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.
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Research Center:
FCS - Faculty of Social Sciences
FCS - Faculty of Social Sciences
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.