Janis Meneses

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.

She coordinated the Fundamental Rights Commission and Subcommission No. 3.

Biography She was born on 4 July 1989 in Quilpué, Valparaíso Region.

Professionally, she worked as a social educator in the Programa Interviene Breve in 2012. 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.

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.

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.

She obtained 8,689 votes, corresponding to 2.65% of the valid votes cast.