Joana Bonet is a journalist and writer. She has directed and promoted several magazines that are pioneers in their social commitment to women. In 1992, at the age of twenty-five, she founded and directed the magazine “Woman”, which covered topics such as ecology, politics and feminism. She then directed “Marie Claire” magazine for 16 years. She also promoted the El País magazine “Icon”, the Godó Group’s “Fashion & Arts” magazine (Planeta), and since 2022 she has been the director of La Vanguardia Magazine. On the radio she collaborates on the programme “Julia en la Onda” on Onda Cero.
Her ability to perceive and interpret the relationship between seemingly everyday gestures in our society and emerging trends has led her to participate in leading national media outlets, in print, radio and television. She has been an opinion columnist for La Vanguardia for sixteen years, writing about feminism, literature, fashion and social trends. Her books include Mi vida es mía (2000, co-authored with Anna Caballé), Hombres, material sensible (2003), Las metrosesenta (2007), Generación paréntesis (2013), Fabulosas y Rebeldes, cómo me hice mujer (2019), Frida Kahlo, una biografía (2020) and the biography Chacón. La mujer que pudo gobernar (2022).

First Prize for the Scientific Paper: Romance Culture as an Explanatory Factor of Gender Violence in Adolescence.

Mar Venegas holds a PhD in Sociology with a European Award and is an Expert in Gender and Equal Opportunities from the University of Granada. She is Vice-Dean of Equality, Inclusion and Social Commitment at the University of Granada and Professor in the Department of Sociology at this University.
Her research areas are Sociology of Education, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Youth Studies. Their teaching and research lines are closely connected, highlighting her continuous collaboration with the educational community through action research in the field of affective-sexual education.   She is the author of a large number of publications and is currently the principal researcher in the “Culture of youth romance and educational trajectories in compulsory secondary education” project (ROMANCE SUCCESP).

As a professor at the University of Granada she teaches subjects such as “Sociology of Adolescence, Youth and Affective-sexual Relationships” and “Sociology of Gender.”  In the Erasmus Mundus Master’s Degree in Women’s and Gender Studies, which is taught at the University Research Institute for Women’s and Gender Studies, where she is a researcher, she has taught the subject “Women’s Education in the Contemporary World”. She collaborates as a teacher in the University Expert Course in Social Intervention in Situations of Human Trafficking and Prostitution (University of the Balearic Islands).

First Prize for the Best Practices paper: Defenders in the labyrinth. Docuweb on violence against women human rights defenders of the migrant population.

Communicator at EntreFronteras, a social producer based in Andalusia that works for national and international news networks. Co-founder of the Andalusian Feminist Communicators Network-LaPoderío. Specialized in continuous learning on Migrations and Feminisms. She is co-director of the EntreFronteras programme, a space dedicated to analysing migrations around the world on this television network. She is currently also a contributor to Pikara Magazine, eldiario.es, El Salto and Público. She has worked for international media covering refugee routes in Europe, both in Greece and Italy and on the Southern Border with Andalusia. She has worked on board the Palestine Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s initiative “Women’s Boat to Gaza” and Open Arms. She has also reported on elections in Greece, France and Spain, as well as other political processes such as Brexit and the occupation of Western Sahara. Director of Photography for the documentary “Existir es Resistir” (2018) and director of documentation, research and photography for the documentary “Paralelo 35o50” (Desalambre award for investigative journalism/special mention at the Valencia Human Rights Film Festival).

Second Prize for the Best Practices paper. Artificial Intelligence as a tool to combat gender violence. An effective way to reduce the risk and promote early detection from the Andalusian public health system.

María Dolores Rodríguez is a family doctor at the EBAP in Las Lagunas (Mijas) in the Costa del Sol Health District. Experience as a teacher in clinical sessions accredited by ACSA (Andalusian Health Quality Agency).  She holds a Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Malaga (UMA). Specialist in Family and Community Medicine. Diploma of Specialization in Bioethics from the University of Granada. Resident tutor of the Teaching Unit of the Costa del Sol Health District.
She is currently a member of the Interdisciplinary Commission on Gender Violence of the Costa del Sol Health District and a gender violence representative at the Las Lagunas health centre. Head of training and teaching at the same centre and member of the ethics committee of the Costa del Sol Hospital.

María Murciano has been a technical advisor to the Andalusian Ombudsman since 2021, currently attached to the vulnerability area, and assigned functions in the analysis and supervision of files concerning violence against women, among others. Previously, she worked as a public employee since 2007, both at the Social Services and Dependency Agency and at the Department of Equality and Social Welfare of the Andalusian Regional Government, performing technical functions with a strong vocation for public service.
She holds a Degree in Law from the University of Seville with postgraduate studies in topics such as legal protection for people with disabilities. She was also a speaker in the Andalusian Parliament in 2006 on the Dependency Law.
She has actively participated in conferences and congresses on gender issues and is committed to meeting all the challenges and achievements to make equality between men and women a reality.

Yolanda Domínguez is a visual artist and expert in equal communication. She is the creator of participatory actions and audiovisual pieces that question sexist culture. She collaborates with media outlets and carries out awareness campaigns for public institutions. She currently works as an advisor and consultant for audiovisual communication companies. She is the author of the books “Maldito Estereotipo” and “Las Mujeres Facturan” by Penguin Random House.

David Candilejo graduated in Law from the University of Seville in 1999. He started his judicial career in 2003. Presiding Judge of Multi-Jurisdiction Court no. 2 of Coria del Río from 2006 to 2008. Presiding Judge of Multi-Jurisdiction Court no. 1 of Coria del Río from 2008 to 2015. He was promoted to the rank of Magistrate Judge in 2011. He has been Magistrate-Judge of Criminal Court No. 10 of Seville since 2015.

Professor at the Loyola University of Andalusia since the 2016/2017 academic year teaching the subjects of “Judicial Proceedings” and “Criminal Proceedings”. Professor from 2015 to 2018 at the Institute of Legal and Business Sciences (ICIDE).

Speaker at numerous courses and conferences related to gender violence. Speaker at the University of Seville course on the European Arrest Warrant and Surrender in the execution of criminal sentences.
He has published several articles, including: European Arrest Warrant in the Execution of Criminal Sentences and Judicial Cooperation between Spain and Italy, published by the Basque Institute of Procedural Law. Published by: Intercodex.

Eleonora Esposito is a researcher at the Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) of the University of Navarre (Pamplona, Spain) and a Seconded National Expert at the Directorate-General for Communication Networks, Content and Technologies of the European Commission (Brussels, Belgium). Awarded a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship (2019-2021), Esposito has researched cyber violence against women in politics as a deepening challenge to gender equality and democracy.

As a Seconded National Expert at the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) (2021-2023), she has been a Researcher in the Gender-Based Violence Team and Project Manager of “Cyber Violence against Women and Girls in the EU 27”.  Since June 2023, she has been a Seconded Expert in the Directorate General for Communication Networks, Content and Technologies of the European Commission and is part of the Digital Services Unit, which is in charge of implementing the new Digital Services Act.

Third Prize for the Scientific Paper: The psychological autopsy: a proposal for assessment in the UVIVG in femicides.

María Dolores Jiménez Ramos is a forensic doctor and has been coordinator of the Gender Violence Assessment Unit (UVIVG) of the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (IMLCF) in Huelva since January 2016.  She has been a forensic doctor certified by the Ministry of Justice since 1992. She was head of the Forensic Medical Clinic Service of the IMLCF in Huelva, on secondment for six years, ending in April 2016.

She holds a Degree in Medicine and Surgery with a distinction. Specialist in Legal and Forensic Medicine and expert in Forensic Psychiatry from the UNED (Spanish Open University). She has broadened her training with a master’s degree in Equality, Gender and Citizenship from the University of Huelva, a master’s degree in the assessment of bodily injury from the European Institute of Health and Social Welfare, and a distance learning course in public management and administration, organised by the Andalusian Institute of Public Administration.

Third Prize for the Best Practices paper. Breaking barriers: Female entrepreneurship in the face of labour market obstacles in the province of Manabí, Ecuador.

Priscila Feijó is a Full Professor at the Technical University of Manabí (Ecuador). She is a PhD candidate in Legal and Social Sciences at the University of Córdoba (Spain), with research on “Determining factors for the viability of microenterprises in Ecuador with a gender perspective: the Case of Manabí”. Coordinator of the Research Group on Entrepreneurship and Local Development (EMDELO) of the Faculty of Administrative and Economic Sciences at UTM. Coordinator of the Research Network on Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development (RIEDS), which includes several universities in Ecuador and Spain.

Speaker at different conferences and publications, including: “Associativity and female entrepreneurship: contribution to social development”, “Female entrepreneurship and its contribution to the socioeconomic development of the city of Portoviejo”, “Perspectives of female entrepreneurship in Ecuador” or “Rural women and entrepreneurship”.

Daniel López is Co-Founder and CEO of Youforget.me, an online platform for the management and control of citizens’ digital privacy. He is also co-founder of Sixtemática, a company that offers consulting, planning and deployment services for core technologies in the field of ICT.
He has been director of sales, positioning and coordination with the marketing and communication area of Media Interactiva for the EMEA and LATAM markets and Commercial and Marketing Director at Alteda Soluciones, S.L.

María Soledad Romero currently works for the multinational NTT DATA, as an Expert Consultant in the area of Risk and Compliance Management and Cybersecurity. She has worked as an auditor and consultant, setting up and managing multidisciplinary legal-technical teams in projects for public and private organizations, throughout much of Spain and abroad, in the field of information security, privacy, data protection, new technology law and in other projects related to the legal part of the design and development of CERTS (Computer Emergency Response Teams).
She has collaborated as author and co-author in various specialized publications and magazines, with studies and monographic articles. As a teacher, she has taught classes in cybersecurity postgraduate master’s courses, presentations and lectures, both nationally and internationally.  She has been academic director of the Cybersecurity Master’s Degree at ESESA IMF Business School in Malaga, teaching, in addition, the module on cybersecurity law.

Lorenzo Cooklin is the General Director of the Mutua Madrileña Foundation, as well as Deputy General Director of Communication, Institutional Relations, Sustainability and CSR of the Mutua Group. The Mutua Foundation was founded in 2003 and currently runs more than 40 programmes in the field of social action in support of disadvantaged groups in Spain and abroad, providing funding for medical research, protecting mental health in children and adolescents and promoting culture.
For more than a decade, the Mutua Foundation has been focusing in particular on the fight against violence affecting women and children, both in the field of research into the social reality of these problems in collaboration with universities and sector associations, and by developing prevention initiatives with institutions and entities such as the National Police, the Civil Guard, Atresmedia or the ANAR Foundation. The Mutua Foundation also has various programmes in place to support victim recovery, both directly and through non-profit organisations that work with these groups.

Jone Martínez has a Degree and a Master’s degree in General Health Psychology from the Autonomous University of Madrid, and is an expert in psychological intervention with victims of gender violence from the Official College of Psychology of Madrid.
She has worked as a researcher at the Social Global Studies Centre at RMIT University in Melbourne. She currently combines her work as a teacher and predoctoral researcher at the Autonomous University of Madrid with her work as a therapist at the Centre for Applied Psychology of the same university.  Her current lines of research focus on the study and prevention of different forms of sexual and gender violence facilitated by technology.

Gabriel González is the Delegated Prosecutor for Computer Crime in Seville, Delegated Regional Prosecutor in Andalusia of the Delegate Prosecutor for Data Protection of the State General Prosecutor’s Office and Prosecutor attached to Criminal Investigation Court No. 6 of Seville. He is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Law at Pablo de Olavide University and a Collaborating Professor on the Master’s Degree in Access to the Legal Profession at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.
He holds a degree in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid and an International Diploma in Criminology of Systemic Violence, organized by the Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors, among other studies.
As a prosecutor, he has previously served as Dean-Coordinator of the Territorial Section of Sant Feliu de Llobregat in Barcelona, has been the prosecutor coordinating the domestic violence service in the judicial districts of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Martorell and Esplugues de Llobregat and prosecutor assigned to the Special Jury Service of the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office of Barcelona.

Second Prize for the Scientific Paper: The myth of the violent nature of the abusive man.

Encarnación Martínez is a contracted professor with clinical links to the SAS (Andalusian Health Service) in the Department of Nursing at the University of Granada and a specialist nurse in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (midwife).  She is currently the coordinator of the Andalusian Women and Family Care Teams that offer comprehensive and immediate care at the SAS to women victims of gender violence and dependent persons and coordinator of the FormMA Network of training for health professionals in Abuse of Women, in Granada.

She holds a Degree in Nursing from the University of Granada (1987). Specialist in Obstetric-Gynaecological Nursing (midwife) from the Valencia Midwives Teaching Unit (1996). Master’s Degree in Advances and Research in Preventive Medicine and Public Health (2008) and PhD from the University of Granada in the Doctoral Programme in Preventive Medicine and Public Health (2015). She has taught numerous courses on the humanization of perinatal care, bioethics, ethical conflicts at the beginning of life, myths about gender violence, and specifically about Female Genital Mutilation, and violence against immigrant women. Member of the Humanization of Perinatal Care Project; of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Network; of the PioBin Network (Obesity Prevention) of Andalusia and of the Research Ethics Committee of the province of Granada (2019).

She teaches Gender Violence in the subject “Transculturality, Gender and Health” in the Nursing Degree at the University of Granada, and in the Master’s Degree in Critical Care and Emergencies in Nursing at the same university. She has tutored numerous Final Degree Projects and Final Master’s Degree Projects on Gender Violence in the last six years. She has also coordinated a Teaching Innovation Project on the subject at the University of Granada and three conferences aimed at training students and professionals in Health Sciences, a project that continues. She has published articles on the subject indexed in the JCR and other scientific databases.

Second Prize for the Best Practices paper. Artificial Intelligence as a tool to combat gender violence. An effective way to reduce the risk and promote early detection from the Andalusian public health system.

Bilal Abdelkader is a Social Health Worker in the Costa del Sol Primary Health Care District. He has a Postgraduate degree and Diploma in Social Work from the University of Granada (UGR), a Master’s Degree in Migration Studies, Development and Specialized Social Intervention from UGR. Director of Social Services Centres from the Higher School of Postgraduate Studies in Madrid with a Master’s Degree in Management and Direction from the Spanish Foundation for Social and Health Studies, in addition to other specializations and master’s degrees in Social Services. Specialization Diploma in Bioethics. Master’s Degree in Health Social Work from the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) with an extraordinary prize in these studies.  Professional career as a Social Worker and as Senior Director of Social Service Centres.

Encarni Iglesias is a cybersecurity consultant. Computer forensic expert. Director of the intervention protocol for victims of digital gender violence. She is currently the Director of the Digital Violence Observatory and the President of the Stop Digital Gender Violence association, an entity created to provide a comprehensive response to victims of computer crimes such as cyberbullying on social media.

Silvia Valmaña holds a degree in Law from the University of Alcalá, with an Extraordinary Degree Award. PhD Cum Laude from the same University. Professor at the Cardenal Gil de Albornoz University College in Cuenca and at CEU Luis Vives. Professor of Criminal Law at Gil de Albornoz University College. Professor of the Master’s Degree in Law at the University of Castilla la Mancha, professor of the Master’s Degree in Police Sciences at the University of Alcalá and of the Master’s Degree in Prevention and Treatment of Domestic Violence.
Head of Studies and Director of Cardenal Gil de Albornoz University College until its transformation into a Faculty, and later Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Cuenca, as well as Director of the Master’s Degree in Business Economics.
Author of more than a hundred publications, highlighting among her lines of research those related to the study of the legal consequences of violence in the family, gender violence and violence against minors. Member of different scientific societies: AIDP (International Association of Penal Law), International Foundation of Criminal Sciences, Association of Professors of Criminal Law of Spanish Universities, International Academic Network against the Death Penalty.
General Director of Family, Minors, Social Promotion and Volunteering and General Director of Family, Minors and Social Promotion in the government of Castilla-La Mancha. Member of Parliament for Guadalajara in the 11th, 12th and 13th Legislatures in the Congress of Deputies, serving, among other functions, as Spokesperson for Disability in the 11th Legislature, for Social Services in the 12th, and for Universities in the 12th and 13th Legislatures.

Andrés Rodríguez-Sacristán is a neuropaediatrician at the Virgen Macarena Hospital in Seville. Coordinator of the Paediatrics area at the same hospital. Associate Professor of the Department of Pharmacology, Radiology and Paediatrics at the University of Seville. He is currently Vice President of the College of Physicians of Seville.

Lieutenant Daniel Moreno Gómez has been head of the Central EMUME (Women-Minors Team) of the Civil Guard since 2017. He joined the Civil Guard in 2008. He holds a degree in Psychology from the Autonomous University of Madrid. He has received extensive specialized training in various fields related to vulnerable groups, including the University Course on Violence against Women at the University Centre of the Civil Guard, as well as the University Course on Hate Crimes and the Course on Cybercrime Investigation.
Expert and institutional representative of the Civil Guard in all matters related to vulnerable victims, crimes against women, crimes with minors as victims or witnesses, as well as other groups of potential victims of hate crimes; LGTBI+ groups, elderly people or people with disabilities, among others.

First Prize for the Best Practices paper: Defenders in the labyrinth. Docuweb on violence against women human rights defenders of the migrant population.

Ruth de Frutos is a journalist and researcher specializing in human rights and journalism. She currently teaches Journalism at the University of Malaga (UMA) and collaborates with various media outlets such as La Marea and Píkara Magazine. El Salto or La Poderío, of which she is a co-founder with seven other colleagues. Winner of the 2022 Ateneo de Málaga-UMA Journalism Award, the 2018 Alberto Almansa Citizen Journalism Award and a finalist in the 9th Columbine International Journalism Award in 2020, de Frutos has combined her career as a journalist with her academic career. She holds a PhD in Journalism from the University of Málaga (2014), she has completed a Master’s Degree in Journalism and New Scenarios and another in International Cooperation and Development Policies. She was coordinator of the UNESCO Chair in Communication at the UMA (2016-2020) and has worked for international organizations such as UNESCO, the International Organization for Migration and NGOs and Article 19.

Second Prize for the Best Practices paper. Artificial Intelligence as a tool to combat gender violence. An effective way to reduce the risk and promote early detection from the Andalusian public health system

María Rosa Méndez is a Social Worker in Humanitarian Aid at the Red Cross in Aranjuez (Madrid). She is a PhD candidate in Social Sciences at Pablo de Olavide University (Seville, Spain), in the line of research on Education, Change and Social Cohesion, Democracy and Public Policies. Research intern in the Department of Education at the Universidad del Norte (Barranquilla, Colombia). She is a Graduate in Social Work with a focus on families from the University of Huelva (2014-2018) and registered member number 20-666 of the Professional College of Social Workers. She obtained a Master’s Degree in “Psychosocial Research and Intervention in Diverse Contexts” from the Faculty of Education, Psychology and Sports Sciences at the University of Huelva (2018-2019). Member of the Ibero-American Society of Social Pedagogy (SIPS) No. 306, and member of the Spanish Scientific Society of Social Health Workers (SCETSS).

Susana Gaytán is a Full Professor of Physiology at the University of Seville (where she trained, as well as at the CNRS (National Scientific Research Centre) in Marseille and at the Jules-Vernes University of Amiens). She has worked extensively on the neural bases of vegetative functions and their relationship with emotions, trying to find tools that facilitate affective learning or improve the possibilities of resilience of victims of violence. She is the director of the Human Ethology Seminar of the Faculty of Biology at the University of Seville and a member of the Andalusian Node of the Association of Women Researchers and Technologists (AMIT-A).

Alexandra Silva is a feminist activist and researcher in the field of women’s human rights, prevention and fight against gender-based violence against women and girls; and trainer in equality between women and men.
Silva holds a degree in Sociology and a postgraduate degree in Women’s Studies. Project and research coordinator of the Portuguese Platform of Organization for Women’s Rights (PpDM). Alternate member of the Economic and Social Council (CES). Member of the European Women’s Lobby Observatory on violence against women, representing the PpDM. Co-founder and current Vice President of EOS – Associação de Estudos, Cooperação e Desenvolvimento.
She was a member of the Board of Directors of AMCV – Association of Women against Violence. She co-founded and directed the Portuguese Youth Network for Equal Opportunities between Women and Men. She has been a member of research teams in European and national projects, notably the CESIS (Centre for Social Intervention Studies) (2002-2016), where she was a member of the Board of Directors. She has also co-authored numerous European and national research publications and reports.

360 Consulting Engineer in Cybersecurity at Hispasec Sistemas. Director of the Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity at the International University of Valencia (VIU). Degree in Computer Engineering, Technical Systems Engineer. Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity, Security Director. She holds various certifications in Ethical Hacking, Secure Development, Artificial Intelligence, CUDA Programming, Computer Forensics, Data Protection, etc. More than 30 years of experience in the public sector in Cybersecurity, risk management, business continuity, data protection and critical infrastructure. Professor at several universities and business schools. Various publications and awards, including the National Intelligence Centre award for her contribution to the National Security Plan, and the Hedy Lamarr Chair of Women and Technology at the University of Málaga (UMA). Member of the committee of experts of the National Cybersecurity Strategy and the Andalusian Cybersecurity Strategy.