Marina Subirats

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Marina Subirats is a sociologist. She is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Her research is focused on sociology of education and gender. She was director of the Women’s Institute in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Councilor for Education at the Barcelona City Council local government. She authored numerous books and articles such as Rosa y Azul. La transmisión de los géneros en la escuela mixta (Pink and Blue. Gender transmission in the co-educational school) and Con diferencia. Las mujeres frente al reto de la autonomía (With difference. Women in front of the autonomy challenge). In 2016 she won the Aspàsia Award in defense of gender equity, awarded by the Network of Women Directors and Social Action Professionals (DDiPAS) and the Third Sector Observatory. She has also been honored with the Catalonia Prize for Sociology and the Creu de Sant Jordi Award.