Montserrat Pineda Lorenzo is the Secretary of Feminisms at the Ministry of Equality and Feminisms of the Government of Catalonia. She holds a diploma in Social Work, specialising in public health and gender. She has worked for almost twenty years as the coordinator of Creación Positiva. She has also worked as an educator at the Provincial Council of Barcelona and has participated in programmes such as Actua Dona, the Women’s Association of Sant Boi and the Spanish Federation of Progressive Women. She has been president of the 1st December Committee in Catalonia and second vice-president of the Catalan National Council of Women.