1st International Conference on Immigration Law, Reception and Integration

Irene Ormazabal Fernández

Head of the equality section at Donostia/San Sebastián city council

A graduate in Audiovisual Communication from the University of Navarre, she has a master's degree in Women and Men's Equality from the University of the Basque Country. She has worked as an equality expert, mainly at Donostia city council, where she has worked for 16 years, and also spent 3 years (between 2021 and 2024) at Gipuzkoa provincial authority. She has been active in the feminist movement, where she set up the feminist culture festival “Feministaldia”. She also helped to set up the Casa de las Mujeres in Donostia. In 2024 she returned to Donostia city council, where she has been head of section since March this year. In addition, she has taught on the master's programme in Equality at the University of the Basque Country since 2010.