAM (Network of Latin American University Institutes of Family) and REDIUF (International Network of University Institutes of Family) were held , bringing together directors and members from more than 40 Institutes distributed across four continents. These assemblies provide a forum for work and reflection, allowing participants to consider the difficulties and challenges facing contemporary families and, within this framework, to outline the actions of each of the training and research centers, as well as those of these inter-institutional networks.
The activities began with the International Academic Congress: Relational Health in Family Bonds , held at the Anáhuac University Mexico campus. Dr. Gabriella Gambino , Undersecretary of the Vatican's Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, emphasized in her opening remarks the importance of fostering values related to the human family and promoting inter-institutional networks to restore the importance of the family in all spheres.
For her part, Lorena Bolzon , dean of the Institute of Sciences for the Family, represented our University at the Congress with the presentation “The family perspective in public policies: experiences and lessons learned”.
On Thursday, June 27, REDIFAM renewed the authorities of its Board of Directors, which for the next two years was formed as follows:
President: Dr. Lorena C. Bolzon, Dean of the Institute of Family Sciences of the Universidad AustralArgentina; Vice President: Mag. José Carlos Ortiz Muggenburg, Director of the Center for Family and Society Studies at the Popular Autonomous University of the State of Puebla (UPAEP), Mexico; Secretary: Mag. Maite Cereceda, Director of the Institute for Family Studies at the University of San Sebastián, Chile, and in the Treasury: Dr. Jimena Valenzuela del Valle, Director of the Institute of Family Sciences at the University of the Andes, Chile.
Lorena BolzonA wife and mother of five, she holds a Doctorate in Legal Sciences (UCA), a Master's degree and is an expert in e-learning (University of Seville); she is a Family Counselor (Austral University) and a Lawyer (UCA). She has been Dean of the Institute of Family Sciences since 2018 and Director of the Center for the Study of Interpersonal Relationships since 2019. She is a researcher in the areas of bioethics, motherhood, and childhood. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses at the ICF and the Faculty of Law of the Universidad AustralShe is a visiting professor at various universities in the country and abroad.
We congratulate Lorena on this important appointment, wishing her much success and a fruitful tenure!
The Network of University Institutes for Family Studies (REDIFAM) was founded in 2009 and brings together 21 academic centers from 8 countries in our region, dedicated to the study and promotion of the family as an intimate community of life and love. You can learn more about REDIFAM by clicking here.
