Rubén Sánchez Ruiz

• @Ruben_San_Ru

Rubén Sánchez Ruiz is the subdirector of Awareness Raising and Prevention at the General Directorate for the Eradication of Sexist Violence, in the Ministry of Equality and Feminisms of the Government of Catalonia. He holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Barcelona (UB) and a postgraduate degree in Gender and Equality Policies from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). He has worked for nineteen years in the Ministry of Justice in the care of victims of violent crimes, both in adult and juvenile justice. During the same period, he has been lecturer at several master’s degrees, such as Gender and Communication (UAB), Gender-based Violence (UAB), and Forensic and Criminal Psychology (Institute of Continuing Education IL3 – UB). He has worked in training professionals to address gender-based violence and its prevention, anti-sexist and egalitarian masculinities, institutional violence, networking and emotional self-defence. He has been one of the contributors of the Amnesty International report on intervention in cases of sexual violence in Catalonia. As an activist, he takes part in associations related to culture, intellectual functional diversity and the defence of universal human rights, and has collaborated with several media. In 2014, he published the guide on feminist self-defence La mirada de Michonne, which is now in its third edition. In 2010, he created the blog El dit a la nafra to raise awareness about gender-based violence and facilitate knowledge and pedagogical resources.