Salud y justicia para las mujeres y las y los niños en los tribunales de familia: sistemas más seguros, políticas de protección y salud humana

awyer and Economist Graduated in Business Administration and Management from the University of Deusto and in Law from the University of Navarra. Holds a Master's Degree in Political Integration and Economic Union in the European Union from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Certified Mediator and Mediator accredited by Rey Juan Carlos University. She worked as a Judge-Magistrate in Gipuzkoa for more than eight years, gaining extensive experience in Civil, Family, Labour and Criminal Law. She currently practices as a lawyer in Donostia-San Sebastián, with particular expertise in Criminal and Civil Law. She is a member of the Gender Violence Commission of the Gipuzkoa Bar Association (ICAGI). Coordinator of the European Group of Magistrates for Mediation in the Basque Country. Director of the European Congress on Restorative Justice: Towards Innovative Models of Justice (2016). Lecturer in the Postgraduate University Specialization Programme on Working with Victims of Traumatic Experiences. Speaker at the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ): “Meeting of Judges Specialised in Violence against Women for the Harmonisation of Criteria”, held from 8–10 November 2021. Author of a research report for Emakunde on th

Dr. Tamara Amoroso Gonsalves is a distinguished legal scholar and researcher specializing in human rights and gender studies, with a solid trajectory spanning Latin America and Canada. She holds a Ph.D. in Law and Society from the University of Victoria and completed postdoctoral research at the Université de Montréal. Currently, she is an Associate Researcher at the University of British Columbia and collaborates with the SHERA Research Group (University of Manchester), examining the impacts of violence against women and children. Her academic work focuses deeply on gender-based violence and reproductive rights. Notably, she coordinated and edited the landmark volume Parental Alienation: A New Form of Gender-Based Violence against Women and Children in Latin America and the Caribbean, published by CLADEM. This work has become a critical reference in debates on custody and the misuse of legal concepts in contexts of abuse, examining how "parental alienation" claims in family law impact women and children. With over two decades of advocacy at CLADEM, Dr. Gonsalves bridges scholarship and practice to influence public policies and advance gender equality across jurisdictions.

Judge at the Provincial Court of Gipuzkoa. She is a member of the panel of experts of the Observatory against Violence against Women of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ). She holds a degree in Criminology.

Professor of Family Law and “Children and the Law” at Brunel University. She specialises in research on gender-based violence, family court proceedings, and, more recently, parental alienation. She is a member of the Women’s Rights Advisory Group, serves on the External Research Advisory Committee of Cafcass, is a founding member of the SHERA Research Network, and acts as the UK representative on the international strategic group of Hague Mothers, a project originating from FiliA. She is also an advisor to Right to Equality and a member of the SafeLives Domestic Abuse Training for Lawyers Advisory Group. Dr Barnett has been actively involved in policy reform and professional training in the fields of domestic abuse and family justice. Her work has contributed significantly to improving professional understanding of domestic violence and its impact within family court systems. More recently, Dr Barnett established a Domestic Abuse Law Clinic within Brunel Law School, in partnership with National Legal Service LLP, providing specialist support and legal education in cases involving domestic abuse.

Prosecutor in Gipuzkoa since 1993. She has worked in specialised areas such as gender violence, immigration, l. Level of French C1.minors and international cooperation. She has tutored law school students, lawyers and prosecutors. She has given courses to civil servants on minors and mediation. She has given talks in schools on bulling. She has participated in specialisation courses on minors at the Gipuzkoa Bar Association. She has taken part in the drawing up of protocols on Menas at provincial level, and on sexual violence in childhood at autonomous level. She has appeared in the Basque Parliament to speak on the content of the latter protocol.

Consultant with more than two decades of experience in organisational process optimisation and strategic communication. She specialises in identifying and mitigating unconscious discriminatory biases that affect the efficiency and fairness of systems. As a collaborator of the School of Coercive Control, her work focuses on researching power dynamics within families, as well as the exercise of power by public institutions and administrations over family structures.

Dr Elizabeth Dalgarno is a world-leading educator, researcher and advocate in health and justice relating to women and children, with extensive expertise on overcoming challenges in complex systems, post-separation abuse, harms to health from family court, intimate 'partner' violence, gender-based violence, and health inequalities. Her work has contributed to changes in international (Brazil) and National (UK) laws to protect child and adult victims of abuse. She is a current expert advisor to global governments, from the UK (HM Government), to France, Nigeria and beyond. Dr Dalgarno also advises the United Nations, World Bank and World Health Organization on health, justice and abuse-focussed research. She is a Lecturer in Health Sciences on multiple Masters level and Undergraduate programmes including on the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree and Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) - at the UK's largest Medical School at the University of Manchester. She is Director and Founder of the SHERA Research Group. In her lead role at SHERA (See Hear Empower Respond Act) she unites six university partners, nine non-governmental organisations, multiple charities and law firms and over 60 global experts.

Director of the VVVI Meetings. Social Worker, specialised in Gender and Development and Gender-Based Violence. Social Worker in Primary Care Services. She is the President of the Association Mujeres Libres, Mujeres en Paz (Free Women, Women in Peace), an organisation committed to the promotion of women’s rights, peace, and social justice.

Director of the Meetings for the Eradication of Vicarious Violence and Institutional Gender-Based Violence in Spain (VVVI Meetings). She serves as Director of Equality and Legal Advisor at the CMIM (Municipal Centre for Information on Women) of the City Council of Maracena, Granada. Her professional work focuses on the defence of women's rights, the promotion of equality policies, and the fight against gender-based violence, with particular attention to vicarious violence and institutional gender-based violence.

She serves as Vice-Dean for Students and Equality at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Granada. She is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology at the University of Granada and a researcher at the Mind, Brain and Behaviour Research Centre (CIMCYC). Her research focuses on child and adolescent development, well-being, and protection systems, particularly in contexts involving violence and vulnerability. She is involved in Project Believe-Child, an international research initiative dedicated to examining the credibility of children’s testimonies, child protection systems, and the role of justice systems in safeguarding the rights and well-being of children and adolescents.

Licenciada en Ingeniería en Organización Industrial e Ingeniería Industrial Mecánica por TECNUN – Universidad de Navarra. Máster de Técnico Superior en Prevención de Riesgos Laborales. Ha desarrollado su profesión, primero, en la empresa SpanSet, S.A. durante 10 años y, posteriormente, en la Fundación CITA Alzheimer en la que se encuentra en excedencia. En el ámbito institucional, ha sido concejala de Andoain desde 2011 hasta 2025, siendo alcaldesa entre los años 2019 y 2023, período en el que también fue presidenta del área de Servicios Sociales y responsable de la Policía Municipal. Actualmente es parlamentaria del Grupo Socialistas Vascos - Euskal Sozialistak en el Parlamento Vasco y Secretaria de Industria y Acción Exterior en la Ejecutiva de Euskadi del PSE-EE.

Professor of Legal Medicine at the University of Granada and Advisor to the Vice-Rectorate for Equality, Sustainability and Inclusion. He holds a PhD in Medicine and Surgery with an Extraordinary Award, is a specialist in Legal Medicine, holds a Master's Degree in Bioethics and Law from the University of Barcelona, and serves as a forensic physician. He is widely recognised as one of the leading national and international experts on gender-based violence and has acted as an advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO) on issues related to violence and aggression against women. From December 2006 to 2008, he served as Director General for Legal Assistance to Victims of Violence within the Ministry of Justice of the Regional Government of Andalusia. In April 2008, he was appointed Government Delegate for Gender Violence under Spain’s Ministry of Equality, a position he held until December 2011. He has extensive practical and academic experience in the field of gender-based violence, having approached the issue through his work in forensic medicine. He is the author of numerous publications, including significant works on DNA and bioethics, as well as landmark books on gender-based violence such as My Husband Hits Me, It's Norma

awyer and Economist Graduated in Business Administration and Management from the University of Deusto and in Law from the University of Navarra. Holds a Master's Degree in Political Integration and Economic Union in the European Union from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Certified Mediator and Mediator accredited by Rey Juan Carlos University. She worked as a Judge-Magistrate in Gipuzkoa for more than eight years, gaining extensive experience in Civil, Family, Labour and Criminal Law. She currently practices as a lawyer in Donostia-San Sebastián, with particular expertise in Criminal and Civil Law. She is a member of the Gender Violence Commission of the Gipuzkoa Bar Association (ICAGI). Coordinator of the European Group of Magistrates for Mediation in the Basque Country. Director of the European Congress on Restorative Justice: Towards Innovative Models of Justice (2016). Lecturer in the Postgraduate University Specialization Programme on Working with Victims of Traumatic Experiences. Speaker at the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ): “Meeting of Judges Specialised in Violence against Women for the Harmonisation of Criteria”, held from 8–10 November 2021. Author of a research report for Emakunde on th

Researcher and lecturer in forensic psychology, working at the intersection of forensic psychology, public health, and the justice system. Her research focuses on coercive control, domestic violence, and the experiences of victim-survivors and children within systems such as family courts. She is currently a PhD candidate in Public Health at the University of Manchester (expected completion in March 2027), where she is conducting an international study in collaboration with academic institutions and third-sector organisations in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Spain, using mixed qualitative and quantitative research methods. She is an Associate Lecturer at Coventry University, where she teaches on the Master’s Programme in Forensic Psychology and Mental Health, and also contributes to the Master of Public Health programme at the University of Manchester. She holds a Master’s degree in Forensic Psychology, with a dissertation focused on judicial decision-making, gender stereotypes, and bias, and a Bachelor’s degree in Forensic Psychology.

The Safe & Together Institute empowers professionals across all sectors involved in child welfare to transform their approach to domestic violence cases through the Safe & Together Model, a framework centred on children and the strengths of survivors. The Model provides evidence-based training on domestic violence, establishes a common professional language, and offers practical tools that support more informed decision-making, more effective interagency collaboration, and valuable time savings. Ultimately, its goal is to keep children safe and together with their protective parent, preventing unnecessary separation and institutionalisation.

Mother of five children, economist and computer scientist. She is a survivor of gender-based violence within the family, as well as vicarious violence and institutional violence. She is an activist with La Birabola, an initiative and personal project created by Blanca Tulleuda, a protective mother and activist committed to eradicating vicarious and institutional gender-based violence through art and public awareness. She collaborates with numerous national and international associations and projects to raise awareness and increase the visibility of these forms of violence. Her work includes delivering talks and personal testimonies, organising workshops, and contributing her personal and professional expertise to support the cause. Particularly noteworthy is her collection of more than 120 infographics and illustrations addressing vicarious violence and institutional gender-based violence. These resources are freely available for non-commercial and educational use, helping to promote understanding and awareness of these issues.