What is Thelma Aldana?
[[File:Thelma Aldana 2016 cropped.jpg|thumb|Thelma Aldana in 2016.]] '''Thelma Aldana''' or '''Thelma Esperanza Aldana Hernández de López''' (born September 27, 1955), is a [[Guatemala]]n [[lawyer]]. She became a [[judge]] in the [[Supreme Court]] in 2009. She was [[elect]]ed president of the Supreme Court from 2011 to 2011. In 2013 she replaced Claudia Paz y Paz as Guatemala’s [[attorney general]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/blogs/americasview/2014/05/guatemala-s-attorney-general|title=Guatemala's attorney-general|date=22 May 2014|newspaper=The Economist}}</ref> == Work == Aldana graduated from the University of San Carlos in Guatemala. She has a [[Master's degree]] in [[Civil law (common law)|Civil]] and [[Procedural law]] (the different types of [[law]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oj.gob.gt/csj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=124&itemid=106 |title=Licda. Thelma Esperanza Aldana Hernández |access-date=2016-03-14 |archive-date=2016-08-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819033958/http://www.oj.gob.gt/csj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=124&itemid=106 |url-status=dead }}</ref> === Courts for violence against women === In 2011, when she was president of the Supreme Court, Aldana started special [[court]]s in Guatemala for [[femicide]] cases. Killing women, and [[violence]] against women became a [[crime]] in Guatemala. Eleven districts now have the special courts. Judges and police officers receive special [[gender]] crime [[training]]. Every year there are 56,000 reports of violence against women.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34978330|title=Where women are killed by their own families|work=BBC News|date=5 December 2015}}</ref> === Against corruption === In 2015 Aldana led an investigation into government [[corruption]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/corruption-charges-turn-guatemala-upside-down|title=Corruption Charges Turn Guatemala Upside Down|author=Carlos Dada|date=4 September 2015|magaz