13 November 2026
Bilbao
On 9 and 10 November, the University of Deusto hosted the ‘Women on the Move: Human Mobility and Violence Against Women’ conference, organised in collaboration with the Alboan Foundation and the Human Rights Institute. The event brought together activists, international experts and institutional representatives to examine the impact of gender-based violence on human mobility processes.
The conference was officially opened with a welcome address by Cristina Churruca on behalf of the Institute. The first panel focused on the reality of migration from a feminist perspective and featured Mariana Zaragoza, who is currently undertaking her predoctoral research at the Human Rights Institute and has previous experience in this field.
The second day, focused on reviewing the international cooperation system, featured Patricia García Amado, a researcher at the Institute and Director of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree in International Humanitarian Action (NOHA).
The Institute’s participation in this forum forms part of its commitment to research and social engagement in the field of human rights protection, particularly the rights of migrants and refugees.
