Seminar on “Intersectionality in Public Life: What’s Law Got To Do With It?” will be held in person and online on 5 December 2025

Registration here.

This event is organised as part of the strategic project UID 04643 - UCILeR.

10:00-10:30 - Opening panel

J. M. Aroso Linhares

Ana Gaudêncio

10:30-11:30- Panel 1 - The grammar of intersectionality and human rights

Inês Espinhaço Gomes

Eduardo Figueiredo

11:30-12:30 - Panel 2 - intersectionality in jurisprudence

Nausica Palazzo

Maria Margarida da Costa e Silva Pereira

12:30-14:00 - Break for lunch

14:00-15:00 - Panel 3 - intersectionality in public policies and administration

Giulia Arena

Lucía Muñoz

15:00-16:00 - Panel 4 - intersectionality in private relations, especially in the field of equality and non-discrimination

Dulce Lopes

Niall O’Connor

16:00-16:30 - Networking coffee break

16:30-17:30 - Panel 5 - opportunities for the practical implementation of intersectionality in Law

Margarida Lima Rego and Paulo Côrte-Real

Isabel Almeida Rodrigues (Presidente da CICDR)

17:30-17:45 - Closing panel

General conclusions – Eduardo Figueiredo

Presentation of a call for papers for 2026 - Lucia Muñoz Benito