Ms. Zulema Altamirano Argudo
Deputy Director General for Interinstitutional Coordination on Violence against Women. Ministry of Equality
Zulema Altamirano Argudo is a prominent figure in the field of gender equality and gender-based violence in Spain. Her career includes:
- Master’s Degree in Leadership and Public Management from INAP–UIMP.
- Specialist in multidisciplinary intervention in gender-based violence from UPSA.
- Seconded National Expert at the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), responsible for several studies at European level.
- Winner of the 1st National Victoria Kent Research Award in 2011.
- Coordinator of the implementation of the Equality Plan of the General State Administration and of the protocol against sexual harassment.
- Director of the Women and Science Unit within the Office of the Minister of Science and Innovation, advising and promoting gender equality policies in the field of R&D&I.
- Psychologist in the Senior Corps of Penitentiary Institutions since 2007, working with perpetrators of domestic violence and on prevention and treatment programs for imprisoned women who are victims of gender-based violence.