Eulàlia Lledó i Cunill (born 1952) is a doctor in

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Philology from the

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, a specialist in sexism and language research. She is the author of the first guide in Spain on the treatment of gender violence and media, published in 1999 by the and

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. She has received several awards for her work, including the

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in 2008. She is currently a contributor to ''

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Biography

Eulàlia Lledó has been a secondary school teacher in Barcelona for years, and collaborates with several universities and

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networks, including the Genet Network of the

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(CSIC). She is a specialist in investigating sexist and androcentric biases in literature and language. She has prepared numerous guides and manuals on the subject, including ''Cómo tratar bien a los malos tratos. Manual de Estilo para los Medios de Comunicación'' (How to Treat Mistreatment Properly: Style Manual for the Media) in 1999, which was the first print guide in Spain with recommendations for the treatment of media and gender violence. She has also written numerous books on coeducation, articles, and literary reviews, especially on women's writings. She has been part of the Nombra group, Advisory Commission of the Women's Institute of the

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, since its foundation in 1994. She has collaborated on the revision of the ''

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and on the revision of the ''

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'' by the

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. In March 2018 she participated in the encounter "La fórmula de la igualdad" (The Formula of Equality) at the RTVE Corporation with an intervention on the insensitive biases of

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. She is currently a contributor to the Spanish edition of ''

''.

Awards and honours

* In 2008, Lledó was awarded the

for her "interest in avoiding sexist and androcentric uses of language." * In 2016, she was awarded the Non-Sexist Communication Prize for her "quality in research and training in language and communication with a gender perspective", granted by the (ADPC).

Works

Books about language

References

External links

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