Cristina Antoñanzas Peñalva
Deputy General Secretary, UGT
She was born in Calahorra (La Rioja) on July 1, 1976.
She is a biologist and occupational risk prevention technician. She has worked in a water and food analysis laboratory, developing various research projects. She was elected to carry out the responsibility of directing the Secretariat of Occupational Health and Environment in the Executive Commission of UGT-La Rioja between 2007 and 2009.
The X Regional Congress of UGT-La Rioja, held in 2009, elected her Secretary of Occupational Health and Employment, a position she held until the next Congress entrusted her with the responsibility of the General Secretariat of UGT-La Rioja.
In 2016, the 42nd Confederal Congress of UGT elected her Deputy Secretary General. She belongs to the European Women's Committee of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The 43rd Confederal Congress of the General Union of Workers, held in Valencia from May 18 to 20, 2021, re-elected her as Deputy Secretary General.
11:05 - 11.30 AM Table-01
Tuesday 21 Nov. 2023
Gender equality as a driver of social justice. Advances in legislation with a gender perspective in the workplace