Speakers

Founding member of the Women’s Front of Norway. Agnete Strøm has served as international co-ordinator since 1985 until 2018 and since then member of the international group in Women’s Front….

Feminist activist and researcher in the field of women’s human rights and violence against women and equality between women and men. She has a degree in sociology and a post-graduation…

Mother, feminist and Brazilian immigrant in Portugal. She is a founding member and activist of the Maria Felipa Collective, a group of Brazilian feminist women immigrants in Portugal. She is…

Born in 1948, she was president of the Board (2006-2008) and the General Assembly (2004-2006) of the Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights; she was President and a lifetime member of…

Has a degree in Social Work from the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences. She is the technical director of the Association O Ninho.

President of the Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights (PpDM), the largest organization of Portuguese civil society in the area of women’s human rights and promotion of equality between women and…

Appointed as Sweden’s Ambassador at Large for Combating Trafficking in Persons in April this year. She has a legal background with a broad experience of working in counter trafficking in…

Member of Parliament with the PCP 14th legislature. António Filipe Gaião Rodrigues, born on 28 January 1963, holds a bachelor’s degree in Law, a master’s degree in Political Science, Citizenship…

Portuguese Black Woman, born in Dakar, Senegal. She has a degree in Biology from the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Coimbra. She was a Biology and Geology Teacher…

She is 35 years old and has been a volunteer at PAN – PEOPLE, ANIMALS, NATURE PARTY, since 2011, which she combined with the practice of community psychology and psychological…

I’m Candida, I’m 56 years old and I’ve spent half my life in hell. Drugs, prostitution, rape and a lot of suffering. But it was this life that made my…

Holds a PhD in Management, specialization in Finance, from ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, and a Master in Sports Management and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from New…

Photographer. Holds a degree in Languages, Literatures and Cultures. She is writing a master’s dissertation in Literary, Cultural and Interarts Studies at the Faculty of Letters of the University of…

She was born in Montijo and graduated in Anthropology at the Higher Institute of Business and Labor Sciences and did postgraduate studies in Gender, Power and Violence at the Higher…

Policy and Campaigns Officer with the European Women’s Lobby, the largest coalition for women’s rights in Europe. In this role Catríona coordinates the Lobby’s advocacy and campaigns to end the…

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Feminist, social psychologist and contemporary dancer. She is a consultant, researcher, teacher and artist-creator. She is a PhD student in Artistic Studies – Art and Mediations at the Faculty of…

Director of the Social Rights Department of the Lisbon City Council, where she was appointed Local Equality Advisor, having coordinated and collaborated in the design and implementation of several Municipal…

Member of the Portuguese Parliament since October 2019, elected by the Setúbal electoral district. She is a member of the parliamentary committees on Agriculture and Sea and Culture and Communication….

Historian, graduated from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Porto. She is currently completing the second year of the Master’s Degree in Public Policy at Iscte-IUL, with a…

Deputy Head of Mission at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Portugal. She assumed her duties in August 2020. Prior to this posting, Ellen worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…

She is a Member of the Portuguese Parliament, representing the Socialist Party, a sitting member of the 1st Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Law, Freedoms and Guarantees, and alternate member of…

Board member of Women’s Front of Norway since 2007 and international co-ordinator. The Women’s Front is an independent women’s organization founded in 1972. It is a radical feminist organization working…

Treasurer of the Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights (PpDM). She was founder and is currently president of the Mén Non Association – Association of Women of São Tomé and Príncipe…

Has a degree in Psychology and has been working at the Institute for Employment and Vocational Training since 1997, first as Professional Guidance Counselor and since 2012 as Senior Officer….

Lawyer, currently serving as Vice-President of the Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights (PpDM). She was a delegate to the General Assembly of the European Women’s Lobby between June 2019 and…

Teacher. BSc in Chemistry by FCUL-UL. Master in Food Engineering by UTL-UL. Diploma of Advanced Studies in Information and Communication Systems, by Universidade Complutense de Madrid. Post Graduation in Public…

Victim support expert working at the Association of Women Against Violence since March 2020. She hails from Cape Verde and she has a degree in Clinical Analysis and Public Health.

Deputy Director of the CIDADÃOS ATIV@S program at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. She was advisor for education working at the Department of Education and Scholarships and at the Qualification of…

Vice-President of the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality, a Portuguese government body for gender equality. He is also the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings. He graduated in…

President of the Board of the Association of Women Against Violence (AMCV). She is Vice-President of the general Assembly of the Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights. She was co-founder of…

Project manager in the project “Delete it – diagnosing, raising awareness, and preventing image-based sexual violence against young women” at the Portuguese Youth Network for Equality between Women and Men….

PhD in Social Sciences, in the specialty of Sociology, from the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP) of the University of Lisbon. She is a researcher at the…

Has worked in the area of gender equality and women’s human rights at national and international level. Former president of the Commission for Equality and Women’s Rights (Portugal), was also…

Jurist and specialist in Women’s Human Rights, European Law and International Law. She holds a degree in Law and a Master’s degree in Criminal Law. She recently concluded a dissertation…

Member of the National Council and the National Executive Committee of the Ecologist Party The Greens. She is a Member of the Portuguese Parliament representing her party. She is a…

She has a degree in Educational Psychology and has been developing her professional activity in the City Council of Lisbon, Department for Social Rights, since October 1996. She has developed…

Holds a degree in Tourism and is currently enrolled in a Master’s degree in Women’s Studies: Women in Society and Culture. She is a presenter, reporter and content producer of…

Passionate about Communication and challenging projects, has a degree in Communication, an MBA in Management and several complementary training in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He’s been leading BUS AGENCY since 2005,…

Holds a degree in Sociology and a PhD in Sociology of the State, Law and Administration, from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra and the Center for…

Member of the National Secretariat of the Women’s Democratic Movement (MDM). She represents MDM at the Network of Support and Protection for Victims of Trafficking (RAPVT).

Studied Biology at the University of Aveiro and Animal Behavior in her master’s degree at the University of Porto. She later switched fields in view of the science situation in…

Professional linguist, working as researcher at the Linguistics Center of the University of Lisbon. She is a member of the directorate of the Sports and Recreational Society of Outeiro da…

President of the Commision on Citizenship and Gender Equality (CIG) since October 2020. She was Director General at the the Directorate-General for Employment and Employment Relations between 2018 and 2020….

Vice-president of the Portuguese Network of Young People for Equality and a member of the Feminist Assembly of Lisbon. She has a degree in Literature and a post-graduation in International…