Mercedes Bengoechea

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bengoechea and the second or maternal family name is Bartolomé.
Mercedes Bengoechea
Photo of a gray-haired smiling woman wearing a white blouse and green sweater
Mercedes Bengoechea in Córdoba, 2017
Born
Mercedes Bengoechea Bartolomé

December 29, 1952
Madrid, Spain
Occupations
Known forFeminist sociolinguist
Awards
  • María Isidra de Guzmán Research Award
  • Dones Progressistes Award
  • Award for Innovation in Non-Sexist Communication
Academic background
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Alcalá

Mercedes Bengoechea Bartolomé (born December 29, 1952) is a Spanish feminist sociolinguist, professor of English philology and a proponent for the defense of the use of gender-neutral language from an academic foundation.[1][2][3] She has had a long career as an advisor to various entities, including the Institute of Women and the Instituto RTVE (IORTV).[4] Since 1994, Bengoechea has been a member of the Comisión Asesora sobre Lenguaje del Instituto de la Mujer (Language Advisory Committee of the Institute of Women) (NOMBRA). She has been vocal at the Commission for the Modernization of Legal Language of the Ministry of Justice, as well as coordinator of the first Annual Report of the National Observatory on Gender Violence.[5] She defends the need to implement a non-sexist use of language, in the face of resistance from institutions such as the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE).[6][7] She has received various awards for her research and innovative work within her specialty.

  1. ^ "Índice por departamentos del día 16/05/2016" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (118): 32189. 16 May 2016. ISSN 0212-033X.
  2. ^ Bengoechea, Mercedes (June 2007). "¿Por qué es tan importante utilizar un lenguaje no sexista para lograr la igualdad?. Audio". www.mujeresenred.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  3. ^ "La sociedad cambia, la Academia, no". El País (in Spanish). 7 March 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Mercedes Bengoechea - información personal". gentyll.uah.es (in Spanish). 15 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 21 April 2023 – via web.archive.org.
  5. ^ "Informe Anual del Observatorio Estatal de Violencia Sobre la Mujer - Delegación del Gobierno contra la Violencia de Género". violenciagenero.igualdad.gob.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  6. ^ Mercedes Bengoechea: la RAE y el lenguaje no sexista. youtube.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  7. ^ ""Un zapatazo en la boca" que no calla las críticas". www.publico.es (in Spanish). 5 March 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2023.