Sánchez, Melisa Ruth


Undergraduate -Postgraduate education: 
Licentiate Degree in Social Work. Ph.D. in Gender Studies.

Teaching position(s) at the FCS: 
Assistant Professor in Theory, Spaces and Strategies of Intervention - Family in the Licentiate course of study in Social Work.



Key words: 
Religious violence. Gender. Religion. Feminism. Social intervention.

Lines of investigation: 
Religious violence. Feminism and religiosity.

Bonding capabilities: 
Advising services on the address of religiosities in public policies.

Cyt expertise: 
Her field of study is the intersection between gender, family and religion. Particularly, she focuses on power relations within Christian-evangelical spaces, emphasizing family relations with a gender perspective and deepening discussions around gender-based religious violence. She is currently working on a diagnostic study on the approach that primary health care professionals take to the religious issue, especially in addressing situations of gender violence.

Current research project/program: 
"Religious Beliefs in Social Interventions: Study Perspectives from Intersectionality". Research Director.